This desire to produce bigger and better films is a driving force in the movie industry. It creates sequels (Indiana Jones, Lethal weapon, Fast & Furious), franchises, (James Bond, Star Wars, Toy Story, Jason Bourne, Harry Potter) and whole new dimensions (Marvel Universe).
Often Hollywood and the film industry will pick up a story that has been told before in an attempt to revamp, reinvigorate and reinvent a popular narrative. Below are four different stories this has been done to. There are many more.
IT - 2017
IT - 1990
Get Carter - 1971
Get Carter - 2000
The Italian Job - 1969
The Italian Job - 2003
Ghostbusters - 1984
Ghostbusters - 2015
Looking at these trailers/films can help us to identify the key factors that we have improved and built on from our own work, from our Preliminary Task to our Foundation or Advanced Productions.
We improve by looking at what we have done, breaking it down in to key areas and seeing how we can improve our practice.
