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Publisher
Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 449 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language
English
Description
Covers literary adaptations in four main categories: classic literature; contemporary bestsellers and popular fiction; nonfiction, encompassing biography, true crime, history, and memoirs; and children's and young adult literature. Sidebars will highlight people, such as authors, film directors, screenwriters, actors, producers, who are particularly identified with adaptation or a particular work.
Author
Series
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Within these pages, Turner Classic Movies offers an endlessly fascinating look at 52 beloved screen adaptations and the great reads that inspired them. Some films, like Clueless -- Amy Heckerling's interpretation of Jane Austen's Emma -- diverge wildly from the original source material, while others, like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, shift the point of view to craft a different experience within the same story. Author Kristen Lopez explores just...
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (256 p.)
Language
English
Description
Adaptations considers the theoretical and practical difficulties surrounding the translation of a text into film, and the reverse process; the novelisation of films. Through three sets of case studies, the contributors examine the key debates surrounding adaptations: whether screen versions of literary classics can be faithful to the text; if something as capsulated as Jane Austens irony can even be captured on film; whether costume dramas always...
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"A vast majority of Academy Award-winning Best Pictures, television movies of the week, and mini-series are adaptations, watched by millions of people globally. Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling examines the technical methods of adapting novels, short stories, plays, life stories, magazine articles, blogs, comic books, graphic novels and videogames from one medium to another, focusing on the screenplay. Written in a clear and...
Author
Publisher
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"Once you understand the basics of screenwriting, ideas for your next screenplay are everywhere. Whether it comes from a favorite children's book, a summer novel you discover accidentally, a news story that catches your imagination, or a chapter from your own life -- advanced screenwriting strategies should now guide you through your first adaptation. In Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics, award-winning screenwriter Eric Williams uses examples from...
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