1. Harry Potter Adaptation
The Harry Potter and the half blood prince Novel adaptation to film was a 2009
Warner Bros movie that was the 6th adaptation of the hugely successful J.K.
Rowling novel series. Harry Potter books resulted in the making of the films,
paying particular attention to what issues in the process of adaptation were most
relevant to each, the books are going to have more detail due to the film makers
having a budget & the audience will not want to watch such a long film. Books
and movies are different media, plain and simple, and different media require
different storytelling techniques. The novels have a lot more room for inner
thoughts, minor subplots and digressions, and somewhat more long-winded
plotlines. Harry Potter movies have in general a lot less time to accomplish the
same storytelling goals of primary plot and character, only room for a certain
number of subplots, and can’t access a character’s inner thoughts, but thrive
on moments of intense emotion, epic scenes, visuals and dialogue.
An American company brought the rights but JK Rowling insisted on certain
things when she sold the rights, such as saying the cast had to be British. This
then resulted in Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint & Emma Watson been given the
leads effectively making their careers. The setting of this film and in the book is
in a school in an unknown fantasy environment, it is described as a huge castle
that is a school similar to an American College as the students live on school site.
They use this, as it is more of a dream location. The setting of the film was in
Britain therefore British audiences are able to relate and is popular with them.
Sixteen years, seven books and blockbuster films later the Harry Potter Brand is
now valued at $15 billion worldwide. Each adaptation has been rated 7.0/10 or
higher by film critics such as IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, Its fair to say the
adaptations are a large contributor to the brands current value.
Legal and Ethical
Rowling Sold all copyrighting to Warner Bros but under the conditions of not
moving the production or setting to America, making this film a British film.
Other Company’s are unable to copyright as it is a children’s book, but as the
characters get older more themes of violence start to be addressed. However
ethical issues such as discrimination will not arise as this film is very diverse and
has a vast demographic.
