Footloose Essay

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Ashley Prunty Cassandra Bishop English 290 February 22, 2013 The movie Footloose tells a story about a rambunctious teenager named Ren McCormick who moves from the big city of Boston to the small town of Bomont to live with his aunt and uncle after his mother dies from cancer. The small town of Bomont is a very religious town that set in their ways when it comes to doing things. They made dancing and playing loud music illegal after a tragic car accident, that killed five local teenagers. From the very beginning Ren begins to encounters many problems, but in the midst of everything he somehow grabs the attention of the city council and towns people, all while starting a love romance with a girl named Ariel, who happens to be the preachers daughter. The original and the remake of Footloose are alike in many ways, but when it comes to the visual work, the two differ. These differences are governed by the remake’s faster pace, which aims to keep today’s viewers more entertained. I believe that the faster pace of the remake and the slow and sluggish feel of the original corresponds with the time periods in which the two movies were made. When it comes to any movie the opening scene is one of the most important aspects because it sets the tone and can either affect the audience in both a positive or negative way. When it comes to the movie footloose the opening scenes for both movies are similar in a sense that they both focus on movement and music, but the way they were portrayed is different. In the original version the movie started off with people dancing, but the focus was set on their feet instead of their whole bodies. I believe that the director did this to correspond with the title of the movie. One at a time each person stood in front of a grey background and danced around while the song footloose was playing. Visually this scene isn't very

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