Write an essay to compare and evaluate the techniques used in the two film versions of
There are two very different versions of the ‘Lord Of The Flies’ novel as a film. ... Both films only used a few professional actors. Piggy and Ralph, two main characters in the in the novel, were portrayed very differently in each of the films. ... Although in the second film, Sam and Eric had joined Jack’s tribe. ... The tribe used colour from plants to paint their faces and tribal patterns on their arms. ... However, in the 1990’s film Jacks tribe were not painted, but they still only wore the remains of their uniforms. ... There’s also a great difference in the props used in the two films. Jack wears a necklace with a fish skeleton on the end as a symbolism of his leadership in the 1960’s version of ‘Lord of The Flies’, whereas in the older film he wears a mask to assert his new position as the tribes’ leader. In both films they all have spears, but the newer film they appear too well crafted to have been made by the boys, in comparison to the 1960’s film where the spears looked more realistic and reflected Golding’s description more than the second film. ... In both films the conch was used and followed the novel, when Piggy approaches the other tribe with the conch it shows he wants peace. ... In the earliest film, the scene followed the novel appropriately. ... This was probably one of the few occasions were the filmed benefited from being back and white, as it was not clear what material had been used to create the rock therefore helping the audience to believe that it was real. ... The sound and music used in the two films differed as well. ... In the beginning of the film the boys chanting ‘kill him, kill him’ may not have been acknowledged, however because the boys had previously killed Simon it became a possibility that they expected Jack to try and kill Ralph.