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The Art of Screen Adaptation
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This book is ideal for aspiring and professional screenwriters, novelists considering adaptations, and film and television enthusiasts interested in the craft of screenwriting. Its accessible style also makes it suitable for writers seeking practical advice on production and story transformation.
Producers and audiences are hungrier than ever for stories, and a lot of those stories begin life as a book - but how exactly do you transfer a story from the page to the screen? Alistair Owen puts all key questions to some of the top names in screenwriting, including Hossein Amini ( Drive ), Jeremy Brock ( The Last King of Scotland ), Moira Buffini (
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Producers and audiences are hungrier than ever for stories, and a lot of those stories begin life as a book - but how exactly do you transfer a story from the page to the screen? Alistair Owen puts all key questions to some of the top names in screenwriting, including Hossein Amini (Drive), Jeremy Brock (The Last King of Scotland), Moira Buffini (Jane Eyre), Lucinda Coxon (The Danish Girl), Nick Hornby (An Education), and more.
Exploring fiction and nonfiction projects, contemporary and classic books, films and TV series, The Art of Screen Adaptation reveals the challenges and pleasures of reimagining stories for cinema and television. It provides a frank and fascinating masterclass with the writers who have done it and have the awards and acclaim to show for it.
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Praised for its accessibility and depth, The Art of Screen Adaptation is described as an essential and illuminating read for writers at all stages of their careers. Reviewers highlight its jargon-free style and richly detailed interviews that provide invaluable, practical advice. It is celebrated by both established screenwriters and authors as a long-needed resource full of brilliant, in-the-trenches wisdom.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780857302274
Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 August 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Creative Essentials
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 288
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About the Author
Alistair Owen is the author of Smoking in Bed: Conversations with Bruce Robinson (one of David Hare's Books of the Year in the Guardian), Story and Character: Interviews with British Screenwriters and Hampton on Hampton (one of Craig Raine's Books of the Year in the Observer). He has chaired Q&A events at the Hay Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival and London Screenwriters' Festival, and his platform with Christopher Hampton in the Lyttelton Theatre to celebrate Faber's 75th anniversary was published in Faber Playwrights at the National Theatre. Alistair has written original and adapted screenplays, on spec and to commission; contributed film reviews to Time Out and film book reviews to the Independent on Sunday; and recently completed his first novel, The Vetting Officer. His next nonfiction project is a book of conversations with novelist, screenwriter, playwright and director William Boyd, for Penguin.
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