So, you want to get your film into a novel.
Here are my thoughts on scripts vs. novels. This by no means "rules", just my personal thoughts, but I hope you find them useful.
movies are different from novels, so when novelizing script, we should examine these differences.
START
You've seen the movie trailer, and you're comfortably seated in the theater, popcorn in hand. The film begins and you settle. What are the odds that you'll come out of China now? Slim to none. You have already purchased tickets, and you'll probably give the film at least fifteen minutes to get interesting.
S novels do not have that luxury, especially if you are not a household name. Editors and readers will often choose to buy our book is based on the first page. Therefore, we must grab their attention immediately to the right of first rečenice.Otvor must hook the reader, forcing him or her to keep reading. If the first sentence, paragraph, page, or slow, we could lose the sale.
your script for the first scene may be slow and the mood-setting, that might work great for the film, but the novel should begin with a bang.
sound effects
Sound is a major component in the films. The sound effect can be powerful, whether they scream foreigners, ringing swords, or booms of explosions.
Romani, obviously, does not emit sound. However, we can create a "sound effects" with similes. We can write that "the monster screeched like nails on a board" or the "dragon's flapping wings sounded like a rocker chick." In this way, we describe the sound that the reader already knows.
MUSIC
Music is the main ingredient in most films, helping to set the mood. Think "Star Wars" without John William's epic score, or "Psycho" without the creepy violin.
We can not, obviously, to add music to novels. We can, however, add "music" it describes. We can write: "As Trog raised sword, the angels sang," or "goblins walked down the hill, beating their drums and singing deep." It is not as effective as the Williams score, but it may help.
Finally, we must rely on our writing to set the mood, without the aid of the result. If I write strongly enough, we need music.
Visual
The visual component that other novels (if they are graphic novels) do not. But pictures can describe. Already have a script, so you probably have an idea of what it looks like every scene.
I often think of my film scene. Imagine how the scene might look like on film, and then describe it. I have to "see" the scene before he was writing.
A Hey, the movie studio will spend millions of dollars to create computer-generated dragon. In the novel, we can create one in a few sentences. :)
POINT
So far I have described the components of film and the novel lacks. Novels, however, have a powerful tool unique to them. Novels can describe the characters' thoughts.
In the film, we are looking at everything. We are passive observers. But as a novelist, a reader may be in the character's head. The reader will see through the character's eyes, hear through his ears, and even read his thoughts. It is powerful. This allows us to explore the characters' hearts and minds in a way movies can not.
Consider the following passage.
"Trog roamed dungeons, hunger gnawing at my stomach. Tamnice smelled like rotting leaves and wet fur. I wish I was home with his wife Molly, eating apple pie, Trog thoughts ."
In the film, we could show Trog hunger. We could not describe the stench of the dungeon. We might be able to see Trog keeps his nose, but we still would not know that the place smelled like rotting leaves and wet fur. Finally, we know that Trog wish him a home with Molly, eating apple pie.
length
novels for more than filmova.Film more than two sata.Roman could take ten or twenty hours to read. It gives us more room to expand on the plot, setting and characters.
I hope my humble thoughts on scripts vs novels are helpful. Best of luck with your writing and novels.
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