When it comes to films and novels there is always a translation of information between the two. The difference between the two is that with a film it gives the viewer a visual aspect of a story‚ and as for the novel it gives a verbal description of a story. In novels you are able to read the characters mind and understand who they are. A novel gives the meat of a story such as background information‚ and things that occur throughout the story. When it comes to film‚ there is are somethings that may
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Very few good books translate successfully to a good movie adaptation and most people who both read Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card and watched the subsequent movie adaptation count Ender’s Game among the many rather than the few book to film adaptations. Almost every character changedt from the book to the movie in regards to either personality‚ physical appearance‚ or their given amount of screen time. The plot changed through added romances and the removal of concepts that failed to translate
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Larry Flynt‚ an infamous photographer and free-speech activist‚ has brought about controversy in the film‚ "The People v. Larry Flynt". The movie functions as a general biography‚ but it focuses on legal issues to a large degree. Flynt‚ the editor of Hustler magazine‚ publicized pornographic obscenities in many ways. By doing so‚ he has challenged the First Amendment and the Charter’s guarantee of the right to free expression. Larry at first glance seems like an odd figure
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and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Film vs. Book The book and the movie Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde weren’t too different. The 1920 silent film‚ “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚” wasn’t too different from the book. Even though this film version of the book was silent‚ I could still tell what was happening in the movie due to the fact that I watched the movie as I read the book to be able to compare and interpret what was going on. The film and the book were actually very similar indeed. This is
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of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant‚ The Kite Runner a novel written by: Khaled Hosseini is an eye-opening story which shows that not all people are as fortunate. When it comes to comparing a story vs. a book it is amazing to see how much is left out or the choices of the director can takeaway specific themes and ideas that occurred in the actual story. The movie was deficient when it came to their descriptions of characters‚ and their relationships
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easily tell from the couple clips we watched it looks quite different. I am a film major and I know what decisions are probably involved in changing some of the scenes for visual effects. Sometimes things on a page will not read as well when they are presented on screen. In this short paper I will concentrate on why they may have changed certain details for the screen. First of all‚ the laboratory scene. In the book we never really see or hear of a lab like the one in the movie. Although this is
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"The Most Dangerous Game": Short Story vs. Film “The world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees. Luckily‚ you and I are the hunters.” Thus states Sanger Rainsford‚ the hero of Richard Connell’s masterful short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game‚” to his hunting partner as they prepare to stalk jaguars in the Amazon wilderness. Ironically‚ Rainsford is soon destined to experience the fear of the huntee as he must desperately elude his rival‚ the demented‚ man-hunting General Zaroff
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ENGL 2301.04 10 September 2013 Achilles Vs. Agamemnon In Homer’s‚ The Iliad‚ Book 1‚ “The Rage of Achilles‚” one of the main concepts presented is the idea that the gods desire honor and glory. It is very evident that both Achilles and Agamemnon are in competition for more power and dominance. This idea is demonstrated primarily through the two prize women‚ Briseis and Chryseis‚ daughter of Chrsyses. While the Trojan war was going on‚ both Achilles and Agamemnon had a fight amongst themselves
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After reading the story and watching the movie of “The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ it was easy to spot the many similarities and differences between the two. The story was written by Edgar Allen Poe but the movie was written but someone else even though it was based on Poe’s story. The movie focuses on giving more information about the characters than Poe’s story. Similarities with the movie and the story were that both portrayed a dark mood. Both portrayed a sense of suspense
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Should tablets and computers replace textbooks and paper for learning in schools? With the current technological rise replacing books the question becomes more prevalent. Many people say yes‚ technology is the new and modern answer to efficiency‚ but according to many research studies done‚ facts do not add up. The use of tablets in classrooms should not replace paper and books because
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