Author(s): Denise Faithfull

Film

For anyone whos ever read a story and seen the movie in their head, Adaptations is the ultimate on how to make it happen. The average screenplay is around 100 pages. The average novel is over twice that. Yet somehow certain film adaptations seem to completely capture their original, while others are no more than a lame imitation. So what makes a story play in the cinema? What should you leave in? What should you take out? And what should you simply reinvent for the screen?