People who read are often willing to “go along for the ride,” which is not acceptable in film. The audience demands a discrete structure in film which is not demanded from books.
Macmillan Starts Film/TV Division
October 4, 2010
Abominations of Hwood, Rocket Surgery, The Bottom Line Leave a comment
Macmillan Starts Film/TV Division To Produce Book-Based Fare – Deadline.com
So, a film division of Macmillan will be a magnet for books that are specifically written to become films, or to have authors they like write books specifically written to become films, and they won’t want to adapt a particular book to film simply for love of the book, but because some Hwood dev exec thinks he can spot the winners in a crowd (of books), or indirectly induce writers to not write actual books, but proto-scripts.
The Art Of The Film Title Design Throughout Cinema History
October 4, 2010
The Structure of Computer Game Stories
August 30, 2010
Rocket Surgery Leave a comment
Anyone else think Call of Duty 5 had moments more dramatic than any cinematic feature of the last decade?
Kevin
