| A not dissimilar re-purposing of a song: "Journey to the Past " in ANASTASIA |
| Last Edit: Delvino 10:14 am EDT 08/11/17 |
| Posted by: Delvino 10:11 am EDT 08/11/17 |
| In reply to: It's theatrically smart, but it puts a lot of the film's plot in act two. - Delvino 09:38 am EDT 08/11/17 |
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"Journey to the Past" is the I Want song in the film, yet has been moved to the end of the first act. Interesting to note in several reviews how much the first act treads water. I've no doubt that the animated version's big hit, "Journey to the Past" would've been wasted in the I Want position. But they've had to carve out new story to make the revelations in the song the mid-way point in the story.
"Frozen"'s movement of "Let It Go" is probably much easier. Of course it's not technically an I Want moment for Elsa. (Apparently they've written her one that has "dream" in it.) There's a lot of juicy material the film shorthands in its first 20-30 minutes.
But it's interesting, the re-purposing of existing material that has to be re-configured to serve new storytelling beats. |
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Disney also repurposed 'Santa Fe' in 'Newsies' - WaymanWong 10:38 am EDT 08/11/17 |
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