Adapting Stories to Film

Teen Class Description:

This short workshop is a fun exploration into adapting stories to a film script. We will be discussing different examples of adaptations from media like news articles (https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/04/metro/life-single-father-swan-esplanade/), novels, short stories and even texts and tweets. As a class we will explore the possibilities of adaptation through two writing activities both group and individual. For writers age 13 – 18 ONLY.

Class takeaways:

At the end of the class the students will get a better idea of how to approach writing an adapted script and leave the class with a short scene adapted from either a news article, text or tweet.