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Adaptation from literature to film

2 Novembro 2020, 11:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Brief overview of theoretical framework of adaptation that will be applied:

George Bluestone. Novels into Film (University of California Press: Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1957)

DeWitt Bodeen, "'The Adapting Art'", Films in Review, 14/6 (June-July 1963)

Michael Klein and Gillian Parker The English Novel and the Movies,1982.

Presentation of adaptations as a reflection of different influences:

•The times of their production – what is legally possible and/or accepted at one time may not be at another (first because it’s short)

•Perspective of the creator of the piece

•The media – source and target.

Discussion of the concepts of

•1) being faithful to the letter

•2)being faithful to the spirit while still recognising the specificities of Intertextuality.

Discussion of Michael Klein and Gillian Parker suggestions on different forms of intertextual fidelity/infedility:

a.fidelity to the main thrust of the narrative, even if the medium of telling the story is different and there are some reductions in the story but the central thrust is the same

b.retains the core of the structure of the narrative while significantly reinterpreting or, in some cases, deconstructing the source text;

c.the source merely as raw material, as simply the occasion for an original work.

Discussion of Anthony Minghella's 1999 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel in this context.

Literary close reading

29 Outubro 2020, 14:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Literary close reading of section of text (pp85-86 They breakfasted ... died in his mouth) from IThe Talented Mr. Ripley

Literary close reading

28 Outubro 2020, 14:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Analysis of the opening section (page 5-6 Tom glanced ... Richard Greenleaf's father"

Discussion of close reading assignment. Parameters below:
•Introduction: Very brief summary of the book/film the story locating the section you will be working with physically within the context of the story

•End the introduction with your thesis idea (why you are analysing this section)

•Development: Your analysis

•Conclusion: How the scene selected contributes to the development of the story/assists the author/director to develop the narrative arc or make this more transparent/functional.

Literary close reading:

•Select a 200-300 word section from the book and apply the techniques in the manual

•Use the technical vocabulary in this section of the manual.

Visual literacy applied to film stills:
•Mise-en-scene: ØLighting; ØFocus/blurring; ØSetting ØSet dressing & props; ØWardrobe; ØChoice of actors; ØBlocking - the positioning and movement of the actors; Øcamera angle and level, Øcreation of light / shadow, use of filters. •Framing/Camera angle

Close reading of film/TV excerpt:

Visual literacy +

Post-Production Processes:
•Picture Editing •Sound Editing •Addition of Musical Score •Sounds Mixing •Visual Effects Colour Correction

Literary Close Reading

26 Outubro 2020, 11:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Presentation of Literary Close Reading techniques (manual pps 32-33).

Practise with texts in the manual:

poem: The Balloon of the Mind by William Butler Yeats (p 31)

short story "Ripe Figs" by Kate Chopin (p 34)

Visual techniques used in TV as opposed to film

22 Outubro 2020, 14:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Analysis of the opening credits of the TV series Peaku Blinders to gain insight into the visual elements that are used in TV series as opposed to film.

Students to read article on the difference of the role of the director in TV series and film