Adaptation

Literature and cinema are arts with fundamental differences. Adapting a literary work requires a profound reinvention of the story. In this workshop, you will discover how to appropriate a story and turn it into a screenplay. You will learn how to put into images a style, a discourse, an atmosphere from literary works without losing their nature.

*in-school activities are available in French only

Level: Elementary 3, High school
Subject: French, French as a second language / immersion, Media arts, Visual arts

Learning objectives

  • Identify or describe narrative elements, taking into account the plot and genre
  • Describe a work using cinema-specific vocabulary
  • Interpret the work by trying to understand the intentions and reacting to them
  • Compare the characteristics of a film script to another narrative genre

Duration

75 minutes

Maximum

35 students

Price

250$
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