Rhetorical Analysis Of Zoltan Korda's The Jungle Book

Remakes are one of Hollywood’s most trusted way to reduce financial risk. Stories that have been made throughout movie history are still being remade again and again. Films by directors in all genres are now being updated or remade to for the 21st century. Some people think these recurring stories are examples of the loss of creativity in Hollywood. Our group asked the question: Is there a formula to make a remake a financial success? When looking at this question of what makes a successful remake, our group chose to research Disney’s The Jungle Book. It has inspired countless influential T.V. shows, books and famous movies, even if its influence cannot be directly seen at first. The story has inspired stories like Tarzan, George of the Jungle,

These three versions have similarities that kept alluring audiences to this story written in the 19th century. By looking at three versions of this film at different times in history, we can see some methodologies like semiotics and rhetoric analysis, the filmmakers have changed over the years. First, we will look at some of history to give an overview of why this film can be remade so many times. Next, we will use rhetorical analysis of how different production techniques were used to send the audience messages. Finally, we will be looking into casting and how that relates to a movie’s

The semiotics of the movie vary by using different technologies for a film and makes the moviegoer feel more immersed in the story in different ways. For 1940’s audiences, it was the realism of Korda’s 40-acre jungle that he brought to life by “importing vines, bamboo, elephant grass, taro plants and more and collecting over 300 animals from local zoos and farms” (Turner Classic Movies). For 1967 moviegoers, it was the use of xerography and in the 2016 version it was the use of motion capture and computer-generated imagery known as CGI. As we look at the history to see these techniques being used, we can see that they all are not so different in their psychological tactics to attract audiences in another way as well, casting. All three movies employed movie stars to vamp up their productions. By psychoanalyzing the audience, we can see more clearly that these filmmakers chose these actors because audiences are familiar with them and they are culturally relevant to the