Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics: Techniques for Adapting Books, Comics and Real-Life Stories into Screenplays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138948860)

Once you understand the basics of screenwriting, ideas for your next screenplay are everywhere. Whether it comes from a favorite children's book, a summer novel you discover accidentally, a news story that catches your imagination, or a chapter from your own life - advanced screenwriting strategies should now guide you through your first adaptation. In Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics, award-winning screenwriter Eric Williams uses examples from award-winning screenplays to explain new storytelling techniques. His real-world examples illustrate a range of advanced approaches - including new ways to identify and craft tension, how to reimagine structure and character, and how to strengthen emotional depth in your characters and in the audience. Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics teaches readers new ways to engage with source material in order to make successful adaptation decisions, regardless of the source material.

The book offers:

• Three detailed examples of award-winning adaptations by the author, including the complete short story and final scripts used in the Voices From the Heartland project;
• Breakout boxes highlighting modern and historical adaptations and providing examples for each concept discussed in the book;
• More than fifty charts providing easy-to-use visual representations of complex concepts;
• New screenwriting techniques developed by the author, including the Triangle of Knowledge, the Storyteller's Parallax, and the idea of Super Genres as part of a Screenwriters Taxonomy.


Author: Eric R. Williams
ISBN-10: 1138948861
ISBN-13: 9781138948860
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2017
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d