Adaptation 1 - Noah

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1.The story of Noah came from the bible as we all know. The summary of the story is a man was given a message by a higher power to save the animals of the world by creating a giant ark. This boat was going to protect the animals as heavy rain will create floods and rising sea levels. The film had a lot of similar aspects of the story as well as very different ones. In the film, his dad dies when Noah was little whereas in the bible, Noah was over 500 years old when his dad died. Rock creatures are in the film supporting Noah but no rock creatures were mentioned within the bible. The similar aspects of the film include the higher power choosing Noah for this mission to build the ark that is seen in both the story and film. 

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2. From the critic reviews, the film has been described as being loosely attached to the original story and quoted from Nicholas Bell: 'If any disclaimer is necessary concerning its loose inspiration from Christian mythology, it's that the ambitious venture is colossally silly and unerringly stale.' which tells us that there was not enough key parts included. Noah has been nominated for 19 awards but has only won one awards for being worst foreign film. It gained 43 million dollars on the first weekend but that soon slowed down after a few weeks.

 

3. The writer of this film got inspiration from the bible for his story of Noah. It would be impossible to ask the writer of the bible. The Bible Societies are glad to grant authors and publishers the right to use up to one thousand (1,000) verses from the Good News Bible text in church, religious and other publications, without the need to seek and receive written permission. To create Noah, the producers most likely needed written permission from a Christian superior. This copyright quote would need to be used if using bible text or stories. ‘Scriptures and additional materials quoted are from the Good News Bible © 1994 published by the Bible Societies/HarperCollins Publishers Ltd UK, Good News Bible© American Bible Society 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992. Used with permission.’

 

Adaptation 2 - Hunger Games

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1. The story of The Hunger Games came from a book written by Suzanne Collins. It is said that a character names Christian Paramore was never introduced from the book into the film. Other than this, the narrative of the first film was very similar to the book and the characters are all the same. 

 

2. This adaptation was very successful. It has earned 75 million dollars and is a global favourite with 3 new movies following the first. Many people preferred the book but this didn't stop the movies from doing very well. A critic quoted 'An intelligent, thrill-quenching blend of sci-fi and satire introducing a welcome addition to the woefully small canon of admirable action heroines. Bring on round two! ' telling us that many believe this film delivered its story very well and easily connected to its audience. People were ready for the sequels. The film has earned 677 million dollars on the worldwide box office which is a huge success.

 

3. Suzanne Collins was the author of Hunger Games and acted as executive producer on the first two films. Even after moving on from being producer, she was still contacted when the director wanted to discuss possible changes. Because Suzanne was fully behind making the films, it was not illegal or unethical to create the film. Because the Hunger Games is written by an individual, they would have had to ask Suzanne for permission. Suzanne could have halted production and in extreme cases, got all screenplays destroyed.

 

Adaptation 3 - Captain America

 

1.  The Marvel franchise has come from comic books written by Stan Lee who recently passed away. The marvel series has been one of the biggest successes in all of the movie industry with Avengers Endgame becoming the top grossing film of all time. The first Captain America film is where a big chunk of the story started as we are introduced into a key character. A few events in the book are different to the movie such as the The Commandos, who were already a part of Captain Americas Team in the book but, in the movie, he saved them and they joined him. The cosmic cube in the comics isn't mentioned to be owned by Odin or give Hydra their weapon's powers but this is what is said in Captain America. 

 

2. Critics loved the way Captain America entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe as quoted 'Chris Evans embodies the spirit of Captain America as the Marvel Cinematic Universe introduces us to the super soldier from Brooklyn.' and this helped the audience to fall in love and connect with characters helping the film thrive. The film made 370 million dollars as well as selling merchandise which increased the overall earnings. The film has got 3 awards: An awards for best superhero, an award film music award and outstanding composition.

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3. Captain America is apart of a huge universe created by Stan Lee. Stan Lee would have had to give permission to use stories and characters from his comic books for the films. Stan Lee was executive producer for many of the films which tells us he was perfectly happy with the creation of the films. All of the stories of the films came from the comics and had very accurate portrayals with some slight changes. The production and writers wanted the films to be very similar to the comics which meant restriciting to the comic stories.