Pathway: Getting the Film made by Samuel Cross

An analysis of the pragmatics of getting Orlando made.

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Pitch documentation. Note the co-production with the USSR.

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Getting Orlando Made

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Distilling the novel down to a tight synopsis, probably for pitching to potential studios.

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Look at the comparison drawn between Orlando and science fiction. How does this relate to getting production and distribution, does it suggest an alternative way that the film could have been marketed? Despite the appearance of being a costume drama, it could be marketed as something else.

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The emphasis of the visual (via the weather in this instance) suggests that Potter's reading of the film from the very beginning was filmic, this translates more readily to the medium than the textual, verbal aspects of the novel.

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The discussion of lighting emphasises the potential for a cinematic adaptation - it's a visual signifier of specific eras. Obviously film can be spectacularly good at this.