What does it have to say and how successfully does it convey its message?

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The musical drama Footloose directed by Herbert Ross in 1984 and with a remake made by Craig Brewer in 2011. These enchanting films are based around true events in Bomont, West Virginia in the United States of America. Both of these films are well acted rebellious, acceptance, death, relationship, lack of freedom and independence and offer a insight into Bomont during 1979. The techniques used in these films are, clothing, stereotypes, body language, camera shoots. A common issue in Footloose is rebellious, the teenagers in Bomont were not aloud to dance or play any music besides church music, this resulted into rebellious. Footloose has numerous clips of rebellious to catch the views eye and see why these teenagers are disobeying the law in the town of Bomont. In Craig Brewer 2011 film a significant screen focusing on rebellious is when Ariel walks into her fathers rehearsal of church and says: "Im not even a virgin anymore!" (Footloose 2011) this is a significant issue with in the film for the preachers daughter going behind her fathers back and having sex and betraying his trust. Although Ariel approached her father she had a black eye and a cut lip from the boy she use to sleep with, this significant approach allows the film to portraying abusive relationships at any age. These changes affected the viewer’s response from the first film to the second, this was due to the attitude of Ariel’s speech and her expressions throughout this clip and how annoyed she was. The Camera shot in the 2011 film the camera shot was close up this was made for viewer feel as if the relationship meant something to both the daughter and father. Although Footloose does not focuses on the real issue behind the laws in the small town of Bomont, but ... ... middle of paper ... ...pproach. Although Footloose was written about the true events in Bomont during the middle of the recession it still enlightens views with the major issue behind the films remake. According to The Sydney Morning Herald : "fight for what you believe in" (Schembri 2011)., this issue is the major issue behind the films creation and the message behind footloose. This quote is supported by a scene in the film, that symbolisers the power you can have when you believe something is worth fighting for. This evidence is supported by a screen when Ren is talking to his aunty about changing the laws of Bomont, to create a prom he states: "when my mum was sick I do Although the remake of the 2011 Footloose film made a gross of $51'780'537 and a had budget of $24'000'000, this remake made less then $28'219'463 compared with the original film in 1984 with a budget of $8'200'000.

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