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Lambert, Robert – Media and Methods - Explorations in Education, 1970
Examines the published film scripts for three movies in discussing the value of reading such scripts as a part of film study in the classroom. (RD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Film Study, Films, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedWillson, Robert F., Jr. – Literature/Film Quarterly, 1974
Discusses the differences in the characterization of the hero between James Dickey's novel and screenplay, "Deliverance." (TO)
Descriptors: Film Criticism, Film Study, Films, Literary Criticism
PDF pending restorationLong, Timothy – 1975
This essay is an examination of a particular kind of change which has been made with some frequency in recent motion pictures derived from novels. Because the market for cinema is youth and the young people of the country are largely disenchanted with foreign languages, motion pictures derived from novels are occasionally rewritten in such a way…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Characterization, English, Film Study
Phillips, Gene D. – 1974
This book makes a comparative study of the prose fiction of Graham Greene and the films made from that fiction. Special attention is focused upon the "cinematic" style of Greene's prose, the effect of Greene's screenwriting on his novels, and the characteristics of Greene's filmscripts. The book is divided into considerations of Greene…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Creative Activities, Fiction, Film Production Specialists
