Adaptations powerpoint

SKYRIMBy Jordon Jones

What Are You Adapting?■ I am adapting the video game Skyrim into a box office movie.■ This is because I think Skyrim would work extremely well as a film due to it

having an extensive detailed narrative that uses a lot of techniques like plot twists and cliffhangers that make for an exciting viewing experience.

Genre and Narrative■ The genre for Skyrim is adventure fiction,

with heavy action and fantasy elements. This is because the film is based in a fictitious universe in the midst of a civil war, which hints heavily to a lot of fighting and action happening in the film. It is an adventure fiction because the film is based on following the story of one character on the Stormcloak side, and focuses on his own journey through the world and his encounters with the world, so there is a lot of exploring and visiting lots of different places.

■ The narrative structure of the film does follow a beginning/middle/end format, with the beginning being when the main character escapes from captivity from the Empire, the middle being the main fight between the Empire and Stormcloaks, and the end being the character killing Alduin and returning to Nirn to become captain of the Stormcloaks.

Constraints and Opportunities

■ Budget – Box office film; big budget so a lot of things can be done. Lots of CGI needed, will be able to afford this. Things that need to be budgeted are money spent on actors, not many actors in the film due to it being mainly CGI but voice actors will be used and will have to be iconic voices.

■ Technology – Scale of the film may be an issue as it may take a long time to create the same depth of scale similar to the game – may have to be cut down/trimmed to shorten film and cut down on costs. CGI will take a long time, lots of it so production will take a long time.

Target Audience■ The target audience for my adaptation will be

people interested in fantasy adventure films, along with people interested in the Elder Scrolls series and the video game.

■ This is because the film is aimed at attracting people that are familiar with fantasy films in general as it will contain many similar themes that are in other fantasy films. It will also be aimed at the same audience that are interested in the video games and the general ‘lore’ of Skyrim and the Elder Scrolls series, as it is a big series that is well known so simply making a film about this will attract a lot of people.

Cinematic Ideas■ What makes my film adaptation distinctive is the

graphical achievements we will be able to pull off in the film in comparison to the video game. The video game had very good graphics for its time, but was limited due to it being a video game and technology not being as good as it is now. Thus with the film and the technology we have now (including CGI) I think this can be the main attraction of the film because we will have one of the best looking films ever made.