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1. PR5: Remakes and production factors that influence them.
Certain factors can entice production companies into rebooting/ remaking a film or
franchise. For example improvement of technology may inspire a remake of a film
usually a film that was ambitious in the past but had restrictions and couldn’t
achieve the look they wanted but is possible now. Usually a Sci-fi or action. Such as
Dredd in the past they used sets that you could tell looked unrealistic and over the
top and then in the remake they used advanced CGI to create a setting that looked
similar to the source material with the huge metropolis that is Mega city one. They
used Johannesburg as the main setting for the slums and motorways and then added
in the enormous city blocks using CGI. They also used a slow mo effect that
wouldn’t of been previously possible because how advanced the camera had to be
and the frames it had to record at. So with the advance of technology they were
able to fulfil their potential instead of being restricted by the technology.
Another factor that could inspire a remake is trends, trends
in certain genres or themes can entice production companies
into remaking franchises or films. For example in 2012 two
huge superhero block buster’s hit the screens ‘Avengers
Assemble’ and ‘ The Dark Knight Rises’. Avengers making
over $1 billion in ticket sales alone and The Dark Knight
Rises making over $1 billion gross. This inspired DC comics
to remake a Superman movie the following year with Man
of Steel coming out directed by Zack Snyder. This also ties
in with business factors because Legendary Pictures and
Warner bros saw the money past movies were making and
the trends that were happening and decided to cash in on
the trend. Not only did they make the money from the

2. movie they made a lot of money using synergy with other production and media
companies, through the sale of Merchandise such as- clothes, action figures, DVD/
Blu-ray sales, comics and many other products. This would also work for Dredd with
sales of the comic/ action figures/ t-shirts and original film going up after the release
of the remake.
Rec is a 2007 Jaume Balagueró directed Spanish horror film and the two main
producers are Carlos Fernández and Julio Fernández. The two main charcters are
played b Manuela Velasco and Ferran Terraza. The film was distributed by Filmax a
Spanish movie company. The film had a budget of 1.5 million and made 38 million
worldwide so it was pretty big success. The film revolves around in Barcelona, the
reporter Ángela Vidal and the cameraman Pablo are covering the night-shift of local
fire station. When the firemen receive a distress call from a lady in a building,
Ángela and Pablo go in the firefighter truck with the firemen Manu and Álex with
Pablo recording each step. When they arrive in the building under siege of the
police, they find the hysterical dwellers gathered in the lobby in the entrance and
they hear screams upstairs. Manu and Álex go upstairs with two policemen and
followed by Ángela and Pablo, and they find an aggressive old lady that attacks one
policeman. When they return to the lobby, they find that they are sealed in the
building and trapped with the residents in the beginning of a chaotic and nightmarish
night.
Quarantine is a remake of the Spanish film mainly made to cater to the mass
audience of the English Speaking world. Quarantine is a 2008 American remake
directed by John Erick Dowdle, they had quite a few more producers than Rec but
they carried over Carlos Fernández and Julio Fernández from Rec. The two leads
were Jennifer Carpenter and Steve Harris. The distributor for this film was
Screengems a Sony subsidiary company using vertical integration. The budget for the

3. remake was 12.5 million and it made 35 million plus at the box office. So the
budget was higher but it made less money at the box office. The story line for
Quarantine is very similar to Rec and is sometimes even shot for shot. But a
summary for the plotline is a television reporter and her cameraman is assigned to
spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes
them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in
response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They
soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something
unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with
the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building.
Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are
not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted,
the only evidence of what took place is the news crew's videotape.