LO1: Understand pre-existing products are adapted for use in different

media formats - Research

A computer game that has been adapted for film

Silent Hill is originally a survival horror video game made for PlayStation and it was published by
Konami and developed by Team Silent, a group based in Konami Computer Entertainment,
Tokyo. The first releasement in the Silent Hill series was North America in January 1999, and in
Japan and Europe later that year. Silent Hill uses a third-person view, with real-time rendering of
3D environments. Developers liberally used fog and darkness to muddle the graphics and the
film also uses fog. Unlike earlier survival horror games that focused on protagonists with combat
training, the player character of Silent Hill is an "everyman".
Silent Hill then got made into a film as a 2006 Canadian-French supernatural horror film directed
by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary, Gans, and Nicolas Boukhrief. It stars Radha
Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Alice
Krige, and Jodelle Ferland.Development of Silent Hill began in the early 2000s. After attempting
to gain the film rights to Silent Hill for five years, Gans sent a video interview to them explaining
his plans for adapting Silent Hill and how important the games are to him. Konami awarded him
the film rights as a result. Gans and Avary began working on the script in 2004. Filming began in
February 2005 with an estimated $50 million budget and was shot on sound sets and on
location in Canada.Silent Hill was released on April 21, 2006, grossing nearly $100 million
worldwide. Film critics praised the film's visuals, set designs, and atmosphere, but criticized the
film for its dialogue, plot, and run-time. A sequel entitled Silent Hill: Revelation was released on
October 26, 2012 to critical failure, but modest commercial success.

A book that has been adapted for television

Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and
D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’, George R. R. Martin's series of
fantasy novels, the first of which is ‘A Game of Thrones’.
A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter
George R. R. Martin. He began with his first book ‘A Game of Thrones’ in 1991, and it was
published in 1996. Martin has published five out of a planned seven volumes. The fifth and most
recent volume of the series published in 2011 ‘A Dance with Dragons’, which took Martin six
years to write. He is still writing the sixth novel, ‘The Winds of Winter’. As of August 2016, the
books have sold more than 70 million copies worldwide and, as of January 2017, have been
translated into 47 languages. The fourth and fifth volumes reached the top of The New York
Times Best Seller lists upon their releases. As well as a TV series it has also been adapted into
other forms, such as:
● A comic book adaptation
● Board game
● Video games
The film adaptation ‘Game of Thrones’ has attracted record viewership on HBO and has a
broad, active, international fan base. It has been acclaimed by critics, particularly for its acting,
complex characters, story, scope, and production values, although its frequent use of nudity and
violence (including sexual violence) has been criticized.
The series has received 38 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series in
2015 and 2016, more than any other primetime scripted television series.

A graphic novel that has been adapted for film

The Mask is an adaptation of a comic book written by Mike Richardson. The feature film really
only drew from one main concept or crucial symbol of the comic book—the transformative
powers of a special mask. In the film the main character is played by Jim Carrey, and his
character is first introduced to viewers as a meek bank teller, who stumbles upon a mysterious
mask after an especially depressing night. But after he tries the mask on, the timid Ipkiss turns
into a semi-Hulk, steroid-fueled version of himself. Frequent appearances from a young
Cameron Diaz.
In 1989, Mike Richardson and Todd Moyer first approached New Line Cinema about adapting
the comic The Mask into a film, after having seen other offers. The main character went through
several transformations, and the project was stalled a couple of times.
One unused "Mask" idea, according to Mike Richardson, was to transform the story into one
about a mask-maker who took faces off of corpses to put them on teens and turn them into
zombies. The film was initially intended to become a new horror franchise. However, Russell
found the violence of the comic to be off-putting, and wanted the film be less grim and more fun
than the source material.

A song/songs that have been adapted for film

Queen is a British rock band that was created in 1970, London. Their lead singer was Freddie
Mercury, Brian May on lead guitar, Roger Taylor on drums and John Deacon on bass guitar.
Queen's earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the
band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further
styles, such as arena rock and pop rock, into their music.
When Bohemian Rhapsody was released as a single, it became a major success and it stayed
at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and selling more than a million copies by the
end of January 1976. It reached number one again in 1991 for another five weeks when the
same version was re-released following Mercury's death, eventually becoming the UK's third-
best-selling single of all time.
Bohemian Rhapsody is now an upcoming adaptation. It is an British-American biographical film
about the British rock band Queen from their formation to their 1985 Live Aid performance. The
film is written by Anthony McCarten, the film stars Rami Malek as singer Freddie Mercury, with
Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, and
Mike Myers in supporting roles.
Directed by Bryan Singer, principal photography began in London in September 2017. In
December 2017, Singer was fired for absence and clashing with the cast and crew. Dexter
Fletcher was hired shortly after to complete filming and post-production. Principal photography
concluded in January 2018. Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor are serving
as the film's music producers. The film is scheduled for release in the United Kingdom on
October 24, 2018, and in the United States on November 2, 2018 by 20th Century Fox.
Bohemian Rhapsody was announced in 2010. In a BBC interview published on September 17,
2010, Queen guitarist Brian May spoke about an upcoming film project concerning the history of
the band. According to the interview, Sacha Baron Cohen was set to play Freddie Mercury with
Graham King as co-producer.