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Adaptation, fidelity & reimagining · Working

Adaptation

Also called: screen adaptation

ELI5

A new screen work created from pre-existing source material.

Used in conversation

“The pitch names the adaptation, but the story still needs to prove it.”

Pitch context

You may hear this during a commercial brief, treatment, bid, award or pre-production process.

Why it matters: Helps describe how a story works on the page and how its dramatic parts fit together.

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