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Contemporizing the Classics

Gregory G. Sarno

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Description:"Contemporizing the Classics: Poe, Shakespeare, Doyle" is a how-to on the art and craft of transforming a classic into a feature-film screenplay with a modern storyline. The introduction probes an issue that weaves throughout: role of artistic license in balancing fidelity to the original versus dramatic needs of the script.Contemporization of a classic being the most flagrant form of dramatic license, the introduction presents three guidelines for a considered exercise thereof.Each part debuts a feature-film script that resets a classic work(s) in the present.Part One offers a contemporary visualization of Macbeth, in the process turning an Elizabethan tragedy into a dramatic comedy.Part Two applies the guidelines to several renowned works by Edgar Allan Poe.Arthur Conan DoyleWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Contemporizing the Classics. To get started finding Contemporizing the Classics, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: iUniverse

Release: 2005

ISBN: 0595787630

Description: "Contemporizing the Classics: Poe, Shakespeare, Doyle" is a how-to on the art and craft of transforming a classic into a feature-film screenplay with a modern storyline. The introduction probes an issue that weaves throughout: role of artistic license in balancing fidelity to the original versus dramatic needs of the script.Contemporization of a classic being the most flagrant form of dramatic license, the introduction presents three guidelines for a considered exercise thereof.Each part debuts a feature-film script that resets a classic work(s) in the present.Part One offers a contemporary visualization of Macbeth, in the process turning an Elizabethan tragedy into a dramatic comedy.Part Two applies the guidelines to several renowned works by Edgar Allan Poe.Arthur Conan DoyleWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Contemporizing the Classics. To get started finding Contemporizing the Classics, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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