Introduction PART 1 - THEORY 1. Different Languages Approaching Adaptation Issues of Form Channels of Communication Case Study: Enduring Love, High-Rise Exercises 2. The Challenge of Translation Being Faithful Finding the Film in the Book Dramatizing the Page Case Study: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Fight Club Exercises PART 2 - ADAPTATION 3. Narrative Re/Construction Story and Structure Culture and Context Adapting to Genre Case Study: The English Patient, No Country for Old Men Exercises 4. Faithful Invention Acts of Interpretation Reframing - Prologues and Codas Expanding the Short Story Case Study: Don't Look Now, The Shawshank Redemption Exercises 5. The Human Subject Character - Surface and Depth Screening Psychology Capturing Conflict Case Study: The Great Gatsby, The Talented Mr Ripley Exercises PART 3 - APPROPRIATION 6. Texts Unbound Intertextuality Customizing the Classic Text Weaving Fact and Fiction Case Study: Regeneration, The Hours Exercises 7. Textual Play Hypotextuality Twelve Strategies Fan Film Case Study: Dr Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes Exercises 8.

Other Forms Stage to Screen The Graphic Novel Video Game to Film Case Study: Alan Moore, Alien vs. Predator Exercises PART 4 - PRACTICE 9. Process Assessing the Material Centre and Circumference Concept, Treatment and Pitch Case Study: Original Material Exercises 10. The Script First Draft - Dialogue Redrafting - From Scene to Scene Final Draft - Self-Reflection Case Study: Original Material Exercises.