Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics

<p>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 <i>Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics </i>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. <i>Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics</i> teaches readers new ways to engage with source material in order to make successful adaptation decisions regardless of the source material.</p><p>The book offers:</p><ul> <ul> <p> </p> <li>Three detailed examples of award-winning adaptations by the author including the complete short story and final scripts used in the <i>Voices From the Heartland</i> project;</li> <p> </p> <li>Breakout boxes highlighting modern and historical adaptations and providing examples for each concept discussed in the book;</li> <p> </p> <li>More than fifty charts providing easy-to-use visual representations of complex concepts;</li> <p> </p> <li>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.</li> </ul> </ul>