Perfect romance storyline in novel versus film adaptation: a case study of "Lagenda Budak Setan" / Muhammad Adam Ilias, Ainul Ameerul Ariff Abd Rouf and Muhamad Fikry Mastafa Kamar

Book to film adaptation has been a trend in both local and international film markets nowadays. This act could lead to issues such as lack of originality in the film and only relying on original literature as an inspiration. The trend of producing a film adapted from books in Malaysia have been incr...

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Main Authors: Ilias, Muhammad Adam, Abd Rouf, Ainul Ameerul Ariff, Mastafa Kamar, Muhamad Fikry
Format: Student Project
Language:English
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/76628/1/76628.pdf
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/76628/
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Summary:Book to film adaptation has been a trend in both local and international film markets nowadays. This act could lead to issues such as lack of originality in the film and only relying on original literature as an inspiration. The trend of producing a film adapted from books in Malaysia have been increasing from year to year. So, the purpose of conducting this research is to identify the rating of readers of novel and viewers of film Lagenda Budak Setan. The novel Lagenda Budak Setan written by Ahadiat Akashah was published in year 1985 while the film was released in 2010, directed by Sharad Sharan. The data will be collected from four students in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and the author of the novel itself. The students will be divided into two categories; the readers and viewers of Lagenda Budak Setan respectively. The researchers want to find the out whether the original novel or the adapted film is rated higher by the readers and viewers. The researchers used the qualitative method in this research which in-depth interview is conducted involving the respondents.