Dr. Kermode asks the pertinent questions of a range of films: "when is a remake not a remake but a re-interpretation of the original source material (the novel, etc.)
I found some of my students watching this helpful explanation of technological convergence the other day! It is by Reigate College.
Technological Convergence and Exibition
In the film industry the number of platforms where you can view films is proliferating all the time; audiences can also watch films in a variety of ways WHEN THEY WANT TO. You can use digital technology to download a film or TV programme onto your mobile phone, laptop, I-Pad or PC; you can watch it on your flat-screen TV; you can also connect your HD TV to the Internet and watch the film on You Tube; of course, you can see the film on Blue Ray or ordinary DVDs; some might prefer to watch the film on Playstation or X Box; you could, perhaps, download it on Pirate Bay or other sites and consume it at a time that suits you. Of course the latter is illegal. But is this not how many students get their music these days? How do you think institutions will use technological convergence to reduce the impact of piracy?
Click on the image to enlarge. Then click on it again to magnify it. This may help you see where you can arguesome of the seven key concepts across your case study. This one is for Film4 but the principle would hold for other institutions and their films.
If you need a comparative film institution and film which reflects the creativity and ingenuity of the British film industry you could hardly do better than "Moon", starring Sam Rockwell and made by the UK's Liberty Films. There is a link on Liberty Film's' website which gives you most of what you need to know about the production of this film. You can also Google the film's production notes. The extras on the DVD has a great interview with the creative team behind "Moon" at the Sundance Film Festival in which they discuss several issues that would be perfect for a case study for 322 Section B. What with Edgar Wright, Matthew Vaughn and "Moon's" Duncan Jones young British directors, screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, special effects people, etc. have made a huge impact on audiences in the UK and USA this year.
