Smoke Signals Compare And Contrast

In any adaptation between a work of literature to film it is difficult to stay exactly true to the original material. The film 3:10 to Yuma directed by James Mangold is no exception to making creative choices that weren’t in the short story created by Elmore Leonard. Characters may be altered or added in order to make a film flow more smoothly or to add another element to the story. In this essay I will investigate how the deviation of the addition of characters from text to film in the 1957 adaptation of 3:10 to Yuma changed the meaning of the film.

The adaptation of literature into film is a process that requires careful and experienced methods of cinematic attention to details according to crucial narrative aspects of the literary piece. The film industry has been creating visual versions of literature for quite some time, but the advancement of modern technology has opened the door to a world full of new and exciting possibilities in terms of visual and special effects. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a timeless classic of the American literary canon, and is a popular choice for film adaptation because the vivid imagery and strategic symbolism of the plot that lends itself to visual recreation. Dixon (2003) comments on the problematic attempts of film adaptations of The Great Gatsby when he states, “…the various screenwriters and director who translated

The task of creating a film based on a work of literature sends filmmakers on a challenge of sorting through which parts of the book are incorporated into the movie. The creators had to find a way to turn almost over 200 hundred pages of paper into about two hours of time. Consequently, many details of the original writing are left out, shortened, or changed entirely to “fit” into the script. This concept is shown in the movie version of the book, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, which tells the story of young Huck Finn as he travels down the Mississippi with a slave friend. Differences and similarities are apparent between the two adaptations of the story but both remain true to the original plotline. Even though certain literary elements of a novel, such as use of time, events of the story, and the characters, are altered, the main plotline is unaffected as a literature-based film is produced that meets specific real-life constraints.

In the film Smoke Signals, Sherman Alexie displays the importance of past using action, flashbacks and storytelling. There was a fire when Victor and Thomas were only babies; both of Thomas’s parents died, but Arnold saved baby Thomas. Although Thomas doesn’t remember it, it affected his whole life dramatically. This flashback sets the stage for the idea that the past is why everything is how it is in the present. The scene where the girls are driving backwards down the road is a solid example of a metaphor for how looking at the past can help you progress into the future. After hearing a story that was a trade for a ride, Velma says “I think it’s a fine example of the oral tradition”. The metaphor we used for the backwards driving and

     Many time in our lives, we have seen the transformation of novels into movies. Some of them are equal to the novel, few are superior, and most are inferior. Why is this? Why is it that a story that was surely to be one of the best written stories ever, could turn out to be Hollywood flops? One reason is that in many transformations, the main characters are changed, some the way they look, others the way they act. On top of this, scenes are cut out and plot is even changed. In this essay, I will discuss some of the changes made to the characters of the Maltese Falcon as they make their transformation to the ?big screen.?

By not getting involved, that excludes unhappiness from both Billy and Suzy. She will never find out so it was as if nothing ever happened and Billy gets to go have his share of fun for the night. By acknowledging the event in the ways of a Utilitarian, a relationship and a friendship were saved.

Distinctions between the novel and the film altered the ways that scenes and characters were portrayed. This also changes the theme and the plot of the story which was showed clearly in the novel and made the story flow well together. Eminent characters and scenes were taken out of the film were transmuted in many ways. Despite the differences in the novel and film version, the themes of being prejudiced and exhibiting inequality were expressed greatly throughout the story. While many people know that there have to be cuts while turning a novel into a film, these three elements were imperative to the story and would have improved the film if they were

The University Playhouse’s recent production of Smoke on the Mountain incorporated conventions of Restoration and Modern theatre through a combination of representational and presentational elements. Conventions within the productions included the use of character types, a localized setting, and time appropriate costumes. These conventions reflect the influence of many movements from Restoration and Modern theatre including Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism, and Expressionism. The musical nature of the production reflected elements of the American Modernist Musical also.

Just like how the costumes evoked an era of the ‘60s and helped develop the characters, the props do the same. Suzy’s voice recorder, the children’s suitcases, and the books Suzy enjoys reading are all emblematic of the ‘60s. Much attention to detail went into creating believable props that the audience could identify with that time period. Much like the costumes, the props also reveal intricacies about the characters. For one, Suzy’s books represent her need to escape the real world. She hates her current life with her family, so the books in her suitcase offer a respite from her situation. Additionally, Suzy’s binoculars seem to support this, with it symbolizing her search for a better life. Relating to her family, Suzy’s father carries

In the short story “flowers for algernon”by daniel keyes and the movie charley have alot of similarites and diffrenceses in the movie charley has a romance relationship with miss kinnian but in the book they are only friends in the book charley tries to find a cure but after a while trying to find a cure he died.In the movie he tries to find a cure fails and moves on. In the movie charley beats algernon in his room but in the book he beats him in the lab.In the book and movie they all have this the same they all had a operation,mouse maze races.algernon dies in the middle of the story . In the movie he smoked cigarettes .In the book he didn't smoke cigarettes. Charly is very diffrent from the book the movie.in the book or movie he is in a

To begin with, the mise-en-scene in the opening provides us elements that give us insight into Suzy’s troubled household. We get clues in her costume. For, example her red dress with high stockings is out of place. More specifically, the girl's attire is more formal than the others in the house. The parents and brothers are all wearing pajamas.

The stage setting for a typical Western film happens in the, Opening Credits, A Burial scene in which the image reveals the challenges of the West’s landscape juxtaposed with the beauty of the land (Bandy and Stoehr xiv). In addition, the form of the exposition appears to signify an ode to Ford by showcasing the beauty of the American landscape against the harsh realities of life in the West. Nonetheless, this also acts as a contradiction because, on the one hand, Eastwood revises the context of Ford’s films but keeps the form intact. Moreover, the viewer witnesses a non-diegetic written narrative from the perspective of William’s mother-in-law followed by the image of a shadow of a man digging a grave for his deceased wife against the backdrop

Even if a film production had already finished shooting it's takes, editing can still dramatically changes the way a viewer interpret the narrative of the movie by altering its narration. In this case, to give Annie Hall the distinctive difference between other romantic comedy, Woody Allen tells the story throughout a subjective narration from the perspective of our protagonist Alvy Singer. Throughout the film there are numerous considerations of editing techniques to be used such as the continuity of the film, length of shots, types of cuts to be made in every single shot and series of shots. The continuity of the film has been challenged by the use of disjunctive editing which breaks the chronological order of events in Annie Hall. During

In “The Great Gatsby,” Fitzgerald uses imagery, phrasing and his word choices to take the reader into Gatsby’s world of trials and tribulations. The novel is still to date one of the greatest ever written and with that comes the crave to bring written words from black and white and bring it to the big screen. In the film, “The Great Gatsby,” Luhrmann, grabs the viewers and fills their eyes with a flashback to the 20’s with the help of camera angles, character perception, and spectacular scenery. Even with the extensive knowledge of the original novel, the movie changes and twists the imagery, along with interpretation and cutting and stitching of the plot, to conform it to fit in the movie world. By doing this, the viewers of the film lose the true meaning of some scenes and instead impacts their mind with spectacular eye-catching fluff the director and writers of the film implanted into their version of the film.

Smoke Signals (1998) is a drama/comedy film directed by Chris Eyre about two boys who are affected differently by their cultural identity. Thomas has embraced his Native American culture, for example he loves storytelling. On the other hand, Victor has a lot of resentment and anger towards his culture, especially towards his father who had an alcohol problem and abandoned him at an early age. Victor in the film is very irritated by Thomas who is often storytelling and talking in a different tone that accentuates his Native American culture. A few comments in the movie speak directly about the negative race relations between whites and Native Americans.