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It's A Wonderful Life And The Greatest Gift Comparison

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One of the most difficult challenge, a director can do, is making a short story into a film. Two iconic films that originated from the short story is, It’s A Wonderful Life, is directed by Frank Capra and originated from, The Greatest Gift, written by Philip Van Doren Stern, and 2001: A Space Odyssey, is directed by Stanley Kubrick and originated from, The Sentinel, written by Arthur C. Clark. These films differ from their short story by having a twist that challenge’s and question’s the audience on what they saw, so it could leave a lasting effect on them. Yet, both films stay as hard as possible to stay loyal to the source material. It’s a Wonderful Life is often appreciated as a heartwarming, and an inspirational story whose message is that a single person can make so much difference to, so many other people’s lives. However, there are some critics who argue that the story …show more content…

In 2001: A Space Odyssey originated from Arthur C. Clark, short story, The Sentinel, which is about the finding of an artifact, like the monolith, is sending signal to the human, where our narrator believes it’s a message to warn us of the unknown send from aliens, the origin of it is unknown. It’s clear that the movie follows a concentration strategy since the director keeps most of the element of the short story to be a main plot in the films, while inventing elements to the rest of the films. Like, It’s a Wonderful Life, which was adapted from the short story, The Greatest Gift, the director follows a concentration strategy since the follow the main plot of the short story in the end of the film. However, unlike the film, the short story does not show how he ended up chosen suicide, in which the film, perfectly executed the reason for George to commit suicide. Both took a concentration strategy on their film, but were able to improve and give a reason for the plot of both short

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George Bailey in “It’s a wonderful life” shows how one person can affect many of things and people. He affected his wife Mary, the bank he works in, and his friends and family. Each life is important and affects many of things and people, in “It’s a wonderful life” the movie displays that George Bailey affected many of people. George has a fine life and he doesn't know that.

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The PBS article on film adaptation discusses the challenges of adapting a novel into a film and the different kinds of changes the filmmakers must make. Many stories and novels have been turned into films, but this can be difficult because of the many differences between the two mediums. One challenge the article discusses is that the use of a narrator is a key part in a novel but when adapted to a film it is often removed. Another obstacle filmmakers face is that movies can be more limited than books. As the PBS article states, “for one thing, there are no time constraints on a novel”, they are a collaborative effort, and they need to be able to properly translate words from the novel into a visual image(PBS 1-2).

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