Screen adaptation : beyond the basics : techniques for adapting books, comics and real-life stories into screenplays /

Once you understand the basics of screenwriting, ideas for your next screenplay are everywhere. Whether it comes from a favorite children’s book, a summer novel you discover accidentally, a news story that catches your imagination, or a chapter from your own life — advanced screenwriting strategies...

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Weitere Titel:
chapter 1 Beyond the Rules Adaptation /
chapter 2 Fundamentals of Adaptation /
chapter 3 Adapting Jim Day’s “Karelia” /
section One Basic Practices --
chapter 4 Recognizing your Genre /
chapter 5 Strengthening your Emotional Center /
chapter 6 Utilizing your Characters’ Motivation and Dialogue /
chapter 7 Adapting Jo Weiss’ “The Pool” /
section Two Intermediate Practices --
chapter 8 Thematic Approaches /
chapter 9 Reshaping Structure /
chapter 10 Crafting and Honing Tension /
chapter 11 The Triangle of Knowledge /
chapter 12 Adapting Damion Armentrout’s “So the Young Enter the World” /
section Three Advanced Practices.
1. Verfasser:
Williams, Eric R.
Weitere Verfasser:
Ayres, Tyler (IllustratorIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York and London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Ausgabe:
1st edition
Zusammenfassung:
Once you understand the basics of screenwriting, ideas for your next screenplay are everywhere. Whether it comes from a favorite children’s book, a summer novel you discover accidentally, a news story that catches your imagination, or a chapter from your own life — advanced screenwriting strategies should now guide you through your first adaptation. In Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics, award-winning screenwriter Eric Williams uses examples from award-winning screenplays to explain new storytelling techniques. His real-world examples illustrate a range of advanced approaches — including new ways to identify and craft tension, how to reimagine structure and character, and how to strengthen emotional depth in your characters and in the audience. Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics teaches readers new ways to engage with source material in order to make successful adaptation decisions, regardless of the source material. The book offers: Three detailed examples of award-winning adaptations by the author, including the complete short story and final scripts used in the Voices From the Heartland project; Breakout boxes highlighting modern and historical adaptations and providing examples for each concept discussed in the book; More than fifty charts providing easy-to-use visual representations of complex concepts; New screenwriting techniques developed by the author, including the Triangle of Knowledge, the Storyteller’s Parallax, and the idea of Super Genres as part of a Screenwriters Taxonomy.
Umfang:
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
text file
Anmerkungen:
"A Focal Press book"--Cover.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN:
9781317364030
1317364031
9781315669410
1315669412
9781317364047
131736404X
9781138948853
1138948853
Schlagworte:
Film adaptations.
Motion pictures and literature.
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