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Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics: Techniques for Adapting Books, Comics and Real-Life Stories into Screenplays Williams, Eric R. (Ohio University, USA) 1st edition
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Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics: Techniques for Adapting Books, Comics and Real-Life Stories into Screenplays
Williams, Eric R. (Ohio University, USA)
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.350 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 27, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138948853 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 750 g |
| Language | English |
| Illustrator | Ayres, Tyler |
