The art of adaptation
Subtitle: turning fact and fiction into film
By: Linda Seger.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: H. Holt and Co.
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Film adaptations; Motion picture authorship; Motion picture plays -- Technique; Motion pictures and literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-228) and index.
"An Owl book."
"How to transform novels, plays, and true-life stories into screenplays"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: 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.