Changing a story into a film proves to be a difficult task when it comes to using similarities and differences. Writers and movie producers want to be able to keep some things the same in order to keep the main idea when transitioning from a short story to a motion picture. On the other hand, there will also be some alterations between the two in order to add little details to distinguish between the two. In both productions of The Most Dangerous Game, the short story by Richard Connell and the recreational film by Irving Pichel and Ernest B. Schoedsack, there are some resemblances, which keeps the storyline remotely the same. However, there are some differences to add little touches to both. When changing a short story into a film there are …show more content…
For instance, in both The Most Dangerous Game story and the motion picture version, the similitude between characters can be very easily recognized. For example, Zaroff and and Rainsford are both experience hunters. This helps urge on the chase, because they are both experienced, Zaroff finds that the hunt will be even more exciting than any other one before. With both of their brains against each other it would make a exhilarating hunt. Also, in both of the versions of The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford is a famous hunter. This helps with the thrill of the hunt as well because Zaroff has read some of the books Rainsford has written, which helps him know about Rainsford and his hunting abilities.. Rainsford being a famous hunter makes Zaroff want to compete against him to confirm he is as good of a hunter as he discloses to be. Not only do the characters show some comparability, but the plot events do as well. Specifically, Rainsford ends up in the sea which results in him ending up on the island. This is how the entire setting and main points take off. The island is where everything major in both the short story and the flick happens, this is is where everything takes place. Additionally, Zaroff is bored with hunting animals. This helps really bring the main plot through and gives both the narration and movie their title, The Most Dangerous Game which is, hunting humans rather than animals. …show more content…
For example, there are added characters in the film including, Eve, and her brother, Martin. They both ended up on the island after their ship crashed, just like Rainsford.This gives the production an entirely new meaning. Granted that, there is now a girl involved who goes on the hunt with him, while in the book, he is by himself. This makes it where he is hunting to win not just for himself, but for the girl he is trying to free. Also, this results in him returning to the house for her, rather than just leaving himself. In addition, the brother has a turn in the movie as well, he provides comic relief when things got tense. He is also the reason Rainsford discovered the “trophy room” which is where he is told, Zaroff hunts people. This differs from the story because Zaroff told him when the time was right and Rainsford did not believe him while in the cinema version, Rainsford knows this is true, for he has witnessed it. Likewise, the plot wavers in comparisons and has many contrasts. For instance, why Zaroff was killed differentiates in both productions. In the drama, Zaroff is killed by Rainsford sneaking up behind him and killing him out of his own satisfaction while in the video, he kills Zaroff out of self-defense. This changes the theme. In the narration, it is lead on to believe that Rainsford is staying on the island and taking over Zaroff’s way of life. This gives off the idea that Rainsford ended up
Despite the many similarities between the two types of media, there were also many differences. As one can see, the novel written by Walter Lord and the screenplay directed by Roy Ward Baker has some very striking similarities and some very
An example of this is the description of the forest. In the movie, it sounds beautiful and full of life. But in the movie, it sounds overgrown and not as pleasant. Another example of this is the lake by the Tuck’s house. In the book it seems to have more movement and goes better with Angus’s analogy for life, “It’s a wheel, Winnie.
While many of the things in the book don't quite match the movie there are still many similarities.
Paragraph 1-Introduce the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. Explain the plot of the story and the theme of the story. Paragraph 2-Introduce the movie The Lottery that was produced in 1969. Explain 4 MAJOR/IMPORTANT similarities between the movie and the short story.
Ender's Game novel written by Orson Scott Card in 1985. In 2013 the made it into a movie Director Gavin Hood. The movie Ender's Game based on the novel, but they are not completely the same. There are similarities in these two works of art. However, there are also differences.
