Ben Brady

Principles of Adaptation for Film and Television

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From All Quiet on the Western Front, the Academy Award-winning 'Best Picture' of 1929-1930, to Dances with Wolves, the 1991 winner, many of Hollywood's most popular and enduring movies have been screen adaptations of written work, including novels, stories, and plays. In this practical, hands-on guide, veteran TV and screenwriter Ben Brady unlocks the secrets of the adaptation process, showing aspiring writers and writing teachers how to turn any kind of narrative material into workable, salable screenplays for film and television.

Produktdetails

• University of Texas Press
• Verlag: Univ of Chicago behalf of University of Texas
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780292708075
• ISBN-10: 0292708076
• Artikelnr.: 21074732

Autorenporträt

A veteran writer and producer of radio and TV, including "Perry Mason," "The Johnny Carson Show," and "Outer Limits," Ben Brady created and headed the screenwriting department at California State University at Northridge for eighteen years.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preface
2. Acknowledgments
3. Part 1. Principles of Adaptation for Film and Television
* 1. Introduction
* 2. The Transition
* 3. Plot
* 4. The Premise
* 5. Character
* 6. The Nature of a Treatment
* 7. The Treatment
* 8. Dialogue
* 9. Camera Language and Screenplay Format
4. Part 2. The Screenplay Claire Serrat
5. Part 3. Questioning Your Adaptation
6. Glossary of Film Terms
7. Index