Invasion of the Body Snatchers comparing the 1956 version with the 1978 version.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers comparing the 1956 version with the 1978 version.

The movie Invasion of the body snatchers was first created in 1956 by a director named Don Siegel he made this film twenty years after the American depression since then there have been two more Invasion of the body snatchers films made 1978 (Philip Kaufman) and one made in 1993 and there is one soon to come out.

Sci-fi have changed very much over the past 50 years it has gone from “cheesy” stories and acting to multi million award-winning films take Star Wars, Star Trek and very recently The Matrix for example…

Other Sci-fi films are very successful for their genre but are very low key, underground films that don’t get on to the “big screen”.

I will look into the films, from settings to special effects.

I will look in detail at the films, which were released in 1956 and 1978.

The next paragraph is all about how the film is set out.

When looking back at the two films something struck me as an important role in how the films were set out.

In the 1956 version there is a narrator; Dr Burnel goes through the events as he is describing them to the police. It then shows a flash back to show the events that unfold.

But in the 1978 version there is no narrator used in the film, it shows the events, which are happening at the specific time (this is known as real time).

 The second thing I noticed was in the 1956 version the film is not real time, instead it is a few days off, and the narrator (Dr Burnel) is telling the tale, and then flashbacks are used to go to the specific event which goes with the narration.

Only the narration is in real time.

In the 1978 version it is real time it is showing the incidents as they crop up, and no narrator is used to describe what is happening because there is no need.

 I think these two factors really change the approach to both movies and it is good to see two different styles.

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Language:

1956: the language used in this version shows what it would be like if you were in this town especially with you being one of the only ones left. A line in the first few scenes says “something evil has taken over this town.”

This language is used to warn the people, as they might want to leave!

 The actors are American and it is set in a American town so, American accents are used, The characters are afraid of what has happened and many are upset and scared about what has happened to their loved ones, ...

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