The art of adaptation : [electronic resource] turning fact and fiction into film / Linda Seger.
Material type:
- 0805016260 (acid-free paper) :
- 9780805016260 (acid-free paper)
- 808.2/3 20
- PN1997.85 .S44 1992
- 24.33
"An Owl book."
"How to transform novels, plays, and true-life stories into screenplays"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-228) and index.
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.
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