Okay, not film exactly this week, but a TV adaptation – same diff! I’ve been catching up on television lately, which means I’ve only just got round to the BBC’s recent adaptation of Apple Tree Yard. (If you haven’t seen it yet, you can buy the box set, HERE). Apple Tree Yard was a five…
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INFOGRAPHIC: 32 Differences Between Children’s Books And Their Movies
Since I’m both an author and a script editor, I find TV and movie adaptations absolutely fascinating. It seems everyone else does too – because the ‘Book Versus Film‘ feature on this blog is one of the most popular! Normally we’d only be able to cover one property from book to film, but this fabulous infographic…
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The Book Versus Film section on this blog is one of the most popular features – so far we’ve had the likes of dystopian YA classics like Divergent, The Maze Runner and The Hunger Games, not to mention Stephen King’s Misery. Plenty more where that came from, too! So this infographic showing people’s perceptions of…
Continue ReadingBook Versus Film: 12 Reasons Why THE HUNGER GAMES Works As Both
The Hunger Games Many thanks to the lovely Yvetta Dourin, who has thrown her hat in the ring and broken down why she likes both the book AND film version of dystopian modern classic, The Hunger Games. Remember, you can see our book versus film breakdowns of Divergent HERE and The Maze Runner HERE. Over…
Continue ReadingWhy I Love The Female Characters In The 100
With the end of Dystopian November in sight, I thought I’d repost this great insight into the female characters on The 100 from Shauna, who works on the show. The 100 is a CW show that’s an adaptation of the Kass Morgan books. Whilst notably different from their source material, what’s interesting is the unusual…
Continue ReadingBook Versus Film: THE MAZE RUNNER – 11 Ways The Film Is Better
So, as in my first ‘Book Vs. Film’ post on DIVERGENT, I’m going to break down the differences as I see them between the film and book versions of The Maze Runner. However, where this will differ is that unlike Divergent (which I think works as both), somewhat controversially, I think The Maze Runner is…
Continue ReadingDYSTOPIAN NOVEMBER: Top 10 Movies
Dystopian societies have long been a popular choice for novels, film and now TV shows such as Westworld and The 100. The idea of what the future could possibly hold for us is an exciting and equally thrilling prospect but also TERRIBLE, so to kick off our Dystopian November, we’ve chosen our top ten picks…
Continue ReadingBook Versus Film: 8 Reasons DIVERGENT Works As Both
THE STORY DIVERGENT is set in a future world where society has been divided into five distinct factions. But Tris will never fit into any one group – she is Divergent, and what makes her different makes her dangerous. Targeted by a faction leader determined to eliminate all Divergents, Tris turn to the one person…
Continue ReadingBEST OF 3: Paul Barrow aka @VelvetTortoise, writer
A Touch Of Frost by R.D. Wingfield WHY I LIKE IT: OK, I admit I only read the series of ‘Frost’ books because I loved David Jason playing the scruffy detective on screen but I immediately fell in love with them. Wingfield uses time periods rather than chapters – a technique which inspired my own…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: Interview with Paul Finch, author and screenwriter
So, who are you & what have you written? My name is Paul Finch, and I’m a former cop and journalist, who – rather fortuitously, as it turned out – was made redundant once too often in 1998, and thus decided to try his hand at freelance writing. It wasn’t quite as high-risk a decision…
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