Great adaptations : screenwriting and global storytelling / Alexis Krasilovsky.
"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...
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Table of Contents:
- Part, I Introducing Adaptation / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 1 Creative Issues
- Where Do Ideas Come From? / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 2 Career Issues
- Writers' and Producers' Standpoints / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 3 The Ethics and Aesthetics of Adaptation / Alexis Krasilovsky
- part, II Applying Screenplay Principles to Adaptation
- chapter 4 Plot / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 5 Setting / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 6 Characters and Character Relationships / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 7 Dialogue / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 8 Structure
- Heroes and Heroines
- Where Are We Going? / Alexis Krasilovsky
- part, III A Survival Guide to Adaptation
- chapter 9 The Process / Alexis Krasilovsky
- part, IV Renewing the Spirit in Myths and Fairy Tales
- chapter 10 Fairy Tale Factors
- From Spindle to Kindle / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 11 The Beasts
- From Cocteau to Cable / Alexis Krasilovsky
- part, V Global Storytelling Revisited / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 12 Stories without Borders / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 13 Regional vs. International Perspectives
- Universalizing Regional Stories / Alexis Krasilovsky
- part, VI Modern Perspectives on Romance
- chapter 14 Love and Romance Adaptations / Alexis Krasilovsky
- part, VII Bringing Up the Classics
- chapter 15 From Ancient Greece to Hollywood and Nollywood / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 16 Chunhyang, Orpheus, and Other Myths / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 17 Keeping It Literary in China / Alexis Krasilovsky
- part, VIII Embracing and Rethinking Structure
- chapter 18 Timing the Times / Alexis Krasilovsky
- chapter 19 Alternative Focus Topics for the Story of Malcolm X / Alexis Krasilovsky
- part, IX Censorship
- chapter 20 Retelling, Limited / Alexis Krasilovsky
- part, X Future Adaptations
- chapter 21 Future Adaptations / Alexis Krasilovsky.