How to Adapt Anything into a Screenplay

Name: How to Adapt Anything into a Screenplay
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ISBN: 9780471225454

ISBN-10: 0471225452

ISBN-13: 9780471225454

Edition: 2003

Authors: Richard Krevolin

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Drawing on his own experiences of adaptations and on 14 years of teaching, Richard Krevolin presents his five-step process for aspiring screenwriters on how to adapt anything - from novels and short stories to newspaper articles and poems - into a screenplay.

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/13/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.11" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments



A Short History of Adaptations



Professor K.'s Five-Step Adaptation Process



Legal Issues of Adaptations



How Faithful Should Adaptations Be?


Case Study: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone



Mining the Vein and Extracting the Gold


Case Study: The Shawshank Redemption



Truth, Lies, and Alternative Structures


Case Study: Rashomon



Compiling Characters, Cherry-Picking, and Captain Phenomenal


Case Study: The Patriot



Reinterpreting and Reinventing the Storytelling Wheel


Case Study: O Brother, Where Art Thou?



I Know It Really Happened That Way, But ...


Case Study: Madison



Learning by Writing Across the Genres


Case Study: Glengarry Glen Ross



Good, Evil, and the Eternal Combat Over Adaptations


Case Study: X-Men



Smart Choices with Source Material


Case Study: Shiloh



Hints from and Interviews with Hollywood Bigwigs


Bibliography


Filmography