?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Three+screenplay+adaptations+and+the+ownership+effect&rft.creator=Armanno%2C+Venero%2C&rft.subject=Motion+picture+plays&rft.subject=Motion+picture+authorship&rft.subject=thesis&rft.subject=doctoral&rft.description=This+PhD+consists+of+three+screenplays+adapted+from+my+novels+and+an+exegesis+which+explores+the+involvement+and+influences+producers+have+had+on+the+eventual+screenplay+outcomes.+In+developing+a+first+draft+of+original+screenplays+writers+often+work+alone+and+without+critical+feedback%2C+development+assistance+or+encouragement+from+third+parties.+The+writing+process+can+continue+in+this+way+for+some+time%2C+through+many+drafts%2C+until+the+writer+either+abandons+the+project+or+finds+some+development+assistance+either+from+government+film+support+agencies%2C+producers%2C+or+both.+At+that+stage%2C+the+writer+enters+a+new+creative+process+which+involves+collaboration%2C+negotiation%2C+and+a+series+of+artistic+and+institutional+expectations+which+will+no+longer+be+theirs+alone.+In+the+situation+where+a+producer+options+an+existing+creative+work%2C+such+as+a+novel%2C%0D%0Aand+commences+an+adaptation+project%2C+this+scriptwriting+collaborative+process+will+start+much+earlier.+This+is+usually+the+case+when+a+producer+options+a+novel+and%0D%0Aemploys+a+scriptwriter+to+create+a+film+version+of+that+story.+The+scriptwriter+must+attempt+to+meet+the+aesthetic+requirements+of+the+material+at+hand%2C+yet+also+meet+the%0D%0Afilm+expectations+that+exist+in+the+producer's+mind+-+who%2C+in+his+or+her+imagination%2C+will+already+have+cast%2C+filmed+and+screened+the+film+adaptation+on+a+mental+canvas.%0D%0AWhere+the+screenplay+adaptor+is+also+the+creator+of+the+original+material%2C+a+series+of+questions+are+raised+which+affect+the+rights+of+the+original+writer+to+maintain+some%0D%0Acontrol+over+their+material+balanced+against+the+rights+of+the+producer+(the+material's+new+%22proprietor%22)+to+tell+the+story+in+whichever+way+he+or+she+thinks+is+best.+This+exploration+is+balanced+by+studying+practitioner+accounts+of+the+novel+to+film+adaptation+process%2C+and+by+considering+the+critical+literature+on+the+subject.+The+exegesis+argues+that+when+a+producer+takes+ownership+of+a+novel's+screen+rights%2C+he+or+she+can+have+a+marked+affect+on+the+screenplay+adaptation+process.+The+reinterpretation+of+that+material+for+the+screen+can+be+more+closely+aligned+to+the%0D%0Aproducer-proprietor's+expectations+than+those+of+the+original+creator+or+the+screenwriter+employed+to+write+the+novel+to+film+adaptation.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Thesis&rft.relation=Armanno%2C+Venero%2C+(2003)+Three+screenplay+adaptations+and+the+ownership+effect.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F36434%2F&rft.rights=Copyright+Venero%2C+Armanno