Author(s): Prof. P. S. Jawade

Abstract: Literature and film are the medium of expressions of human emotions imaginations etc. It is the artistic in nature. The literature has different genre like novels, short story, drama, poetry, biography in the written form. Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession. Screenplay and teleplay begins with a thought or idea, and screenwriters use their ideas to write scripts, with the intention of selling them and having them produced. In some cases the script is based on an existing property, such as a book or person's life story, which is adapted by the screenwriter. In most cases, a film project is initiated by a screenwriter. The initiator of the project gets the exclusive writing assignment. They are referred to as "exclusive" assignments or "pitched" assignments. Screenwriters who often pitch new projects, whether original or an adaptation, often do not have to worry about competing for assignments and are often more successful. When word is put out about a project that a film studio, production company, or producer wants done, they are referred to as "open" assignments. Open assignments are more competitive. If screenwriters are competing for an open assignment, more established writers usually win the assignments. A screenwriter can also be approached and personally offered a writing assignment. The literature and film told the stories on both grounds. The aims are mutual, both is holding the audience/ readers psychologically. The written form found reflection on screen with mobilized characters but screen version and literary work has independent direction in cinema. The literature and film are interconnected, the film can be interpret and analyzed like the written work of literature, well as the literature has multiple layers of meaning. These two forms of knowledge influenced on the readers/ audience. Each field has its own significance and limitations. In making of film, Photography, scenes for effects and other infrastructure were used to make it more effective while the literature has scope in written or oral form. The narrative techniques which used in film are different and in literature this goes in different manner. This affects the understanding or creates difficulties. The film is not only connected with the literary text but it gives the opportunity to participate in the development of that literary text. Hence the enrichment of literature is possible through the powerful media of adaptations of literary genre like fictions and other works into films. This research paper shows the accommodation of literary conversion into films with few examples.

Keywords: literary, adaptation, film, fiction, conversion media.

DOI:10.61165/sk.publisher.script.writing.2024.9

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Literature and Screenwriting for Film: Facets of Adaptation

Pages:40-43