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Adaptation as a function of technology and its role in the definition of medium specificity

Adaptation as a function of technology and its role in the definition of medium specificity
Adaptation as a function of technology and its role in the definition of medium specificity

The process of adaptation necessarily engages the technologies of the chosen media and -associated ideas of medium specificity. In adapting works between media, producers must negotiate between fidelity to the source and perceived specificities of the chosen technological medium. The degree to which this is explicitly acknowledged varies from instance to instance. It is the relationship between source and target media that makes a work an adaptation, distinct from other terms used to describe commensurate production processes: remake, reboot, production, performance, cover version, translation, reproduction, and edition. As Sarah Cardwell (2002: 21) states in her discussion of the adaptation of costume drama to television, “to call something an adaptation of another text is to highlight the conscious, complex process of implementing changes necessary to re-present the source text under new conditions (in a new medium).”.

361-371
Taylor & Francis
Cook, Malcolm
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Sexton, Max
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Cook, Malcolm
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Sexton, Max
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Cook, Malcolm and Sexton, Max (2018) Adaptation as a function of technology and its role in the definition of medium specificity. In, The Routledge Companion to Adaptation. Abingdon. Taylor & Francis, pp. 361-371. (doi:10.4324/9781315690254).

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The process of adaptation necessarily engages the technologies of the chosen media and -associated ideas of medium specificity. In adapting works between media, producers must negotiate between fidelity to the source and perceived specificities of the chosen technological medium. The degree to which this is explicitly acknowledged varies from instance to instance. It is the relationship between source and target media that makes a work an adaptation, distinct from other terms used to describe commensurate production processes: remake, reboot, production, performance, cover version, translation, reproduction, and edition. As Sarah Cardwell (2002: 21) states in her discussion of the adaptation of costume drama to television, “to call something an adaptation of another text is to highlight the conscious, complex process of implementing changes necessary to re-present the source text under new conditions (in a new medium).”.

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Accepted/In Press date: 19 May 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 5 April 2018
Published date: April 2018
Organisations: Film

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Local EPrints ID: 396831
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/396831
PURE UUID: 5fc41808-d0b0-4147-b674-50b8469944e2

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Date deposited: 13 Jun 2016 15:24
Last modified: 05 Jun 2024 20:05

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Author: Malcolm Cook
Author: Max Sexton

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