Thesis

To accurately adapt something from one medium to another the adaptation must contain and be able to convey the same feelings as the original, even if the setting and characters are changed. In both Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now there is a feeling that our main character could snap at any time. Ultimately his adaptation is successful because even though almost everything about the story is changed except for the bare bones of the plot through his use of light and sound Coppola is able to capture the same sense of mystery and fear of the unknown.