Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Team Awesomes Changing Film Genres Project.


Team Awesome
Changing Film Genres

 

Identity Theft (2013)   >   Up the Front (1972)

Identity Theft (2013):

Identity theft is about a woman that is a professional at identity theft. She steels a poor man’s identity racks his credit card bills up to a very high amount. She only gets away with it because then man’s name is sandy. Now that could pass for a woman’s name as well. No one ever questioned her. Well Sandy the man whose identity was stolen set off to find this woman who has made so much damage in his life.

Up the front (1972):

A boot-boy who is a coward is the star in this movie. He went to war in 1914 had to be hypnotized to save England. With the master plan tattooed and is butt the Germans are hot on his trail to try and make him hand over the plans. Tattooing it on his butt was the only way he could get the plan of action to the British.

Similarities and Differences

They are similar because they are both comedies. Yes I understand we may not fond the common comedy as funny as they did back then, but it was still funny to the people back then. They produce jokes. Also funny situations are produced in each movie.

Now what would be different would be the way they were produced. Not totally the same but they have the same concept. The 2013 movie is modern day. It is relatable to us. We get great joy out of watching it. As did the people that watched comedies in 1972 enjoy them. We do not enjoy them the same as they are not what we are used to. The old movie has some scenes where there was laughter in the funny scenes and there aren’t that in the today films. The graphics are almost totally different as well. It has a much clearer picture. 

This is 40 and Now You see, Now You Don’t

This Is 40 is an update to the lives of Pete and Debbie, which we were introduced to from the film "Knocked Up". Now the couple is married, living with two daughters, and they have to learn how to overcome the obstacles faced during life. In doing so, they experience many hardships and downfalls, but this soon brings them closer and happier than before.

Now You See, Now You Don't is about a chemistry student who invents a spray that makes the wearer invisible. This is all fine and dandy until a gang of crooks find out about the formula and want to steal it to use during a bank robbery. Now, it's up to the student and his friends to stop them. While being chased, the kids find themselves in predicaments that may be difficult to get out of.

There are many differences between these two films. Not only is the plot completely different, but the way the movie is being portrayed is different. Examples of this include how the script was written, the props used in each film, the general audience targeted for both films, the coloring and music being used during or in between scenes, and just the general aspect of each film. The only similarity would be the surroundings in the film which was a community neighborhood setting.
 

The Sting and Horrible Bosses

As years have come and gone, films have been changing due to new technology, new digital images and futuristic effects that make films look more realistic.

The film, “The Sting”, a 1973 movie, it takes place in the city of Chicago during the 1930’s. The plot is about a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner. He teams up with a master of “the big con” to win a fortune from a criminal banker. The film quality was very poor, but at the time, it was great considering when the movie was created and what cameras and lenses were available. The mood of the film was funny and creative during the 1970’s, and shows that there are many similar concepts between comedy movies back then and now. The Sting seems to be a little complex but throws a slight twist in, to keep you on your toes and keep you interested through the entire movie.

A recent film that has been a top comedy movie of the 2011-13 time period and has similar concepts and themes is the movie “Horrible Bosses.” The plot of this film is about three great friends that hate their bosses. The friends are pushed to the idea to kill their bosses, and decide to hire an ex con man to help them plot to take their bosses down. This comedy movie has a great twist at the end and has the same style even as movies like “The Sting” that was created almost 40 years ago.

The film takes place in present time and has a hilarious plot as 3 grown men adventure together to kill one another’s bosses. With the new technology in today’s day in age, screen imaging has become amazing and clearer with lots of things like HD or IMAXX theater viewing. Recent or older films that contain similar traits that even in the past, when cameras and tools weren’t as technical or clear, had great casts and plots that got good reviews for the times that the films were created.

Ted and Sleeper

Ted- You can’t even compare a movie from the 70's such as sleeper to a movie like Ted today. The comedy in Ted seems more real life and the jokes seem a lot dryer. We also noticed that there is a lot more perverted jokes and more cuss words in the new comedies like ted, Sleeper didn’t have any foul language and or perverted jokes.

Sleeper - When you watch the comedy sleeper from 1973, most of the comedy consist of witty jokes as well as stupid tricks that go wrong.

The Groove Tube:

“The Groove Tube” was a 1974 low-budget comedy film written and produced by Ken Shapiro. It mocked television and the counterculture of the 1970’s. This film was originally made to be shown in the Channel One Theater which only played R-rated movies. The film starred Richard Belzer and Chevy Chase and included many different skits. Some of the skits were “The Dealers”,”Koko the Clown”, a public service announcement about venereal disease, and parodies of cooking shows. The movie also shows several spoof television commercials.

The 41 Year Old Virgin who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About it:

“The 41 Year Old Virgin who knocked up Sarah Marshall and felt Superbad about it” was directed by Craig Moss. This movie, like The Groove Tube, mocks other movies from around the time it was made. This movie mocks other comedy movies like “Knocked Up”, ” Superbad”, ” The 40 Year Old Virgin” , and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”. This movie also pokes fun at multiple other movies and television shows.

These two movies differ because the comedies now, even though they have a similar goal to mock other movies, are a lot raunchier. The budget for “The Groove Tube” was $200,000 while the budget for the newer movie was $1.3 million. “The Groove Tube” made $20,447,000 from box office but “The 41 Year Old Virgin who knocked up Sarah Marshall and felt Superbad about it” went straight to DVD because of so much competition.  They also differed by the way the movie looked. The clothes they wore, the cars they drive, and the quality of the movie is all different.

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