{"product_id":"principles-of-adaptation-for-film-and-television-paperback-softback-9780292708075","title":"Principles of Adaptation for Film and Television (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292708075","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePrinciples of Adaptation for Film and Television\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBen Brady (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292708075\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e236 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhat makes this book wonderful, and so different, is that it takes you through adaptations, not just step by step but emotion by emotion ... not just how but why!\u003c\/div\u003e - Arthur Hiller, President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences \u003cdiv\u003eBen Brady's background as a network producer as well as a teacher certainly makes this unique text must reading for anybody who wants to write for the television or film industry.\u003c\/div\u003e - Michael Dann, Capital Cities\/ABC Video Enterprises\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front,\u003c\/i\u003e the Academy Award-winning \"Best Picture\" of 1929-1930, to \u003ci\u003eDances with Wolves,\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStep by step, Brady guides novice screenwriters to the completion of a professional screenplay. He begins with an incisive discussion of how to evaluate a written work's potential as a screenplay. Then he discusses each step of the writing process, showing how to identify the plot and premise of the play, develop character, treatment, and dialogue, and handle camera language and format. Brady illustrates each of these points by developing and writing a complete screenplay of the novel \u003ci\u003eClaire Serrat\u003c\/i\u003e within the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith these tools, beginning screenwriters can draw on the rich resources of words in print to create exciting screenplays for film and television. Written in vivid, entertaining prose, the book will be equally useful in the classroom or at the kitchen table, wherever enterprising writers ply their craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 1. Principles of Adaptation for Film and Television \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Transition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Plot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Premise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Character\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Nature of a Treatment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. The Treatment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Dialogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Camera Language and Screenplay Format\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 2. The Screenplay Claire Serrat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 3. Questioning Your Adaptation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary of Film Terms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681231827224,"sku":"9780292708075","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/principles-of-adaptation-for-film-and-television-paperback-softback-9780292708075","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}