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‘Every Film begins with an idea.’ Justify the statement. |
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Answer» The ideas often do come from different sources. It could be the writer's own inspiration, or a story or a novel or a play may appeal to him or the director or the producer. The producer may then buy the rights of adaptation from then original writer and employ a film-writer to write the script either independently or in collaboration with the original writer or director. Even most of the films Satyajit Ray made were adaptations of fictional works. Sometimes he adapted the large novels like Pather Panchali and on other occasions expanded upon short stories like Jalsaghar. Charlie Chaplin's famous film Monsieur Verdoux was based upon an idea suggested to him by Orson Welles his contemporary filmmaker. A lot of Shakespeare's plays have been adapted in several languages of the world and still continue to be adapted. |
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