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Film & TV, 8 min read
Feature or Series? Reading a Book for the Screen
The question producers ask first, and how to answer it with confidence.
Some books compress naturally into two hours. Others need the room of a season. The difference lies in whether the story turns on one central question or several.
A careful adaptation assessment looks at structure, ensemble, world and ongoing conflict before any materials are written.
Getting this right early shapes everything that follows: the logline, the treatment, the pitch and the conversations they open.