BOOK TO FILMWRITERS TALK ADAPTATION & ATTACHMENT

CREATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE ELEMENTS OF ADAPTATION

• HOW DOES THE PROCESS WORK BEST? MUST THE NOVELIST WRITE THE SCREENPLAY OR A TREATMENT? BECAUSE THE WRITER IS SO CLOSE TO THE MATERIAL, HAVING WRITTEN IT, IS IT PREFERRED THAT THE WRITER ADAPT? OR SHOULD A SCREENWRITER? IS THERE A RULE HERE?

WHY A BOOK BECOMES OF INTEREST & HOW DOES IT GET ACQUIRED? • WHAT ELEMENTS OF A BOOK MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE TO FILMMAKERS?• IS IT ABOUT THE MARKETPLACE OR IS IT ABOUT FEELING? • NUTS AND BOLTS: HOW DOES A BOOK GET INTO THE HANDS OF

FILMMAKERS?