The History of Sound comes to the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center this weekend, a movie adaptation of a book of short stories written by Ben Shattuck. The movie stars Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, and was directed by Oliver Hermanus.

Mr. Shattuck wrote the screenplay for the movie, which is based on two stories from his collection, and will attend this Sunday’s screening to talk about his journey going from the printed page to the big screen. The process was an emotional one, he told the Gazette.

“When you write a screenplay, I describe it as architectural plans for a hallucination,” he said. “It’s just an offering to the director, to the DP, to the actors, to whomever else is in the project to participate in that hallucination.”

He recalled stepping on set for the first day and how surreal it felt.

“It really was as startling and exhilarating as walking into your own dream,” he said. “And then to see these two astounding actors, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor say the lines that had just existed in my mind was equal parts hallucination, exhilaration and deep, deep gratitude.”

Mr. Shattuck is a regular in the area and on the Vineyard as his father-in-law, Ron Slate, runs a reading series at Pathways Arts. He is also the founder and director of the Cuttyhunk Island Writers’ Residency, and owns Davoll’s General Store in South Dartmouth, which doubles as a bookstore and pub.

Mr. Shattuck said he has found a “thriving reading community” on the Vineyard and thinks local viewers will appreciate the connections between the literary work and the movie.

“[I think] Vineyard audiences would be able to enjoy the detail work of the film that might not necessarily land with a much wider audience,” he said.

The History of Sound screens at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 4 p.m.