Have you heard about the text drama A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley written by Charles Dickens? Or the movie Scrooge, directed by Henry E.? Well, they both tell the same story, but they use different techniques that are unique to each medium (TV and the play). In this essay I´ll compare both mediums to discover which adaptation is more effective in characters, settings and the mood.
The characters in the play are described in stage directions or in the dialogues. Sometimes reading long stage directions may become tedious and boring. But you can imagine how they would look or their tone of voice. In the film, you watch the scenario, characters’ body language and how they look (like their costumes), and you can imagine how the character