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A dramatization is the creation of a dramatic
performance of material depicting real or
fictional events. Dramatization may occur in any media, and can play a role in education and the psychological development of children. The production of a dramatization presents potential legal issues, arising both from the use of elements of fictional works created by others, and with the depiction of real persons and events.
Usage
Dramatization may occur in many circumstances, and be presented in many forms of media:
In television, a dramatization is "the preparation of a television drama from a work which was not previously in dramatic form, for example a prose narrative". The form is often used in
television commercials
A television advertisement (also called a television commercial, TV commercial, commercial, spot, television spot, TV spot, advert, television advert, TV advert, television ad, TV ad or simply an ad) is a span of television programming produce ...
depicting the benefits of using an advertised product, "because dramatization is a form particularly well suited to television". Although dramatization and
adaptation are sometimes used interchangeably, the
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distinguishes a dramatization from an adaptation by the criteria that an adaptation is a preparation derived from a dramatic work. When the events being dramatized are historical, this may also be considered a form of
historical reenactment
Historical reenactment (or re-enactment) is an educational or entertainment activity in which mainly amateur hobbyists and history enthusiasts dress in historic uniforms or costumes and follow a plan to recreate aspects of a historical event or ...
, and occurs within the genre of
docudrama. In some cases, in conveying the lives of historical figures "dramatization is a necessity due to lack of documentation".
[Rebecca Monhardt, "Reading and Writing Nonfiction With Children", in Jodi Wheeler-Toppen, ''Science the "Write" Way'' (2011), p. 219.]
Dramatization has been described as "a primitive instinct and very early people expressed their thoughts and emotions through this medium, or at least through that of pantomime, which is so closely connected with it".
[Grace Evelyn Starks, "Dramatization", ''Primary Education'', Volume 22 (1914), p. 529.] In particular, "
en children identify with the various characters in the story, it is natural for them to want to imitate those characters".
[Nancy E. Briggs, Joseph Anthony Wagner, ''Children's Literature Through Storytelling & Drama'' (1979), p. 81.] To a degree, any attempt to describe an event other than in a clinical sense requires some dramatization:
Children, through play, unconsciously begin to act out the dramatization of events in their lives and events of which they learn.
Research has shown that "with a variety of students from different grades and socioeconomic backgrounds, through expression of feelings and thoughts in story dramatization and creative drama, self concept is improved".
Legal issues
Legally, the creation of a dramatization may infringe on the
intellectual property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...
rights of the work from which it is derived. A dramatization of real events might infringe the
personalty
Personal property is property that is movable. In common law systems, personal property may also be called chattels or personalty. In civil law (legal system), civil law systems, personal property is often called movable property or movables— ...
rights of the individuals involved. However, it is also understood that the dramatization itself maybe entitled to its own intellectual property protections:
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