Movie Poster Analsis

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The original film was made in 1976 (Fig. 1) and the remake was made in 2005 (Fig 2). The story of both movies is based around the story of a Little League baseball team. The poster images for both films are quite similar however there are a few significant changes. Both images have been manipulated to look like cartoons, giving the impression that this is aimed at a younger audience. The 2005 film poster stays true to the original design, swapping the new cast for the original cast. However the leading actors are in proportion to the rest of the 2005 (Fig 2) cast in the image. In the original 1976 poster (Fig. 1) the leading actors are not in proportion to the rest of the cast, this almost immediately gives them a higher billing and more importance than their junior counterparts. The kids in the 2005 version have been updated have also have skateboards, making it more ‘hip’ and contemporary. The original kids are very cartoon like, almost reminiscent of the slapstick style of Our Gang/Little Rascals (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278213/) which was a film made in 1955 based on the 1928-1935 short syndicated TV show.(Appendix 1.) The kid with the skateboard in the 2005 version could almost modeled on Jay from the Jay and Silent Bob films (2001) The kids in the 2005 version have been updated have also have skateboards, making it more ‘hip’ and contemporary. The original kids are very cartoon like, almost reminiscent of the slapstick style of Our Gang/Little Rascals (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278213/) which was a film made in 1955 based on the 1928-1935 short syndicated TV show.(Appendix 1.) The kid with the skateboard in the 2005 version could almost modeled on Jay from the Jay and Silent Bob films (2001) In the 1976 film, the stars are given a higher billing than the film title, giving the impression that the potential audience would first recognize the
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