Puddle of Lecture Blog - Week 6

This week we looked at how people and media mix. We viewed some videos of movie trailers that had been altered to change the appearance of the original movie. We saw 'Shining' which was a remade trailer for 'The Shining'. It turned the classic thriller into a romantic comedy centred around a family who need to get away from the troubles in life, so they escape to a grand mansion, where they can reconnect with each other. We also saw 'Scary Mary' a trailer for 'Mary Poppins' remade into a thriller, which really turned it into something that would scare me. They were both great. We then watched a homemade video of a '28 days/weeks later' based film. It was hilariously stupid, but well enough made, with a similar style to 'Cloverfield (2008)'. It was good to see how interactive people are with the new medias of today.