ABSTRACT
Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling is the Second Place Winner in the 2019 International Writers Awards!
A vast majority of Academy Award-winning Best Pictures, television movies of the week, and mini-series are adaptations, watched by millions of people globally. Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling examines the technical methods of adapting novels, short stories, plays, life stories, magazine articles, blogs, comic books, graphic novels and videogames from one medium to another, focusing on the screenplay. Written in a clear and succinct style, perfect for intermediate and advanced screenwriting students, Great Adaptations explores topics essential to fully appreciating the creative, historical and sociological aspects of the adaptation process. It also provides up-to-date, practical advice on the legalities of acquiring rights and optioning and selling adaptations, and is inclusive of a diverse variety of perspectives that will inspire and challenge students and screenwriters alike.
Please follow the link below to a short excerpt from an interview with Carole Dean about Great Adaptations:
https://fromtheheartproductions.com/getting-creative-when-creating-great-adaptations/
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|55 pages
Introducing Adaptation
part II|54 pages
Applying Screenplay Principles to Adaptation
part III|12 pages
A Survival Guide to Adaptation
part IV|18 pages
Renewing the Spirit in Myths and Fairy Tales
part V|18 pages
Global Storytelling Revisited
part VI|8 pages
Modern Perspectives on Romance
part VII|29 pages
Bringing Up the Classics
part VIII|22 pages
Embracing and Rethinking Structure
part IX|11 pages
Censorship
part X|10 pages
Future Adaptations