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The truth about book adaptations

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Today we are taking a deep dive into some misconceptions about book to movie adaptations AND the changing relationship between fans and showrunners because of the internet. I found this to be a fascinating deep dive and I hope you do too! It’s what I needed to start processing the Wheel of Time season one lol

Chapters
00:00 – The thesis of this video
PART 1 – Misconceptions
01:04 – M1: Good adaptations don’t change anything
03:25 – M2: We’d want a scene-by-scene recreation
06:01 – M3: Adaptations are made for book fans
07:19 – M4: Fans will feel the same about an adaptation
08:24 – PART 2: Changing relationships between fans and showrunners
09:32 – What is a fan? What is a fandom?
12:11 – Convincing fans that showrunners are “fans”
14:48 – Is fidelity the most important thing in an adaptation?
16:39 – Some conclusions

Links
https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/incorporating-and-considering-fans-fan-culture-in-event-film-adaptations(8e849ae8-1f89-4d5f-bf00-e82b7e87e3a7).html

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