There was The Godfather, Silence of the Lambs, Harry Potter, Fight Club, The Bone Collector, The Color Purple, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Gone With The Wind, The Notebook, Forest Gump, and Lord of the Rings, just to name of few books that I read in my highschool World Literature and Literature of Science classes. To me there has always been a strong connection between written literature and the creative direction on the movie screen. Today, it is not out of the ordinary to produce or watch a movie that derived from a book written.
Ten years ago, movie directors and producers maybe wrote their production, created a storyboard and held a casting call than filmed their own vision of a typical love drama, comedy story. NOW, it appears to be that the only way for someone can get great entertainment is to read a novel and look forward to either a movie or television series come out. Since the the 1900's motion pictures became one of the new leisure activities for young adults when interpersonal time once dominated leisure's job. It developed into a cultural institution. Today, it is much more than an institution for different cultures. It became the leading source of entertainment.
in 2003, Bram Cohen created a downloading and file sharing software called BitTorrent that allowed downloads of files that are shared by one or more file holders. It also help speed up the process if you wanted to down load movies. Producers and other movie companies found new leverage to increase the expansion for films. The star system was created when the realization of fan interest in film actors and actresses drew larger crowds which equaled more MONEY. This only in film.
Motion picture making in the digital age is all computer generated. There is no more dailies being developed, processed, and printed, which takes up considerable amounts of times. To produce a successful film there is preproduction, production, and postproduction. Preproduction consists of writing the screenplay. The Screenplay is revised, rough drafted and polished. Production is cast and crew assembled at the location and shooting. Post production is the editing phase. The film editor and director work together to create what you pay the movies to watch.
It may seem easy but it is not. Before producers and directors wrote and starred in many of their own films. Today, many producers find best selling novels to evolve in movies. This slightly eliminates Pre-production but it also forms it into a different production process. Writers slightly revise and cut out certain scenes in the book to shorten the film but keep the main idea of the novel. It eliminates time because it is already written with a main idea and purpose.
Popular films like The Color Purple and The Godfather has been anticipated. A short time ago, The Color Purple made a different approach with the book and film. They migrated to Broadway productions which are growing more popular today. Illegally Blonde may not have started as a book but is another example of how films are beginning to migrate off the big screen and to the big stage. Books that become films are more interesting. They are less time consuming for the production crews and they can shift the producers writing skills to more creative dramas and ideas in the film.
I believe that it's the most awesomest (<--- Not a word but it's my blog) convergence in media. The benefits are: Whoever didn't read the book saw the film but wants to read the book now, whoever read the book but didn't see the film wants to go see the film. It's like doubling money gross with one fan. The author gets major credit and if the film is a success the producer as well. And, the director gets to manipulate the scenes with his or her imagination. Kind of Cool
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