W6 - Film Adaptation

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What kind of author is required when a novel or short story is adapted for the stage?

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a playwright.

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What happens when a play is rewritten as a story?

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It takes the shape of a novel or a short story, calling upon a writer.

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What is needed when a text is adapted to an opera or musical?

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It is to be written as a libretto, necessitating a librettist.

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What is the process when an original work is adapted to film?

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It is reworked as a scenario by a screenwriter.

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What is Literal Adaptation in film adaptation?

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It is when what is written in literature is exactly what is in the film, preserving every detail of the book.

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What does Faithful Adaptation seek to achieve?

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It seeks to accentuate the timelessness and universality of the work’s messages and themes, with slightly altered elements.

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What characterizes Loose Adaptation?

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It lightly relies on the source texts, keeping a few elements or some semblance of the premise of the book.

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What is Artful Adaptation concerned with?

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Finding a balance between being faithful to the source material and creating a film that stands on its own as a work of art.

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What is the main focus of Artful Adaptation?

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Finding essential elements of the book and interpreting them meaningfully for the audience.

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Who defined the levels of film adaptation based on literature?

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Professor Phillips of National Chenghi University.