A filmic adaptation of the Lorraine Loots's Ek is Suzie

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dc.contributor.advisorMarx, Lesleyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLoots, Lorraineen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-02T09:19:24Z
dc.date.available2015-01-02T09:19:24Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 13-15).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the creative project was to adapt an autobiographical illustrated novel, Ek is Suzie, into a screenplay for a full-length feature film. Using a combination of live action and animation, the two main narratives play out parallel to one another – representing the past and present tense. The explication is intended to offer a reflection on the process of writing the screenplay, on filmic influences that shaped it and on the kinds of theory that illuminate what I was trying to accomplish. Thus, I investigate various creative and technical decisions made during the writing of the screenplay – dropping the novel’s narrator, the mixing of languages, the use of dream and, especially, the play between live action and animation. I note the debate on fidelity in adaptation especially as this debate applies to graphic novels and take special account of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, not only because of its engagement with the process of adaptation, but also because of it seminal use of animation as a serious medium of communication, dealing with trauma and childhood. Other (popular) filmic influences are In America, My Left Foot and Garden State, dealing with the dominant themes in my screenplay – childhood trauma, self-discovery, friendship, family and love.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLoots, L. (2010). <i>A filmic adaptation of the Lorraine Loots's Ek is Suzie</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11013en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLoots, Lorraine. <i>"A filmic adaptation of the Lorraine Loots's Ek is Suzie."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11013en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLoots, L. 2010. A filmic adaptation of the Lorraine Loots's Ek is Suzie. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Loots, Lorraine AB - The aim of the creative project was to adapt an autobiographical illustrated novel, Ek is Suzie, into a screenplay for a full-length feature film. Using a combination of live action and animation, the two main narratives play out parallel to one another – representing the past and present tense. The explication is intended to offer a reflection on the process of writing the screenplay, on filmic influences that shaped it and on the kinds of theory that illuminate what I was trying to accomplish. Thus, I investigate various creative and technical decisions made during the writing of the screenplay – dropping the novel’s narrator, the mixing of languages, the use of dream and, especially, the play between live action and animation. I note the debate on fidelity in adaptation especially as this debate applies to graphic novels and take special account of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, not only because of its engagement with the process of adaptation, but also because of it seminal use of animation as a serious medium of communication, dealing with trauma and childhood. Other (popular) filmic influences are In America, My Left Foot and Garden State, dealing with the dominant themes in my screenplay – childhood trauma, self-discovery, friendship, family and love. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - A filmic adaptation of the Lorraine Loots's Ek is Suzie TI - A filmic adaptation of the Lorraine Loots's Ek is Suzie UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11013 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11013
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLoots L. A filmic adaptation of the Lorraine Loots's Ek is Suzie. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11013en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFilm and Mediaen_ZA
dc.titleA filmic adaptation of the Lorraine Loots's Ek is Suzieen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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