TY - BOOK AU - Seger,Linda TI - The art of adaptation: turning fact and fiction into film SN - 0805016260 (acid-free paper) : AV - PN1997.85 .S44 1992 U1 - 808.2/3 20 PY - 1992/// CY - New York PB - H. Holt and Co. KW - Film adaptations KW - Motion picture authorship KW - Motion picture plays KW - Technique KW - Motion pictures and literature KW - Filmscenario's KW - gtt KW - Bewerkingen KW - Adaptations cinématographiques KW - Cinéma KW - Art d'écrire KW - Scénarios KW - Cinéma et littérature N1 - "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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol056/91029095.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol054/91029095.html UR - http://www.archive.org/details/artofadaptationt00sege UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1549493M ER -