Hi all,
After seeing Gone Girl at the pictures last night, I got to thinking about how the budget for the film version of a book would differ to the book itself. Does anyone know how much a book costs to actually produce?
I know that question is like asking "how long is a piece of string?" because there are so many levels of books, but I guess I'm talking about a book one would expect to end up on a bestseller list (because of its author). I make that assumption because a film like Gone Girl had a certain amount (~60 million I believe) invested in it because it was expected to do well at the box office (which I'm equating as similar to best seller lists, which of course they aren't really).
Why am I asking? Because I'm interested in the notion that an artist has less control over something with a bigger budget because of the implied greater risk.
DISCLAIMER - I'm assuming that novelists have more control over their work than a director/screenwriter has over their film.
After seeing Gone Girl at the pictures last night, I got to thinking about how the budget for the film version of a book would differ to the book itself. Does anyone know how much a book costs to actually produce?
I know that question is like asking "how long is a piece of string?" because there are so many levels of books, but I guess I'm talking about a book one would expect to end up on a bestseller list (because of its author). I make that assumption because a film like Gone Girl had a certain amount (~60 million I believe) invested in it because it was expected to do well at the box office (which I'm equating as similar to best seller lists, which of course they aren't really).
Why am I asking? Because I'm interested in the notion that an artist has less control over something with a bigger budget because of the implied greater risk.
DISCLAIMER - I'm assuming that novelists have more control over their work than a director/screenwriter has over their film.