This module aims to develop practical creative skills in the transformation of stories, narrative and plot from one medium into another through screenwriting, with a focus on balancing creativity and market needs.
The module examines the process by which a screenwriter will adapt a work for television, film or video game, with the aim of preserving and successfully translating the theme and intended meaning behind the source material.
The idea that a story needs to prove marketability in an alternative market before its adaptation to film, TV or video game will be interrogated, and issues surrounding fidelity to an original work, or a lack thereof, will also be explored.
