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• Technical Reasons Some films are difficult to be adapted for technical reasons.
• The Screenwriter If the writers are the screen writers, they may be too close to the material and find it difficult to adapt to a new form; if the writers are not, they may be very unsatisfied with the film versions of the book.
★Why do some adaptations get lower 4. _r_a_t_in_g_s__ than others?
★ Screenwriters leaving out something
Being not close to
because of the length of a film ★ Screenwriters changing the plot and
Read the whole article. Complete the diagram on page 53, focusing on the source materials for adapted films and the main challenges faced by filmmakers.
★classic novels ★short stories ★comic books ★stage plays ★non-fiction, such as biographies and autobiographies
★Why do many adaptations and remakes fail with both cinema audiences and critics?
• The original VS Film It becomes a question for screen writers to decide what is appropriate for the screen and what to leave out.
• The Cast It’s difficult to find actors acceptable to film audiences.
for book writers to material
do film adaptations. ★ Book writers being very 6. _u_n_s_a_t_is_f_ied
with the film versions of their works
Para. There are some highly 7. _s_u_c_c_e_s_sf_u_l__ films made from popular books.
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Choose the right answers.
1. In what situation adaptations from books to films
possibly satisfy the audiences?
A
A. Adaptations of lower expectation from audiences.
He has been even disappointed by a film of a book.
seeing or having a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen; lacking in hope and confidence in the future
are hard to depict on the screen. ③ Some alternations of the story in the film make the
story less logical and compact than it originally was.
Read the title “From Page to Screen” and predict what will be talked about in the passage.
Many adaptations fail because: Films have to be a specific length causing parts of the book to be left out. Finding actors acceptable to film audiences is the key to readers’ imagination of characters.
3. What is the purpose of the passage? C A. To argue that good books should be adapted to films. B. To persuade the audience to accept the adaptations from books to films. C. To explain the reasons why many adaptations from books to films failed. D. To inform that adaptations should be based on various kinds of books.
the original
endings, working on additions to please
producers, directors and test audiences
The The cast answers to
Paras. the
3-6 questions
above. The disadvantages
To read and talk about a film that is adapted from a book. To read for general understanding. To read for specific information.
What’s your favorite book? What’s your favorite film/TV series? Is the film adapted from a book?
classiห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ novels comic books biographies
Page _b_o_o_k_s_
The Source Materials
Screen _f_i_lm__s_
The Main Challenges for Filmmakers
The Main Challenges for Filmmakers
alter (a text) to make it suitable for filming, broadcasting, or the stage
Read paragraph 1. What is the writer’s attitude towards it?
I has been pessimistic many times.
• Discuss the diagram first. • Read the text. • Underline the topic sentence in each
paragraph and the supporting details.
short stories stage plays autobiographies
What are your opinions on the film adapted from book? ① I prefer the original book to the film. ② The atmosphere and the setting created in the book
• the history of adapted films? • the development of adapted films? • the challenges of adapted films? • the benefits of adapted films? • how people adapt the books into films?
Jane Eyre
Les Misérables
Pair Work Have you ever watched a film that is adapted from a book? Which one do you think is better, the original book or the film made from it? Why?
1. Why do audiences always have the feeling of “the film is not like the book”? Because the film’s length is about two hours, some plots are left out or changed. Even the endings may be changed.
B. Adaptations of popular books.
C. Adaptations of good books.
D. Adaptations of books that audiences love.
2. Novelist J. D. Salinger is mentioned in the last paragraph in order toD_______. A. tell us how disappointed the audiences are B. show that many authors are involved in the process of making film C. prove that authors may not neccesarily be good screenwriters D. show some writers are against the idea of making books into films
★ Readers using their imaginations to
5. ________ characters
visualise
★ Readers’ definite ideas about how
characters should look and sound
★ Book writers being too close to the
Talk about the reasons why many adaptations fail with both cinema audiences and critics based on the diagram.
critic is a person who writes and expresses opinions about things such as books, movies, music, or art.
Read the article carefully and fill in the following blanks.
Para.1 The writer’s opinion
The sources for a film
Para. 2 Questions to be asked
Although highly 1. ________ books dornegoatrded always make good films, great films may be made from not particularly good books.