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re: A few questions from a new reader
Posted on 3/16/23 at 7:44 pm to ev247
Posted on 3/16/23 at 7:44 pm to ev247
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4. If you've claimed that books are more enjoyable than the movies they inspire, can you tell me why?
Yes, because the words allow you to create the story mentally. Movies don’t give you that same opportunity.
If you get the right book, you’ll be hooked. Don’t be discouraged by things that may not catch your interest, or, not to insult, may be over your head.
ETA: What genre interests you?
This post was edited on 3/16/23 at 7:48 pm
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Posted on 3/17/23 at 6:33 am to High C
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Yes, because the words allow you to create the story mentally. Movies don’t give you that same opportunity.
Obviously this is a big advantage of reading over watching, but also the amount of detail and information is probably 3x to 5x (or more) in a novel than would be possible to film. Obviously, in some instances images can convey more information than text, but overall you're talking about a film script is roughly 1 page per minute of screen time. Think of how little information is on one page of film script versus a page of a novel. Then, figure that a feature script is going to be 90 to 140 pages.
To see what it takes to even attempt translate a long novel to screen, take Season 1 of Game of Thrones and compare that to the first ASOIAF novel, also titled Game of Thrones. The novel is just shy of 700 pages and Season 1 with credits (and admittedly, quite a bit of fluff/non-source material) ran for roughly 10 hours (600 minutes). Even that seems to short the source material to a degree.
This post was edited on 3/17/23 at 6:34 am
Posted on 3/22/23 at 8:28 pm to High C
When you're creating the story mentally, are you only connecting the dots that have been defined for you or do you take the liberty to insert dots of your own as well? Maybe that's worded strangely.
Simple example-you're not told how tall a woman is. Do you decide her height before advancing?
Most books are probably over my head, so no insult there. I wouldn't scoff at a recommendation of a children's book.
I don't know about a genre, but I'm leaning towards something where the characters are poor or just from a different time period where they'd seem poor by any 2023 American's standards. Preferably without vulgar language. Cheers!
Simple example-you're not told how tall a woman is. Do you decide her height before advancing?
Most books are probably over my head, so no insult there. I wouldn't scoff at a recommendation of a children's book.
I don't know about a genre, but I'm leaning towards something where the characters are poor or just from a different time period where they'd seem poor by any 2023 American's standards. Preferably without vulgar language. Cheers!
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