In arranging their responses to the assignment prompt, students will first be asked to make some lists:
First, the elements of the short story that are directly filmable, i.e. action and setting, etc. Second, those elements of the short story that are only indirectly filmable, i.e., those elements, such as Leon's fascination with the city, that require some kind of filmic interpretation/projection. Thirdly, students will be asked to respond to the shifts in their emotional responses these changes cause for them. How, for example, facing literal violence on screen changes their impression of the narrative. Or how watching Leon work as a photographer change the tenor of our psychological investment in him.
The goal won't ever be assessing the fidelity of the film to the short story. But rather, students will be tasked with comparing audience responses to the results of the different/similar choices made by the screenwriter/director in adapting the short story for the screen.
First, the elements of the short story that are directly filmable, i.e. action and setting, etc. Second, those elements of the short story that are only indirectly filmable, i.e., those elements, such as Leon's fascination with the city, that require some kind of filmic interpretation/projection. Thirdly, students will be asked to respond to the shifts in their emotional responses these changes cause for them. How, for example, facing literal violence on screen changes their impression of the narrative. Or how watching Leon work as a photographer change the tenor of our psychological investment in him.
The goal won't ever be assessing the fidelity of the film to the short story. But rather, students will be tasked with comparing audience responses to the results of the different/similar choices made by the screenwriter/director in adapting the short story for the screen.
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