Deepening the Theme
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Deepening the Theme
What are common themes used in successful films? How do you clarify your theme and convey your theme without getting preachy? Let master script consultant Dr. Linda Seger show you with this unique DVD.

Adaptation
$18.95
Adaptation
One of the most talked about scripts of the year, Adaptation is the story of an orchid collector, a journalist, and the screenwriter who is adapting Orlean's bestselling book and writes himself and his twin brother into the movie.


The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction into Film
Linda Seger

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Format: Softcover, 238 pages
ISBN: 0805016260
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Pub. Date: February 1992

Description
Required reading for anyone interested in transforming novels, plays or true-life stories into screenplays by a master teacher. Excellent commentary on the challenges and the pleasures of reworking literature into the visual media and clearly cited case studies show by example. Nearly 85% of all Best Picture Oscar winners came from another source, so learning how to adapt material is a critical skill every serious screenwriter needs. Lists Emmy and Academy-Award winners of adapted material. This how-to is exceptional.

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