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
