Critical: Fictional Adaptation

One vision, one text

In contrast to the written word, film and television are the result of collaborative process which involves cast and crew of many-

Costume, make-up, Set and props

Actors, reporters, presenters

Director

Producer

Writers

Camera and sound crew

Financiers

Interpretation 

You've got too keep people interested. Good storytelling is often about dramatic license but doing something engaging. It's keeping an audience interested, there is tension between accuracy and the demands of 'good storytelling'. 

E.g. impose dramatic tension on something 

• Locations
• cast 
• visualising 

Wether it's the challenge of visiting different parts of the world, re-creating a long since period of history or allow someone to experience a situation which would not normally be accessible. Filmmakers can find themselves to accurately and efficiently achieve what is necessary to honour and re-tell the story. 

When it goes form a book into film and television it throws up all sorts of issues-nervous of negativity and publicity lawsuits. 

Jango Unchained- got in trouble for overuse of the word 'n****r' 

Actors will often own the character and interpret it themselves

Fidelity- Honouring, most appreciative features where the fans are happy. 

When the adaptation is described as unfaithful it lacks the fundamental 

How many minutes would a chapter in a book be in a film. A visual medium is time based with a beginning and end. A chapter may cover a month or a minute. 

Classics are popular but this is a mixed blessing. People thing any changes are sacred but they're inevitable. 

Shakespeare has been adapted numerous times

Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde was adapted to him being an alcoholic completely changing the way we see the character. 

Classic brought into modern day so it's more relatable to us.

Honoring Doyles Holmes on screen

in the early 1980s Granada television commissioned an adaptation of Sherlock Holmes 

Loyalty to the fans: They can often get in the way of whats possible with this creative process which involves the actors, directors and writers 

 1980s and 90s. Granada's adaptation

The way we tell those stories is emerging with new audiences.