Sound to Screen Adaptation: Difference between revisions
m
clean up
m (update links) |
m (clean up) |
||
Line 2:
Hollywood is famed for being cautious about trying anything new, hence the constant stream of rip-offs, imitations and other-media adaptations that pour into cinemas like so much slurry. But the same is true of television, too.
One method that's particularly popular in Britain is adapting radio series - usually [[Sitcom|Sit Coms]] or [[Sketch Show
Although it may seem cynical, there are two fairly sensible reasons for adapting from radio to television. First of all, it shows that there is an existing audience for the progamme, something which is important given the cost of modern TV productions. Secondly, it allows access to a pool of writing talent that is new to television but nevertheless has prior experience of putting together a weekly show. In Britain, many comedians see radio as the middle stage of career advancement, coming before TV but after stand-up and stage work (film being a fourth step, though not accessible to most).
Line 16:
* [[Miranda]] started off as Miranda Hart's Joke Shop on radio.
* Groucho Marx's ''[[You Bet Your Life]]'' started life as a radio quiz. The hour long pilot/trial film was merely a filmed version of the audio broadcast.
* The spoof radio news show ''[[On The Hour]]'' was later turned into TV series ''[[The Day Today]]''
* Lee and Herring themselves had the ''[[Fist of Fun]]'' radio show, which was adapted into an identically-named TV series.
* ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' ran for one series on the radio (as ''The Boosh'') before the stories were adapted for television. Subsequent series have used all-new material.
| |||