The Godfather Drawing From Its Cultural And Social Aspects

Name Tutor Course Date Understanding and analyzing filmic and televisual adaptations: The Godfather Since the beginning, the making of films and television shows has been inspired by many forms of art, but none of them has had a substantial impact like literature, which includes written word, books, and novels. Novels offer motion pictures a large variety of topics and stories for film and television makers to choose from (Cartmell). In this light, the adaptation of written art into motion makers has in some cases been successful and in others downright terrible. Some of the most celebrated movies ever made have their original ideas from books and novels. On the same note, good books and novels have been let down by films that borrowed their ideas (Cartmell). Subsequently, there is a looming debate among critics and authors on the concept of developing films from novels. Understanding the underlying parameters of film and television adaptation is fundamental for people seeking success in the industry. This essay offers a critical analysis that will help in understanding the filmic and televisual adaptations with a focus on the novel and film, The Godfather drawing from its cultural and social aspects. Adaptations are a critical aspect of the contemporary creative industries across the globe. Adaptation can be described as the process of transposing one literary work into motion pictures. For instance, novels and comic books are often developed as presold creative works of motion picture productions (Cartmell). Film adaptation has emerged over the years and is widely perceived as a genre in its own rights that defines an approach to film production. Adaptations have existed since the beginning of cinema making, as a cultural phenomenon that offers an opportunity to develop literally works and art masterpieces into motion pictures that have a wider audience and a more appealing approach to entertainment and communication. Adaptations also function as a means of re-creating art with the intent of achieving a temporary status for the art. There is no doubt that adaptations served efficiently in elevating the status of films at the beginning of cinema. As a school of thought, adaptation is premised on the notion of intertextuality, which alludes to how different works interact with each other (Cartmell). Suggestively, the concept of intertextuality raises the argument that art is an adaptation inspired by other earlier artworks. The adaptation of one artwork to another entails the selection and interpretation of the source materials, which often raises ideological and aesthetic beliefs that might be similar or out of line with the original material. In the context of intertextuality, the proponents recognize that the novels may always precede the film and the audience can encounter the film first. Additionally, a film adaptation can be connected to earlier adaptations, and it might be developed from a variety of art forms (Cartmell). Adaptation is essential in the film industry because they address the cultural needs and pressures triggered by other art forms within the consumers. For instance the Godfather was developed at a time and period when it presented fundamental cultural and social significance in America, among the immigrants as wel...