The role of the writer of The Lord of the
Rings was to convert the happenings of the three Lord of the Rings books into
three films. When this was done, the treatment covered 90 pages!
One of the differences between the novels themselves and the films is that, in the films, females had larger, more significant roles. The decision was made by the writer to make this change, as it was felt that strong female roles would appeal to a wider audience. This is also because contemporary audiences may expect a more representative cast. This is just one of the many significant challenges within bringing Tolkien’s work to the big screen, although I feel that, after the hard work, they did well, as the novels were of a level of complexity that would be very difficult to apprehend in a screenplay.
In The Big Bang theory, women have more of a leading Role. In part this is a reflection of it being a besboke sit-com although initially it was about four 'geeks' and the female roles have been introduced gradually. I think this is very benficial for the show as it adds another dimension to the show and creates additional comic possibilities between the male female relationships, the male characters' girlfriends, each have an entertaining quality, like Amy, the socially awkward and difficult character within the group of main characters. However, the character of Penny is there as an independant role as the person who lives opposite.
One of the differences between the novels themselves and the films is that, in the films, females had larger, more significant roles. The decision was made by the writer to make this change, as it was felt that strong female roles would appeal to a wider audience. This is also because contemporary audiences may expect a more representative cast. This is just one of the many significant challenges within bringing Tolkien’s work to the big screen, although I feel that, after the hard work, they did well, as the novels were of a level of complexity that would be very difficult to apprehend in a screenplay.
In The Big Bang theory, women have more of a leading Role. In part this is a reflection of it being a besboke sit-com although initially it was about four 'geeks' and the female roles have been introduced gradually. I think this is very benficial for the show as it adds another dimension to the show and creates additional comic possibilities between the male female relationships, the male characters' girlfriends, each have an entertaining quality, like Amy, the socially awkward and difficult character within the group of main characters. However, the character of Penny is there as an independant role as the person who lives opposite.
- Tom Bombadil was omitted from the film as it was felt that his role did not advance the story and it would take too long to explain it. The dialogue that was kept was givent o Treebeard.
- In the process of adapting the novel into a film, some features were adapted. For example, the elvish character Glorfindel's role was given to Arwen, a female character and Legolas. However, his main action role was given to Arwen. Tom Bombadil were absent. This is because the writer felt that these were not required in the film. Also, a susbstantial amount of segments of the story were altered to make the story just as easy to follow as it would have been before the deletion of the two characters from the novel.
- Writing an exposition (what has happened before the film starts) scene for the beginning of the film.
Big BANG
How does writing a scene for a series filmed in front of a live audience change how you write or re-write dialogue?
think about
- Fans role in wanting certain outcomes for their favourite characters
- discussions had with the actors about dialogue
- re-writing when an audience does not laugh