There has been many occasions in the modern day where movies are made from a story or book and the movie seems to have very little related to its inspiration, but little did I know that this has been happening since the 1930s. The Most Dangerous Game movie tried it’s best to stick to the original plot but many details have been altered for the sake of cinematics. The Most Dangerous Game short story was written by Richard Connell and was released on January 19th, 1924. The story follows a man named Sanger Rainsford, a well-known hunter who has released a book or two on the subject of hunting.
In the short story “The Landlady,” by Roald Dahl and the short film, “Tales of the Unexpected” series, Billy Weaver goes to Bath, England where he meets an old landlady. Screenwriters change an author's work because they want to expand their ideas from a book into a movie. In both the story and short film there are many similarities to be found. For example, the story and short film the characters motives are the same.
For some people, reading a book is not the easiest activity in the world. They more prefer to watch movies, but there is always some differences and similarities between movies and stories which based on the same script. My essay will compare and construct the movie "In the bedroom" and "Killings" by Andre Dubus. After I the watched the movie “In the Bedroom" and read the story “Killings” by Andre Dubus, I have noticed a few obvious similarities. Firstly, I noticed that in both versions all characters have the same names.
They both include the central idea and overall mood that the original author, Jane Yolen, was trying to get across to the readers and viewers. Likewise, the characters are somewhat similar in both mediums. The main protagonist may be called by different names, but she is still the same person living the same story. Another character that stays the same is Rivka, who is the one that
These similarities provided character development, which led to important events, and obstacles Ender faced. Some of the most important similarities are the removal of Ender’s monitor and him beating up Stilson after, Ender playing the mind games, Mazer Rackham mentoring him, and Valentine trying to convince Ender to go back to space and finish his training. The most important similarity was Ender discovering the last bugger pupa and trying to find a planet where he can put it so the buggers can peacefully colonize again. All of these made the book and movie all that much better, because they all had profound impacts on the
For example, the scene where Virginia buys a train ticket in hopes to escape Richmond Daldry changes the scene and portrays it quite differently than how Cunningham wrote it. In the novel when Virginia buys her train ticket and plans to flee to London, she leaves the station to take a walk around the town when she runs into Mr. Woolf. Whereas in the movie Mr.Woolf finds her at the train station. In the novel, Mr.Woolf does not know Virginia had plans to flee. However in the movie, this is the emotional climax of the film, Mr. Woolf catches her in the act.
Is there such a thing as a dangerous clock? Apparently so. The 1961 Roger Corman film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum" is not artistically valid because the film's storyline bears little resemblance to the original work. The Pit and the Pendulum is a gothic story, which is a horror genre that mainly uses the themes and ideas of death, gloom, fear, and death as well as some romantic era ideas such as nature, individuality, and high emotions. Edgar Allan Poe was a famous author of many novels of this time who became known as the "Father of the Detective Story," a pioneer of science fiction, and the first honest literary critic.
Comparison of Polley and Munro Shekinah Bess Galen College of Nursing Comparison of Polley and Munro When it comes to comparing most written stories to its film, there are some differences noticed, while keeping intact the main objective of the story. In the both Alice Munro’s The Bear Came Over the Mountain and Sarah Polley’s Away From Her the story about a husband and wife who are facing changes in their relationship is shown. The story is told from the husband’s point of view and his thoughts while dealing with his wife’s memory loss and his past. While differences are noticed.
Have you ever noticed the minor details of differences and similarities of a written novel and a produced film? Some of these differences and similarities can be shown in the book, The Last of the Mohicans written by James Fenimore Cooper, and the movie adaptation of the book produced and filmed in 1992. Astonishingly, the book and movie portray the similarities of characters, weapons, and history. Where as the differences show scenery, clothing, and appearance. In the end, the movie and book are similar and different in a unique way.
In many movies and books the director does not fully grasp the concept of the book or vise versa. For example, in the Giver many things from the book were missing in the movie as well as in the Hunger Game series. All films compared to the actual text will have many divergent aspects in both. In Orwell 's Animal Farm and in the 1999 movie have many distinctive qualities about one another. To begin with, the film had many different aspects it went about and took detours that the book did not do.