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1. PR5
There are many reasons in why films are remade. The reasons can range from technological, trends,
financial factors, genres, stars, distribution and exhibition, social, political and regulatory issues, and
synergies between films, vertical and horizontal integration.
Judge Dredd was made in 1995; it’s set in the ruins of an old city as crime is on
the rise, were the law is enforced by judges. The films main narrative consists of
Dredd being framed for something he didn’t do, while he struggles to capture
the murderous antagonist which gets away. This film was remade in 2012, with a
few changes to the plot, for example in this film there is a new drug called slow
mo, which a reality is altering drug which makes a person’s brain feel like the
world around them is slowing down.
This film was remade for a few reasons. One of the main reasons is because of
better technology. As the older version of the film seemed more watered down
than the comics and almost cheesy at some points. They wanted to remake it so
it had the same features which made the comics so popular, like the excessive
gore and action.
With new technology and 3d modelling
software’s they were able to create all of this in
the new film with staggering realism, also add a
new effect which gave the film originality, this is
the use of slow-motion and long exposure shots.
With new and more advanced cameras that
weren’t around when the first Dredd came out
they were able to create these effects allowing
them to use up to 3000 frames per second. Also with all the new CGI software’s the 2012 version of
Dredd was able to actually look like it was actually in the future.
Another reason for Judge Dredd to be remade was synergy. Before this film
was remade a new series of the comics were being realised as well as a blue
ray copy of the old version, so by making a new version of judge Dredd people
would want to read the comics after watching the new one and maybe even
watch the old one, especially if it has been produced in blue ray. This made it
possible for even more money to be made from the Dredd franchise,
benefiting everyone involved with it.
Furthermore the comics were becoming more popular and action films were
also starting to trend which is another reason in which Dredd was remade,
trends can influence the genres of films which are made significantly, for
example if horror films were predicted to be popular for the year then a
producer is more likely to make a horror film than any other genre.

2. REC revolves around a television reporter, Angela Vidal (Manuela Velasco), and
her cameraman, Pablo (Pablo Rosso), they are covering the night shift for a local
fire station in Barcelona for a new TV series called “While you sleep”. They are
excited when a call comes in to the fire department about a woman who is
trapped and think that it will be exciting for people to see. Although when they
arrive things are not quite what they seem and they soon finding themselves to
be trapped inside the building with a deadly virus. This film was made in 2007
and directed by Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza, it was produced by Filmax
international.
The film was very popular and became pretty successful. The main reason it
was remade is because they were worried that Americans wouldn’t go and
see it if it had subtitles but thought it would be better if it was actually
English. So Sony told ScreenGen (ScreenGen are a subsidiary of Sony who
specialise in horror) to buy the rights for REC from Filmax. With which they
created Quarantine in 2008, a remade version of REC.
Another reason for the film being made was a financial factor, through vertical integration, the fact
that ScreenGen could produce and Sony distributed it worldwide made quarantine more lucrative,
also being able to distribute the DVD version of REC would initially double the money they would
make. The remake and REC also influenced more films like Cloverfield and Paranormal activity, which
were found footage based films.