Tag: screenplay

  • Why I’m not Loving Miss Hatto

    Judging by the reviews, it should have been easy to love Loving Miss Hatto (BBC1 Sunday 23 December), Victoria Wood’s drama inspired by the story of classical pianist Joyce Hatto. Glance at any review (examples are The Independent, The Daily Telegraph and Huffington Post Uk) and you have to conclude that anyone who didn’t find…

  • Has the film adaptation of The Four Feathers lost the plot?

    How far should a screenwriter go in changing the plot of a novel when creating a film adaptation? Michael Hauge, in Writing screenplays that sell, says that it’s a false assumption that a novel can always make a natural transition to the screen. The two forms have very different rules, he says, and the allegiance…