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How to Adapt Anything into a Screenplay Richard Krevolin

How to Adapt Anything into a Screenplay By Richard Krevolin

How to Adapt Anything into a Screenplay by Richard Krevolin

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Drawing on his own experiences of adaptations and on fourteen years of teaching, the author presents his seven step process for aspiring screenwriters on how to adapt from novels and short stories to newspaper articles and poems into a screenplay.

How to Adapt Anything into a Screenplay Summary

How to Adapt Anything into a Screenplay by Richard Krevolin

Drawing on his own experiences of adaptations and on fourteen years of teaching, Richard Krevolin presents his seven step process for aspiring screenwriters on how to adapt anything - from novels and short stories to newspaper articles and poems - into a screenplay.

About Richard Krevolin

RICHARD KREVOLIN has taught screenwriting at USC Cinema School, Ithaca College, and UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television since 1988. He regularly conducts writers' workshops and screenwriting seminars around the country. A pair of screenplays Krevolin adapted from two of his successful stage plays, King Levine and Lawrence of Suburbia, have been optioned and are in development. His one-man show, Boychik, had lengthy runs at the Santa Monica Playhouse and Off Broadway, and toured the country. Krevolin is also the author of Screenwriting from the Soul.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Jeff Arch.Preface.Acknowledgments.1. A Short History of Adaptations.2. Professor K.'s Five-Step Adaptation Process.3. Legal Issues of Adaptations.4. How Faithful Should Adaptations Be?Case Study: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.5. Mining the Vein and Extracting the Gold.Case Study: The Shawshank Redemption.6. Truth, Lies, and Alternative Structures.Case Study: Rashomon.7. Compiling Characters, Cherry-Picking, and Captain Phenomenal.Case Study: The Patriot.8. Reinterpreting and Reinventing the Storytelling Wheel.Case Study: O Brother, Where Art Thou?9. I Know It Really Happened That Way, But ...Case Study: Madison.10. Learning by Writing Across the Genres.Case Study: Glengarry Glen Ross.11. Good, Evil, and the Eternal Combat Over Adaptations.Case Study: X-Men.12. Smart Choices with Source Material.Case Study: Shiloh.13. Hints from and Interviews with Hollywood Bigwigs.Bibliography.Filmography.

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GOR003665088
9780471225454
0471225452
How to Adapt Anything into a Screenplay by Richard Krevolin
Richard Krevolin
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
2003-04-11
218
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