Film Adaptation by Dr Meera Shirodkar

Explore the socio-cultural dimensions of adaptations through the ways in which literary works continue to be re-adapted and re-worked for different audiences.

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Instructor: Dr Meera ShirodkarLanguage: English

About the course

This workshop is designed to explore the cinematic and contextual intricacies of audio-visual adaptations of literary works. It engages with the myriad ways in which literary works have been adapted over the years and continue to be re-imagined and reworked. It aims to introduce students to the prevalent discourses and perspectives of adaptation analysis. Simultaneously offering a deeper insight into the audio-visual elements of adaptations, such as screenplay, characterization, cinematography, art direction, performances, mise-en-scene, premise, themes, sound design, costumes and so on. The workshop encourages dynamic, interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional approaches into film adaptations.

Dates:

Coming Soon..

Time:

Day 1 - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Day 2 - 10:00 am - 1:30 pm

Mode:

Hybrid

Who Can Benefit From This?

Senior undergraduates, postgraduate students and early career researchers interested in qualitative data methods and analysis.

Pre-Requisite:

A person should be familiar with anthropology, sociology, and their qualitative fieldwork methods.

THE OUTLINE

Day 1:

( 10:00 am - 5:00 pm )

INTRODUCTION TO FILM ADAPTATION & ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVES
o Comparative, Author vs Auteur, Contextual, Audio-Visual & Performative Aesthetics
• INDIAN STORIES, EPICS & MYTHOLOGICAL INFLUENCES
o Influences traced to Indian TV, FILM & OTT Content
• AUTHORIAL VOICE VS AUTEUR’s VISION
o Select literary works analyzed through a Director’s Vision/Interpretation/Re-imagination
o Examples from Film, TV & OTT content
• SOCIO-POLITICAL & CULTURAL CONTEXT OF ADAPTATIONS
o Context of literary works & the adaptations including gender perspectives, geographic, socio-political
& economic dimensions.
o Examples from Film, TV & OTT content


Day 2:

( 10:00 am - 11:30 am )

• MEDIUMS, NEW SOURCES & ADAPTATIONS

o TV, Film, Animation, OTT

o Graphic Novels, Comics & Videogames

• AUTHORIAL VOICE VS AUTEUR’s VISION

o Select literary works analyzed through a Director’s Interpretation & Re-imagination o Examples from Film, TV & OTT content

o Inspirations vs Adaptations

• SOCIO-POLITICAL & CULTURAL CONTEXT OF ADAPTATIONS o Gender perspectives, geographical, social, economic, political and cultural dimensions. o Examples from Film, TV & OTT content

• Activity/Project – II: Presentation


COURSE CURRICULUM

Know your Instructors

Dr. Meera Shirodkar

Assistant Professor, Times School of Media

Meera is an Assistant Professor teaching the disciplines of film studies and filmmaking. She completed her PhD in Film from the University of Southampton focusing on the representation of the Partition of India in contemporary Indian Cinema. Her research interests and expertise extend to memory studies, cultural studies, film adaptation and gender studies. She holds a master’s in mass communication, specialising in Audio-Visual Production. In addition to her academic pursuits, she has been an active film practitioner, completing professional stints in several reputed film and television production houses including corporate and documentary filmmaking. During her doctoral studies she presented her research at various conferences in the UK. These include Cardiff University, University of Bristol and Zhejiang University in China. She has been invited as a guest speaker at the India International Centre (New Delhi) and a panelist at the ‘Curating Partition’ Conference organized by De Monfort University, Leicester, UK. She is also a member of the Association for the Study of Marginalized Cultures of the World (ASMCW), which is a new initiative taken by Indian scholars and academicians. She is currently teaching undergraduate and postgraduate film courses at the Amity School of Film and Drama, Noida, India.

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