EKRANISASI SEBAGAI WAHANA ADAPTASI DARIKARYA SASTRA KE FILMOlehDr. Istadiyantha, M.S. dan Rianna Wati, S.S., M.A.FIB UNSistayn@gmail.com /riannawati08@gmail.comABSTRACTThe transformation ofa literary worktothe medium of filmhas been done for a long time.Onefundamental differencein the manufacturing process ofa literary workisanindividualwork.Authorpreoccupiedwith himselftoproducea literary work. Deliberationsto arrange the wordsin theendcantake the readerto thenatureof imagination. If theliterarytextspeakthrough thelanguageofwords,thenthe filmspeak through theform of visuals or images. Themovieis awork of artthatinvolvespeople fromdifferent fields. The process ofadaptationof aliterary worktothefilmmediumcannot avoidthechanges.It changesoccur inthe story, characters, plot, setting, and thetheme. The fundamentaltransformation ofthe originalforms of literatureinto theform of a filmisitsfunction, what lay within the function ofthe media transformationisperformed.Key words: ecranisation; adaptation of a literary work