When thinking about an idea from the reading, I thought it was interesting how Strong describes audiences to compare how a story is told and not just about what happens from adapted texts (2024, p.194). Adapting “Kill or Be Killed” episode from Homicide (1970) is not a widely known adaptation and may not be inherently recognised through the short sketch. Looking through how the story is told instead of what is happening as an adaptation is an interesting observation to how adaptations are created. Instead of having an exact replica, I can create a genre adaptation from the script segment to write a short story that follows the script in a way that follows the guidelines but doesn’t have to act out in the same manner.
Through creating the shot list I learnt a lot about the importance of a shot list and how it helps me understand all necessary components of what to film to ensure I am not missing anything. When creating a coming of age genre adaptation, its necessary to look at the emotions of the characters faces and the responses rather than splitting to a different character perspective every time someone new talks. When working in class looking at the Effy teaching Katherine how to smoke scene from Skins (2010) , I notice the intimacy and close up shots of the characters, building connection and raw emotions with expression. When generating a storyboard, I visualised what I wanted from the coming of age story. Who’s perspective was most important to show, who’s response did I want to show? Altogether, this helped me generate a shot list that considered filming both characters reactions to dialogue to ensure I had enough resources during editing to create a engaging short sketch.
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Minter, D. (Writer), Emanuel, A. , Miller, G. (Directors), (1970, February, 10). Kill or Be Killed (Season 7 Episode 3) [TV Series Episode]. In Crawford. I. (Executive Producer) Homicide. Crawford Productions.
Strong, J. (3 May 2024) Continuation and Desperation in Contemporary Multiseason Television Drama (pp. 191-211). Adaption. https://doi.org/10.1093/adaptation/apae006