Adaptation of novel "Roi-mai" into TV series

Abstract

The objective of this research is to study the television script adaptation techniques and factors that affect the television script adaptation on the novel "Roi-mai," one of the novel series "Clothes" by Pongsakorn.

This research is qualitative on the data collected from the interviews of a television scriptwriter, Mr. Yingyos Panya, and the analysis of his television scripts based on the novel.

It was found that the television script adaptation techniques include, the adjustment of sequential narratives, the creation of more situations related to cloth, and the creation of more interesting ghost characters. The scriptwriter also consulted with the experts in silk before he started writing a script for television drama production.

The factors that affect the television script editing are : the human resources of television drama production, the television drama audience, the television drama production procedures, and the criticism on a screenplay.