loose adaptation
Liberally altered version
A loose adaptation takes the basic premise, characters, or setting from a source work but departs significantly from the original in plot, tone, or details.
The term implies creative liberty rather than faithful reproduction: The film is a loose adaptation of the novel—they kept the title and little else.
Compare with faithful or straight adaptation.
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- reimaginingFresh interpretation of existing material
- inspired byCreatively motivated through
- based onHaving as source
- in name onlyOfficially but not actually
liberties · taking liberties · retelling · version · spin · riff · homage · departure · reinterpretation · update · modernization · remix · variation · faithful · source material · original · screenplay · novelization
- film remakesremake, reboot, reimagining, retelling, revival
- adaptation termsrewriting, editing, condensing, expanding, abridgment
- adaptationsfilm adaptations, TV adaptations, stage adaptations, novel adaptations, dramatization
- television adaptationsminiseries, remake, dramatization, reimagining, reboot