WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE VARIOUS STYLES OF ADAPTATION USED?
ICONOGRAPHIC: When Weston Woods founder, Morton Schindel, first started making motion pictures, he realized that it would take a special filming technique to faithfully transfer the artwork in picture books from page to screen. Since there was not a suitable method, he developed one. In the ICONOGRAPHIC technique the camera creates an “illusion of movement” by carefully panning and zooming over the actual illustrations from the book. Whenever possible the artist’s original illustrations are used, although in most instances the illustrations must be adapted from copies of the book. This technique, first developed at Weston Woods, is now used by film producers everywhere. Among the better-known productions that have used this technique are the Ken Burns PBS series on THE CIVIL WAR, BASEBALL and JAZZ. ANIMATION: In an animated film, the characters actually move on screen. The film itself is composed of a series of drawings, each one showing a different phase of movement, which are photogr
