Adaptation (art)

Adaptation (Latin adaptation - adaptation) - Transformation of a work of art or publication into a media delivery other than originally planned, eg adaptation of a literary work for a film or transformation of a work for a new audience, eg numerous adaptations For Robinson Crusoe children.

Adaptations may vary in degree of processing, and depending on how they are carried out in connection with a change in the way they are distributed, they may convey content almost unchanged or with minor adaptations - eg, censorship or adult compositions for the young reader. can be created as new (enriched by the author's processors) created "based on" the prototype.

Ex. Pan Tadeusz is a full adaptation of Adam Mickiewicz's epic (Pan Tadeusz), introducing slight changes in its (literary) content. In contrast, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet literary work has adapted theatrical and film works based on that, but they differ from each other, due to the technique they need to perform, but often differ from the original, due to the additions of the director (changes). literary content of the work): eg a film with Leonardo DiCaprio which was only preserved in the convention of the song - therefore it is said about such works as works made on the basis of the original.

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