Fiction Adaptation Unit: Project Brief

This is an exciting new unit which gives us the opportunity to really be creative. I have chosen from a list of given poems to adapt 'The Burning of the Leaves' by Laurence Binyon into a 2-minute film. This film will be part of a series introducing poetry to a new, young audience.

For this unit...

• I'm going to research how people have adapted other texts and what methods they use to interpret it in their own style.
• I will consider where to shoot my film; with consideration for health and safety, access and permissions. 
• And I hope to use my commissioning skills to plan: the costume, special effects, props and scenic arts etc.

To accompany my 2-minute adaptation, I will be answering the question:  

“In adapting a novel the adaptor inevitably infringes the integrity of the original text  – discuss with reference to at least one adaptation.”