The art of adaptation : turning fact and fiction into film /

Title:

The art of adaptation : turning fact and fiction into film /

Author:

Seger, Linda.

Format:

Book

Institution:

Emerson College, MassArt

Contents:

Introduction : Turning fact and fiction into film -- Part One : What's the problem? -- Why literature resists film -- Why theatre resists film -- Why the true-life story resists film -- From film into film -- Part Two : Creating the second original -- Finding the story -- Choosing the characters -- Exploring the theme -- Creating and shading style, mood, and tone -- Part Three : Twice told, twice sold -- Optioning a story -- Writing a docudrama for television.

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

Emerson Main Stacks
PN1997.85 .S44 1992 – Available

• Available Temporarily at Emerson Reserve
  On reserve for VM325 -1: Writing the Adaptation (Visual and Media Arts: Casademont)

MassArt Main
PN1997.85 .S44 1992 – Available