I’m trying to buy a book but they only offer the screenplay version and I’m not sure if it’s different from the actual novel or not.
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A screenplay is basically the movie script. The lines by each character, stage directions, etc.
In most book to movie cases, the writer adapts the book into a screenplay to make it work as a movie. This involves cutting out a lot of things that wouldn’t suit a movie, such as inner monologues, long back stories, etc
Fantastic Beasts was written as a screenplay and is not based on a book. In other words, you won’t find a novel for the film.
Some films are later novelised. That is, in the reverse process, the film is turned into a novel, adding things that are more suitable in novel narratives.
The novel is meant to be read as stand alone a book. The screenplay is meant to be read as a script for TV/film. They differ in format fairly significantly.
A screenplay is more of a technical document with industry-specific formatting, whereas a novel is an “end-user” product that is structured however the author wants to present it to their audience.
A screenplay is basically the movie script. The lines by each character, stage directions, etc.
In most book to movie cases, the writer adapts the book into a screenplay to make it work as a movie. This involves cutting out a lot of things that wouldn’t suit a movie, such as inner monologues, long back stories, etc
Fantastic Beasts was written as a screenplay and is not based on a book. In other words, you won’t find a novel for the film.
Some films are later novelised. That is, in the reverse process, the film is turned into a novel, adding things that are more suitable in novel narratives.
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