The Ridge and the River: Adapting a novel set in World War Two into a screenplay for a contemporary Australian film audience
This two-part thesis argues that academic studies of adaptation from novel to film disregard the importance to the screenwriter of industrial and commercial pressures. The first part has a brief overview of adaptation studies, and the art of screenwriting which links to a final chapter about adaptin...
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Curtin University
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2219 |
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| author | Beaton, John Roderick |
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| description | This two-part thesis argues that academic studies of adaptation from novel to film disregard the importance to the screenwriter of industrial and commercial pressures. The first part has a brief overview of adaptation studies, and the art of screenwriting which links to a final chapter about adapting a specific novel into a screenplay, some concerns of screenplay structure and a personal review of tasks ahead. The second part is the creative work of a feature length screenplay. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-22192017-02-20T06:38:48Z The Ridge and the River: Adapting a novel set in World War Two into a screenplay for a contemporary Australian film audience Beaton, John Roderick This two-part thesis argues that academic studies of adaptation from novel to film disregard the importance to the screenwriter of industrial and commercial pressures. The first part has a brief overview of adaptation studies, and the art of screenwriting which links to a final chapter about adapting a specific novel into a screenplay, some concerns of screenplay structure and a personal review of tasks ahead. The second part is the creative work of a feature length screenplay. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2219 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Beaton, John Roderick The Ridge and the River: Adapting a novel set in World War Two into a screenplay for a contemporary Australian film audience |
| title | The Ridge and the River: Adapting a novel set in World War Two into a screenplay for a contemporary Australian film audience |
| title_full | The Ridge and the River: Adapting a novel set in World War Two into a screenplay for a contemporary Australian film audience |
| title_fullStr | The Ridge and the River: Adapting a novel set in World War Two into a screenplay for a contemporary Australian film audience |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Ridge and the River: Adapting a novel set in World War Two into a screenplay for a contemporary Australian film audience |
| title_short | The Ridge and the River: Adapting a novel set in World War Two into a screenplay for a contemporary Australian film audience |
| title_sort | ridge and the river: adapting a novel set in world war two into a screenplay for a contemporary australian film audience |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2219 |