Poster Session 3, 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM: Room 163 [C31]

Screenplay Adaptation of “The Woman in White”

Presenter: Ryan Doyle

Faculty Sponsor: Mary Baker

School: Fitchburg State University

Research Area: Communication and Media Studies

ABSTRACT

“The Woman in White” is a book written in 1860 by author Wilkie Collins. In the book, we follow Walter Hartright, a painting teacher who has fallen in love with the mysterious woman in white. I am working on adapting parts of the book into a screenplay which I plan on writing and filming for my thesis. In the original text we follow along different narrators as they tell their version of the story. I plan on keeping this element in my screenplay adaptation as I want to add more of an element of mystery to my script. There are many characters in the source text such as Walter Hartright, Professor Pesca, Laura Fairlie, Anne Catherick and more. I plan on keeping many of these characters true to the text in my adaptation, as their unique personalities add to the overall plot of the story. When I am choosing what to keep in the screenplay I look for important places, events, plot points or characters that help play a pivotal role in the plot. Right now I am still in the process of putting together my first draft of the script. By the end of this semester my goal is to have my draft ready to begin pre-production. Over the summer I plan on beginning production so that in the Fall I am able to focus on post production. 

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