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Seger, Linda. The art of adaptation : turning fact and fiction into film / Linda Seger. - 1st ed.. - New York : H. Holt and Co., 1992.
xv, 238 p. ; 21 cm. "An Owl book." "How to transform novels, plays, and true-life stories into screenplays"--Cover. Content notes : Introduction : Turning fact and fiction into film -- Part One. What's the problem? : 1. Why literature resists film -- 2. Why theatre resists film -- 3. Why the true-life story resists film -- 4. From film into film -- Part Two. Creating the second original : 5. Finding the story -- 6. Choosing the characters -- 7. Exploring the theme -- 8. Creating and shading style, mood, and tone -- Part Three. Twice told - twice sold : 9. Optioning a story -- 10. Writing a docudrama for television. 0805016260 (acid-free paper) : FPT $14.95 9780805016260 (acid-free paper) * Film adaptations. Motion picture authorship. Motion picture plays - Technique. Motion pictures and literature. Filmscenario's. Bewerkingen. Adaptations cinématographiques. Cinéma - Art d'écrire. Cinéma - Scénarios - Technique. Cinéma et littérature.