novelizations
Films become books
Novelizations are novels adapted from screenplays, films, or television shows rather than original works.
They translate visual storytelling into prose, often expanding on scenes or adding interior monologue absent from the screen version.
The form flourished with tie-in paperbacks for blockbuster movies: I read the novelization before the film came out.
Singular: novelization.
Commercial partnership between properties
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- expansionIncrease in scope
- retellingNarrating something anew
reinterpretation · franchise · licensed · canon · continuity · spin-off · prequel · sequel
Unversified language
- chaptersMain divisions of text
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
setting · theme · narrator · perspective · arc · pacing · exposition · backstory
Book with flexible cover
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
- authorCreator of written works
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- imprintMark from applied pressure
mass-market · bestseller · ghostwritten · commissioned · deadline · royalties · licensing · blurb
Those who systematically acquire
- completistsThose seeking full sets
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- conventionsAccepted social practices
- forumsVenues for collective discourse
tie-in
Commercial partnership between properties
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- expansionIncrease in scope
retelling · reinterpretation · franchise · licensed · canon · continuity · spin-off · prequel · sequel · ghostwriter
prose
Unversified language
- chaptersMain divisions of text
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
dialogue · setting · theme · narrator · perspective · arc · pacing · exposition · backstory · subplots
paperback
Book with flexible cover
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
- authorCreator of written works
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
imprint · mass-market · bestseller · ghostwritten · commissioned · deadline · royalties · licensing · blurb · readership
collectors
Those who systematically acquire
- completistsThose seeking full sets
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- conventionsAccepted social practices
forums · reviews · nostalgia · memorabilia
- movie merchandiseaction figures, toy lines, posters, collectibles, soundtrack albums
- popular fictionbestsellers, genre fiction, page-turners, popular novels, pulp fiction
- Tie-instoy lines, Happy Meal toys, action figures, lunch boxes, book adaptations
- Tie-in novelsexpanded universe
- bookstextbooks, study guides, book, paperback, hardcover
- Star WarsDarth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Jedi, dark side, lightsaber
novelizationsoriginal works
Uncopied creative productions
source material · primary texts · source texts · first editions · original scripts
novelizationsfilm adaptations
Movies based on books
screen adaptations · cinematic adaptations · television adaptations · theatrical adaptations · dramatizations
novelizationsscreenplays
Written works for films
scripts · films · movies · teleplays · video games
- movie novelizationsBooks adapted from screenplays