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1 Online-Ressource (x, 276 pages)
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Ausgabe:
First edition
ISBN:
9781350036703
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9781350036680
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9781350036697
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1350036684
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1350036692
Inhalt:
"Develop the critical and creative skills to 'translate' a story from page to screen with this step-by-step guide to the process of screen adaptation you'll learn to: - interrogate a novel or short story to release its 'inner film' - convert fictional prose into visual drama - overcome the obstacles presented by different media 'languages' - approach key strategic decisions - both technical and interpretive - draft and re-draft your plot, characters and dialogue - professionally format and submit your finished script In addition to examples taken from 'literary classics', contemporary novels, genre fiction, short stories, and biographical material, Marland and Edgar embrace the wider phenomenon of re-telling and updating existing stories, such as the 'appropriation' of popular figures, inter-film adaptation (sequels and 'reboots'), and development into other visual forms including graphic fiction and video games. Whether you are producing a faithful adaptation of Tolstoy's War and Peace, or planning to pair up the crime-fighting duo of Sherlock Holmes and Batman, Adaptation for Screenwriters will be your guide."--
Inhalt:
Introduction -- PART 1 - THEORY 1. Different Languages Approaching Adaptation Issues of Form Channels of Communication Case Study: Enduring Love, High-Rise Exercises -- 2. The Challenge of Translation Being Faithful Finding the Film in the Book Dramatizing the Page Case Study: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Fight Club Exercises -- PART 2 - ADAPTATION 3. Narrative Re/Construction Story and Structure Culture and Context Adapting to Genre Case Study: The English Patient, No Country for Old Men Exercises -- 4. Faithful Invention Acts of Interpretation Reframing - Prologues and Codas Expanding the Short Story Case Study: Don't Look Now, The Shawshank Redemption Exercises -- 5. The Human Subject Character ́€" Surface and Depth Screening Psychology Capturing Conflict Case Study: The Great Gatsby, The Talented Mr Ripley Exercises -- PART 3 ́€" APPROPRIATION 6. Texts Unbound Intertextuality Customizing the Classic Text Weaving Fact and Fiction Case Study: Regeneration, The Hours Exercises -- 7. Textual Play Hypotextuality Twelve Strategies Fan Film Case Study: Dr Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes Exercises -- 8. Other Forms Stage to Screen The Graphic Novel Video Game to Film Case Study: Alan Moore, Alien vs. Predator Exercises -- PART 4 ́€" PRACTICE 9. Process Assessing the Material Centre and Circumference Concept, Treatment and Pitch Case Study: Original Material Exercises -- 10. The Script First Draft - Dialogue Redrafting ́€" From Scene to Scene Final Draft - Self-Reflection Case Study: Original Material Exercises
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Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9781350036673
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Edgar-Hunt, Robert, 1972 - Adaptation for screenwriters London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019 ISBN 9781350036673
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Allgemeines
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350036703
Mehr zum Autor:
Edgar-Hunt, Robert 1972-
