Auter's Theory: The Meaning of the Word Author in Film working together to create a film. Screenwriters, like Goldman, have the very difficult task of adapting the script and storyline in such a way that the whole story can be told with themes and symbolism without losing the viewer and without giving them too much to understand and to manage. Screenwriters like Goldman often have to make large, complex works succinct, while ensuring that there is flow and it is possible to summarize them visually. Goldman, himself, was an accomplished novelist before becoming a screenwriter. He wrote Marathon Man, Misery, The Princess Bride and All the President's Men (Queenan 1). He found that they were two very different disciplines, two very different animals for him. The screenplay serves as a textual mediation point between the “single-track medium of published writing” and the “multi-track medium of film (Boozer 1). Goldman found himself taking into account not only the task of the director, but also the tasks of the set designer, location scout, costume designer, producers, cinematographer and editors. With all this in mind, Goldman found this absurd. the concept of “Auteurism” and the idea of a film being entirely the vision and stamp of the director. Goldman admits that it is the director who creates the film but that he is not the creator of the film (Goldman 101). Goldman couldn't take the auteur theory seriously at all in that the director was the star who had to get most of the credit for a film that was actually created by many independent works... in the middle of the paper. ..... based on the ideas highlighted by auteur theory, this invigorated the industry, causing films to be revised and revised not only for a director's particular style, but also for the style of screenwriters, set designers, editors and directors of photography. Goldman himself benefited from this and found himself pushing his art to keep up with the avant-garde thinking and limits to which everyone in all aspects of cinema was engaged in an attempt to raise their profile, to gain notoriety and to be perceived as artists who brought a particular and inimitable style. to the piece.Works CitedBoozer, Jack. “The screenplay and authorship in the adaptation.” Authorship in film adaptation (2008): 1-30.Goldman, William. Adventures in the Cinema Business. Hachette Digital, Inc., 2012. Queenan, Joe. “Newman, Hoffman, Redford and me.” The Guardian April 24, 2001: Print.

Essay / Auter's Theory: The Meaning of the Word Author in Film working together to create a film. Screenwriters, like Goldman, have the very difficult task of adapting the script and storyline in such a way that the whole story can be told with themes and symbolism without losing the viewer and without giving them too much to understand and to manage. Screenwriters like Goldman often have to make large, complex works succinct, while ensuring that there is flow and it is possible to summarize them visually. Goldman, himself, was an accomplished novelist before becoming a screenwriter. He wrote Marathon Man, Misery, The Princess Bride and All the President's Men (Queenan 1). He found that they were two very different disciplines, two very different animals for him. The screenplay serves as a textual mediation point between the “single-track medium of published writing” and the “multi-track medium of film (Boozer 1). Goldman found himself taking into account not only the task of the director, but also the tasks of the set designer, location scout, costume designer, producers, cinematographer and editors. With all this in mind, Goldman found this absurd. the concept of “Auteurism” and the idea of a film being entirely the vision and stamp of the director. Goldman admits that it is the director who creates the film but that he is not the creator of the film (Goldman 101). Goldman couldn't take the auteur theory seriously at all in that the director was the star who had to get most of the credit for a film that was actually created by many independent works... in the middle of the paper. ..... based on the ideas highlighted by auteur theory, this invigorated the industry, causing films to be revised and revised not only for a director's particular style, but also for the style of screenwriters, set designers, editors and directors of photography. Goldman himself benefited from this and found himself pushing his art to keep up with the avant-garde thinking and limits to which everyone in all aspects of cinema was engaged in an attempt to raise their profile, to gain notoriety and to be perceived as artists who brought a particular and inimitable style. to the piece.Works CitedBoozer, Jack. “The screenplay and authorship in the adaptation.” Authorship in film adaptation (2008): 1-30.Goldman, William. Adventures in the Cinema Business. Hachette Digital, Inc., 2012. Queenan, Joe. “Newman, Hoffman, Redford and me.” The Guardian April 24, 2001: Print.

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