The Concept Of Adaptation

Adaptation is the transfer or modifying of a story line in one particular form e.g. written work such as novel, to another narrative medium such as game, television or film.
Adaptation introduces complications in audience perception and aesthetics. The most obvious and common form of adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of most film. The concept of adapting the properties in a narrative medium and using it in another has existed ever since the days when we had at least one other medium to borrow from. In fact the ancient Greeks freely took stories from their myth and oral traditions and converted them into plays for the theatre. However, most film adaptation often includes the use of non-fiction such as novels, comic books, plays and even games.

Novel adaptations:
Novels are often adapted for films. In most cases, these adaptations try either to appeal to an existing commercial audience, (e.g. the adaptation of best sellers) or to tap into the innovation and novelty of a less renowned author. Inevitably, the question of "faithfulness" arises, and the more high profile the source novel, the more insistent are the questions of fidelity. For example, a scene from William Shakespeare's original play to the scene as realized in Trevor Nunn's television adaptation of the stage production.
However, since Nunn does not change Shakespeare's language, he was able to transpose Elizabethan world to a more contemporary Venice between the wars, thus enhancing or detracting from the original message of the play

According to Sergei Eisenstein, a good source novel contains a great deal of action and extensive physical description. In most cases, novels that feature internal struggles and intellectual debate are difficult to film, but novels that offer descriptions of scenery and which contemplate their debates in plotting is easy to film. Additionally, stream of consciousness and internal monologues can only be filmed by means of intrusive and illusion-breaking techniques such as voice-over.
At the same time, film has the ability to employ slow motion, time-lapse and most essentially, montage techniques that often have no fictional equivalent.

Ref: www.cocc.edu/humanities/HIR/Film/filmadaptation.htm

Thesis statement:

"Despite the numerous technique to story writing, adaptation remains the most popular approach in all media".
The word "Adaptation" refers to the use of narrative properties from one story-based material/medium and using it in another medium.For example, using stories
from myths and oral tradition and turning them into works for the theater or written novels converted into films.

Thesis Statement

Dear James,
I will like you to please review the following ideas for project project 2 (research paper).

The thesis statement for my research paper could be any of the follow:

"Because of the need for quality media experience, Convergence remains the ultimate feature of most interactive media".

OR

"Despite the numerous technique to story writing, adaptation remains the most popular approach in all media".

These are examples of ideas that I will like to work on.
Looking forward to have feedbacks from you.
Ade