Page to Screen

How a story changes when it moves from a book to the screen.

Historic edition image. Explore how a literary work changes when its voices and scenes move to the screen.

The March sisters gathered around the fire

A story told twice

Characters, setting and structure take on a different life in an adaptation. This section explores those creative decisions through original analysis of published literary works.

Adaptation & screen stories

Shelley's layered narration poses a screenwriting problem that no creature design can solve on its own.
An episodic family novel asks an adaptation to choose what kind of change the audience should feel.