2. Different Types of Source Material
• From a Book
• Graphic Novel
• Historical Event/True Story
• Original Story
• Remake/Re-imagine
• Video Game Adaptations
• TV Adaptation
• Documentry
3. Books
Novels are frequently adapted for films. For the most part, Book adaptations attempt either to appeal to an
existing commercial audience (the adaptation of best sellers and the "prestige" adaptation of works) or to tap into
the innovation and novelty of a less well known author.
4. Superhero/Comic Book Adaptations
A superhero film, superhero movie, or superhero motion picture is a film that is focused on the actions of one
or more superheroes; individuals who usually possess superhuman abilities relative to a normal person and
are dedicated to protecting the public. These films typically feature action, fantasy and/or science fiction
elements, with the first film of a particular character often includes a focus on the origin of the special powers
including the first fight against the character's most famous supervillain, or archenemy
5. Video Game Adaptation
Video games have also been adapted into films, beginning in the early 1980s, although films closely related to
the computer and video game industries had been done previously, such as Tron and The Wizard, but only
after the release of several films based on well-known brands has this genre become recognized in its own
right.
Films based on video games tend to carry a reputation of being lower budgeted B movies and rarely receive
the appreciation of either film critics or fans of the games on which they are based. However, a number of
films have become successful with general audiences (such as Mortal Kombat, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Silent
Hill, Resident Evil and Prince of Persia).
6. TV Adaptation
Feature films are occasionally created from television series or television segments. In these cases, the film will
either offer a longer storyline than the usual television program's format or will offer expanded production values.
In the adaptation of The X-Files to film, for example, greater effects and a longer plotline were involved.
Additionally, adaptations of television shows will offer the viewer the opportunity to see the television show's
characters without broadcast restrictions. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a notable example of a film being
more explicit than its parent TV series.
7. Remake/Re-imagine
The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source
material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source. For example, 2001's
Ocean's Eleven is a remake of the Ocean's 11, while 1989's Batman is a re-interpretation of the comic book
source material which also inspired 1966's Batman. In 1998, Gus Van Sant produced a shot-for-shot remake of
Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho.
With the exception of shot-for-shot remakes, most remakes make significant character, plot, and theme changes.
For example, the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair is centered on a bank robbery, while its 1999 remake
involves the theft of a valuable piece of artwork. Similarly, when the 1969 film The Italian Job was remade in
2003, few aspects were carried over. Another example is the 1932 film Scarface which was remade in 1983
starring Al Pacino; whereas the setting of 1932 version is the illegal alcohol trade, the characters in the 1983
version are involved in cocaine smuggling.
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9. Historical Events/True Story
Films that are based or loosely based on true events, based on a moment in time (e.g. historical drama)
And films based on real peoples lives
10. Documentary
A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality,
primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.
