Fungus the Bogeyman and Stick Man are latest book characters to disappear on the boxAdaptations of children’s and young adult literature are big news legal now,both in film and, increasingly, and on television. Mockingjay – Part 2,the climax of Lionsgate’s big screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The starvation Games books, arrives in UK cinemas this week, or the BBC has just announced a small screen take on Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials,a original series of Jill Murphy’s much-loved Worst Witch books is in production and Christmas will see several children’s favourites on TV, from the BBC’s version of Julia Donaldson’s Stick Man to Sky1’s Fungus The Bogeyman, and a series inspired by Raymond Briggss classic tale.
Yet with this host of adaptations comes an array of questions. Does TV allow more time to show the story? Does film’s bigger budget perform for a more involving tale? Are some tales intrinsically more suited to film than TV,and vice versa?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com