film adaptation
Novel made cinematic
A film adaptation is a movie based on material from another medium—typically a novel, play, short story, or comic book.
The term acknowledges that translating narrative across media requires changes: The film adaptation condensed the 800-page novel into two hours.
Discussions of adaptations often involve fidelity to the source: Fans debated whether the adaptation captured the book's spirit.
One who leads
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- castingShaping through liquid form
- producerOne who makes things
- studioCreative professional's workspace
premiere · trailer · box office · franchise · sequel · screening · audience · score
Filmmaker's creative blueprint
- reimaginingFresh interpretation of existing material
- artistic freedomRight to create unrestrained
- reinterpretationNew understanding of something
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
subtext · contextualization · dramatization · modernization · updating · tone shift · character arc · plot twist
Written words for performance
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- narrativeAccount of events
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
structure · scenes · draft · revision · voice-over · flashback · montage · climax
New and unusual
- bookBound written work
- playRecreation or staged drama
- comic bookBound illustrated story publication
- graphic novelBook-length illustrated sequential narrative
manga · short story · biography · memoir · video game · true story · literary classic · bestseller
Consistently loyal and true
- accurateConforming to fact
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- source materialOriginal work adapted from
purist · respectful · literal · verbatim · unchanged · unaltered · reverent · meticulous
Crafting theatrical environments
- costume designCreating performers' period attire
- production designCreating a film's visual environment
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
- mise-en-scèneVisual elements within frame
visual effects · CGI · art direction · color grading · storyboards · framing · composition · locations
director
One who leads
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- castingShaping through liquid form
- producerOne who makes things
studio · premiere · trailer · box office · franchise · sequel · screening · audience · score · soundtrack
director's vision
Filmmaker's creative blueprint
- reimaginingFresh interpretation of existing material
- artistic freedomRight to create unrestrained
- reinterpretationNew understanding of something
perspective · subtext · contextualization · dramatization · modernization · updating · tone shift · character arc · plot twist · liberties
script
Written words for performance
characterization · structure · scenes · draft · revision · voice-over · flashback · montage · climax · denouement
novel
New and unusual
- bookBound written work
- playRecreation or staged drama
- comic bookBound illustrated story publication
graphic novel · manga · short story · biography · memoir · video game · true story · literary classic · bestseller · IP
faithful
Consistently loyal and true
- accurateConforming to fact
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
source material · purist · respectful · literal · verbatim · unchanged · unaltered · reverent · meticulous · consistency
set design
Crafting theatrical environments
- costume designCreating performers' period attire
- production designCreating a film's visual environment
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
mise-en-scène · visual effects · CGI · art direction · color grading · storyboards · framing · composition · locations · matte painting
- dramatizationsenactment, reenactment, recreation, stage play, theatrical production
- stage productionsplay, musical, dress rehearsal, stage play, stage show
- versionsversion, edition, variant, variation, revision
- adaptationsdramatization, live action remake, reimagining, retelling, radio drama
- filmmovies, editing, directing, screenwriting, documentary
- conversionsconvert, exchange rate, encoding, transcoding, reformatting
film adaptationoriginal screenplay
Film story not adapted
original script · original film · spec script · original content
film adaptationnovelization
Adapting films into books
stage adaptation · video game adaptation · source material · theatrical adaptation · book adaptation
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