Clash of the Titans Plan
-What country and era were they made and the impact on how they were made?
-clash of the titans (1981) was made in USA
-clash of the titans (2010) was made in USA
-These two films were made in completely different times and both were amazing for the time they were produced for example the 1981version technology was limited but they used what they had at the time like lots of stop animation fighting scenes and whereas the 2010 version had much more technology available including using 3D cameras
-What were the films budgets and how did the budgets impact on the production?
-Clash of the titans (2010) Estimated budget $125 million
-Clash of the titans (1981) Estimated budget $15 million
-Both films had considerably high budgets for there time 1981 had around $15 million and the 2010 version had $125 million so a massive $110 million difference which would heavily influence the quality difference between the films. for example 2010 had enough money to create around 1600 weapons for the film including swords, daggers, darts and a blowpipe. there high budget also allowed them to create the 40,000 square foot city of Argos and finally they had the money to spend 5 months designing the
Kraken.
-Are the intended audiences the same for each version
-Clash of the titans (2010) Pg-13
-Clash of the titans (1981) Pg
-There are slight differences to the target audience the original Clash of the Titans film aimed for a U classification because the director Desmond Davis wanted to reach all ages but instead attained a pg. rating whereas the 2010 version got a pg-13.
-Other successful productions at the time that could of impacted this remake
-Before clash of the titans remake was released in april earlier in the year Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief was released which features lots of the greek gods and has a similar theme to clash of the titans and due to getting mixed reviews on sites like rotten tomatoes the director of clash of the titans probably thought that this was the time to release the film.
-What Social or Polictical issues were going on at the time of this version?
-Clash of the Titans (1981)
Around the time of this film there were massive conflicts arising in Rome which amassed to a bombing in one of there airports
-Clash of the Titans (2010)
-Were the Reasons for remake artistic or financial?
-Artistic Louis Leterrier decided to remake the film in his image he also believed the story needed to be retold and modernised originally he didn't want to remake the film as he loved he actually said to Warner Brothers "I understand why you’re remaking it: It makes sense, it’s exciting. But you shouldn’t. It’s bad. Don’t do this." then after thinking it over and reading the screenplay he decided to go alone with it.
-How was each version Marketed?
-Clash of the Titans (1981)
there was very limited resources available at the time for marketing and so the biggest marketing technique was putting the film poster everywhere for people to see before the actually film was released
-Clash of the Titans (2010)
2 months before the release of the film they released movie posters and banners and a sneaky campaign was launched to steal peoples attention away from kickass by placing an add on the side of google every time someone searched kickass a side add came up for clash of the titans saying to go watch it but kick ass respond by placing a add beneath clash of the titans saying "Don’t Be Conned. Heroes Don’t Clash, Real Heroes Kick-Ass. Join Up Now"
-How did production and distribution technology impact on each version?
-Clash of the titans (1981)
Clash of the titans technology was very limited and resulted in stop animation fight sequences and low budget sets that had to be reused.
-Clash of the titans (2010)
In the 2010 remake of the film there was very little limitation on distribution and technology allowing them to achieve outstanding visuals and very few limitations on worldwide distribution allowing them to bring in a bigger audience.
-How was the news of the remake received by audiences and there views after the release?
-When the film was announced people generally thought it was a terrible idea fans of the original thought it was a disgraceful idea and really were not happy and once the film was released peoples views were proved right as the majority of people got together and shared there views.
