Film adaptations are a common way that we exchange film and literature. When adapting a book to a film three important considerations or must to look for is fidelity‚ a more creative way between the original text and the adaptation and how the audience implied the original work and if they understood the adaptations. The signs and symbols show that the meaning is constructed well and is understood. One film adaptation that is a must is fidelity. Fidelity is what extent and adaption is true
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ADAPTATION AS INTERPRETATION The debate on cinematic adaptations of literary works was for many years dominated by the questions of fidelity to the source and by the tendencies to prioritize the literary originals over their film versions. (Whelehan:2006) Adaptations were seen by most critics as inferior to the adapted texts‚ as “minor”‚ “subsidiary”‚ “derivative” or “secondary” products‚ lacking the symbolic richness of the books and missing their “spirit”. (Hutcheon:2006) Critics could not forgive
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The film adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone portrays the text substantially well in several ways. The filmmaker’s interpretation encourages the audience to be discerning as their perception of the Greek tragedy is enhanced. The play becomes profound and reverberant because of the many interesting elements of production. These include musical score‚ set design‚ and the strategic costuming all of which advocates an improved comprehension of Antigone. The musical score proficiently provides the
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decades‚ adapted into films which originate from the same source but differ in context and means of portrayal. Filmmakers‚ as generations grow and society evolves‚ must master the art of successfully reaching out and empathizing with differing audiences whilst taking in the social‚ cultural and economic values widely appropriated by societies‚ into serious consideration. Kenneth Branagh directed and interpreted his adaptations of Hamlet by Shakespeare. Branagh‚ in his adaptation (1996)‚ have interpreted
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The novel “To Be OR Not to Be” is an adaptation of Hamlet that was written by Ryan North which was published in June 2013. The book has 740 pages including more than 100 scenes illustrated with pictures. The novel offers the audience the opportunity to read the play from multiple perspectives; the reader can play the story as Hamlet‚ Ophelia or King of Denmark. Based on the reader decisions throughout the book‚ the play develops new paths for the reader to follow the story which allows them to explore
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The film adaptation of the novel‚ Ordinary People‚ directed by Robert Redford has received massive amounts of critical acclaim since its release in 1980. It has been nominated for several Academy and Golden Globe Awards‚ among others‚ and won four of the Academy Awards‚ five of the Golden Globes‚ and numerous critic awards. The film’s achievement is due to the eloquent screenwriting by Alvin Sargent‚ powerful‚ emotion evoking drama from Judith Guest’s original story‚ and phenomenal acting by Timothy
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Film Adaptation Analysis of Trifles Susan Glaspell’s Trifles is a play about a murder mystery that is loosely based on an actual murder case that the author covered while working as a reporter for the Des Moines Daily News (Ben-Zvi 143). Since the play is written in 1916‚ a time when the boundaries between the private and public spheres are beginning to break down‚ it strongly reflects on the culture-bound notions of sex roles and gender. Back then‚ women are thought to be concerned about insignificant
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When looking at ‘Hugo’ directed by Martin Scorsese the adaptation from the Novel ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’ by Brian Selzink I believe it is a close adaptation. There are differences however in order to accomplish what the director was trying to portray. These differences are what made the film a close adaptation. The way dialogue is portrayed differs in the novel. The film has time and background music to elaborate on details. The novel has to keep the audience engaged. Camera angle also
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"Adaptation" Directed by: Spike Jonze 1) Our film starts with a monologue. The voice is that of Charlie Kaufman‚ a screen writer with a tendency to take every aspect of his own life into a negative‚ pessimistic mindset and rationalization. Set to begin in Hollywood‚ California just after the release of "Being John Malkovich". (A film Charlie had previously adapted into a screen
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between the adaptation directed by Mark Brozel and the original text wrote by none other than Shakespeare. For the period of Act 1‚ Scene 2‚ Macbeth is hailed as the very heroic and brave “Worthy gentleman!” who “carved out his passage Till he faced the slave;” this suggests two points already‚ the fact that Macbeth is a graceful fighter who elegantly “carved” his way through the battle which also suggests that he is as much a perfectionist in the play as he is a cook in the adaptation. The perfection
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