Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part 1. Principles of Adaptation for Film and Television
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Transition
  • 3. Plot
  • 4. The Premise
  • 5. Character
  • 6. The Nature of a Treatment
  • 7. The Treatment
  • 8. Dialogue
  • 9. Camera Language and Screenplay Format
• Part 2. The Screenplay Claire Serrat
• Part 3. Questioning Your Adaptation
• Glossary of Film Terms
• Index

About the Author

A veteran writer and producer of radio and TV, including "Perry Mason," "The Johnny Carson Show," and "Outer Limits," Ben Brady created and headed the screenwriting department at California State University at Northridge for eighteen years.