Film Remake Comparisons

Movie Remakes

I am going to be talking about three movie remakes and I am going to show you my favourite ones which i think have worked best.

1) Prom Night

Original: (1980)
Director: Paul Lynch
                                               This is the trailer of the 1980's movie Prom Night:

The setting of this 1980's Prom Night is set in the school which they have graduated from. The prom is a  disco theme and you can tell thats their is nothing really that fancy about it, the clothing of the students is quite simple and plain but the dresses what the females wear have a quite flare but not as much as what you would see now. The trailer  starts off with a voice over and disco music which was quite popular in the 80s. 

In the era of the 1980's America it was noted as the highest unemployment years and by the end of the November month over 11 million people were unemployed in the USA, this to me shows quite clearly in terms of this movie trailer as   the prom in this movie is quite limited, as they don't have much going on in terms of the venue because its set in the school, this shows to me that money was a big issue and that shows  because it was set in there school so they've saved a lot of money as they generally didn't have a lot to spend on the event and go out of their locality. 

Remake: (2008)

Director: Nelson McCormick

This is the 2008 recent version of the movie Prom Night:

The setting as you can see clearly is more glam and red carpet style prom event. The prom is set in a nice expensive flashy hall and you can tell that the students of this time are quite wealthy. The clothing is definitely a good element to show the wealthiness of the students as both male and females are wearing expensive designer wear, the dresses are all puffy, sophisticated  and flashy and are complimented with jewellery. The trailer starts off with rock music which is quite popular in this time and a lot of people listen to it, their is no voice overs in this trailer apart from the voices of the characters when they are talking.

2) Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Original: (1971) 

Director: Mel Stuart

This is the trailer of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory:

This is the trailer to the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory that was released in the year of 1971, you can see a lot of difference to this one and the recent one at the time of 1971 there was a lot of inflation and money was a big issue, lots of families were living in bad conditions and its clearly shown in the trailer as you can see that 4 people are in one bed. Money was a big deal and not a lot of families had it so work was something not to be missed even though they didn't receive much they had to make it expand in order for them to get enough food for the family for a day. 

Props used in the video are hats, walking sticks, cloaks, ticket and newspapers. 

Remake: (2005)

Director: Tim Burton

This is the trailer to the Charlie and The Chocolate factory remake:

This is the trailer for the 2005 charlie and the chocolate factory and it stars Johnny Depp. 

The trailer starts off with a voice over telling us about the character Charlie and how he wins the ticket.  The setting is very different to the first one as its a different director completely and the director of this movie is Tim Burton and to be honest you can tell due to the fact that its quite dark in terms of colour as well as story and it has a very whimsical look about it. the story of the movie is also quite deep and dark too as it goes into the story of Willy Wonka and his past more then Charlie himself, I do think it works well still because it is generally quite nice to know more about him as a character. The props used in this film are the same as the ones in the 1971 movie as hats and cloaks are used too.

3) Freaky Friday

Original: (1976)

Director: Gary Nelson

This is the trailer of the film Freaky friday that was released in 1979:

This movie shows us a mother and daughter and how they are so different to each other but end up turning into each other due to a body swap because of  a fortune cookie, the clothing they wear in this movie to me seem quite retro, as they are quite bright looking. The hairstyles of the characters are quite vintage as the hair is quite short but very big in terms of volumisation. 

Remake (2003)

Director: Mark Waters

This is the 2003 Freaky Friday remake:

This is the re make of the 76's film and its a lot different to the original as you can see the characters in this film are much more modernised in terms of the clothing they wear as well as there personalities. From this trailer you can see that the daughter seems very gothic, and her mother is very different to her as she is quite modern but in a way which is subtle as she has a casual sense about her. The characters in this movie compared 

 to the first film seem definitely more exaggerated and I think this is good because it makes the film more fun to watch as the event that has happened to them in the movie is quite interesting so the way they handle the situation will be fun to watch as we would know it will be quite over the top.