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    The Ridge and the River: Adapting a novel set in World War Two into a screenplay for a contemporary Australian film audience

    240082_Beaton 2016.pdf (1.467Mb)
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    Open access
    Authors
    Beaton, John Roderick
    Date
    2016
    Supervisor
    Dr Helen Merrick
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    MPhil
    
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    School
    Department of Screen Arts
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2219
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    Abstract

    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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