Literature vs Film
Art vs. Art 1. Introduction
Literature can, at times, have a fascinating connection with film. Whether it is a film or a piece of literature, both are written by someone that wants to leave an impact on an audience. However, movies and books have different roles. They each have different strong points: books give better characterization, stronger revelations and inner conflict, but movies create better mood with music and visuals/effects. You should always read the book first because it is good to “practice” your imagination more than being told what to think. Altogether, literature and films can be a powerful teaching resource throughout an individual's development. 2. The Dilemma
The book was better. What does it even mean? If I ask about the movie I simply want to know if the movie was good or bad. "The book was better” tells us nothing about the movie, and besides that, it's a meaningless and irrelevant comment. The biggest problem here is that we are comparing two completely different things. A book isn’t a film, and vice versa. They are two different formats of telling the same story. So the criticism of a movie based on some passages, characters, information, etc. from the book is like saying: “The apple was okay, but it wasn’t as good as the orange.” That’s because they are two different things. You can compare a book to a book and a film to a film. Just try not to compare a book to a film.
In fact, the book will always be better. We only go and watch the movie because we prefer to find out about the plot in a really short time or we enjoy screen captures or the music.
This era lacks time, so we’re always in a hurry. In order not to lose our depth of mind so dreadfully we try to keep up and enjoy our brains with colors and nice music, maybe some good looking actors. 3. The Book is a script, and the reader is the director
The book is a collection of words that represent ideas when filtered through the lexical systems in a human
Literature can, at times, have a fascinating connection with film. Whether it is a film or a piece of literature, both are written by someone that wants to leave an impact on an audience. However, movies and books have different roles. They each have different strong points: books give better characterization, stronger revelations and inner conflict, but movies create better mood with music and visuals/effects. You should always read the book first because it is good to “practice” your imagination more than being told what to think. Altogether, literature and films can be a powerful teaching resource throughout an individual's development. 2. The Dilemma
The book was better. What does it even mean? If I ask about the movie I simply want to know if the movie was good or bad. "The book was better” tells us nothing about the movie, and besides that, it's a meaningless and irrelevant comment. The biggest problem here is that we are comparing two completely different things. A book isn’t a film, and vice versa. They are two different formats of telling the same story. So the criticism of a movie based on some passages, characters, information, etc. from the book is like saying: “The apple was okay, but it wasn’t as good as the orange.” That’s because they are two different things. You can compare a book to a book and a film to a film. Just try not to compare a book to a film.
In fact, the book will always be better. We only go and watch the movie because we prefer to find out about the plot in a really short time or we enjoy screen captures or the music.
This era lacks time, so we’re always in a hurry. In order not to lose our depth of mind so dreadfully we try to keep up and enjoy our brains with colors and nice music, maybe some good looking actors. 3. The Book is a script, and the reader is the director
The book is a collection of words that represent ideas when filtered through the lexical systems in a human
References: Russ Bickerstaff, Book vs. Movie, March 10, 2010 online:http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=12642&cmin=10&columnpage=1 Megan Watson, Literature vs Online: http://www.exampleessays.com/viewpaper/30404.html ***, Ten Greatest Movie Composers, 01 February, 2011 [ 1 ]. ***, Rant of the Day: The Book vs. Movie Debate, January 29, 2011 http://modestmovie.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/rant-of-the-day-the-book-vs-movie-debate/ [ 2 ]. Russ Bickerstaff, Book vs. Movie, March 10, 2010 [ 3 ] [ 4 ]. Russ Bickerstaff, Book vs. Movie, March 10, 2010