Matt Skuta
The Hobbit Side-by-Side: Rankin/Bass (77) & Peter Jackson (12-14)
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A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 1974 film Blazing Saddles and the 2022 animated remake. This video is intended to illustrate the variety of choices possible when creating an original motion picture and a remake.
edited by Matt Skuta
mattskuta.com/sbs
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)
edited by Matt Skuta
edited by Matt Skuta
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)
edited by Matt Skuta
This side-by-side comparison between Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989) and its 2023 live-action remake is intended to illustrate the different visual choices made by two groups of filmmakers telling the same story.
edited by Matt Skuta
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
“A Moveable Feast” by Aaron Paul Low
“Undercurrents” by Tobias Voigt
“Arrival” by Arend
“Muse” by Braden Deal
“Commanding The Fleet” by Benjamin Botkin
“Ignite” by All Good Folks
“Strength & Honor” by Sky Toes
edited by Matt Skuta
mattskuta.com/sbs
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)
Music by Simon Folwar from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 2004 film Mean Girls and the trailer for the 2024 remake. This video is intended to illustrate the variety of choices possible when creating a motion picture based on a written work and its remake.
edited by Matt Skuta
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 1940 film Pinocchio and the trailer for the 2022 remake. This video is intended to illustrate the variety of choices possible when creating a motion picture based on a written work and its remake.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between Unforgiven (1992) and the Japanese remake. This video is meant to show the variety of choices made by two different groups of filmmakers shooting the same story.
edited by Matt Skuta
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between Eaux profondes (1981) and Deep Water(2022), two film adaptations of the novel by Patricia Highsmith. This video is meant to show the variety of choices made by two different groups of filmmakers forty years apart when adapting the same written work.
edited by Matt Skuta
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between four adaptations of the Lewis Carroll novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.
This side-by-side is intended to show the multitude of choices when different groups of filmmakers adapt the same source material.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley (2021) and the 1947 film based on the book by William Lindsay Gresham. This video is intended to show the variety of choices made by two groups of filmmakers adapting the same novel almost three quarters of a century apart.
A side-by-side comparison between the original film Scream (1996) and Stab, the movie-within-a-movie in Scream 2 (1997).
edited by Matt Skuta
The Hobbit (1977/2012-14): youtu.be/goOjPcncrzg
Return of the King (1980/2003): youtu.be/OLLH3_zmF2k
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the French film In a Wild Moment (1977), the American remake Blame It on Rio (1984), and the French remake One Wild Moment (2015). This side-by-side in intended to show the multitude of choices available to filmmakers creating a film of the same story.
edited by Matt Skuta
Edited by Matt Skuta
mattskuta.com
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 1980 film The Fog and the 2005 remake. This video is intended to show the different choices made by two groups of filmmakers, one creating an original work and the other adapting it.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 1960 and 1995 adaptations of the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
This side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparisons is intended to illustrated the the unique vision of filmmakers and the variety of choices possible when creating motion pictures adapted from the same written work.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the the two film adaptations of Dracula by Bram Stoker, Nosferatu: Smphony of Terror (1922) and Nosferatu the Vampyr (1979) This video is intended to show the different choices made by two groups of filmmakers adapting the same source and the homages made by those remaking the 1922 film.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the first teaser trailer for the 2021 adaptation of West Wide Story and the 1961 film of the same name both based on the stage musical.
This Side-by-Side is intended to show the different choices made by two groups of filmmakers sixty years apart when adapting the same work.
edited by Matt Skuta
mattskuta.com
edited by Matt Skuta
mattskuta.com
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940),1997 miniseries adaptation, the 2020 Netflix film. Based on the book by Daphne du Maurier.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the trailer for Dune (2020) and the two previous adaptations of the same novel by Frank Herbert from 1984 and 2000. This video is meant to show the variety of choices made by three different groups of filmmakers 16 to 36 years apart when adapting the same written work.
edited by Matt Skuta
*THE RELEASE DATE FOR THE 2021 IS LABLED AS "2020" IN THIS VIDEO BECAUSE IT WAS POSTED BEFORE DUNE (2021) WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the trailer for Dune (2020) and the 1984 film adapted from the same novel by Frank Herbert. This video is meant to show the variety of choices made by two different groups of filmmakers 36 years apart when adapting the same written work.
edited by Matt Skuta
*THE RELEASE DATE FOR THE 2021 IS LABLED AS "2020" IN THIS VIDEO BECAUSE IT WAS POSTED BEFORE DUNE (2021) WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and Traumnovelle (1969), two film adaptations of Rhapsody: A Dream Novel by Arthur Schnitzler. This video is meant to show the variety of choices made by two different groups of filmmakers thirty years apart when adapting the same written work.
edited by Matt Skuta
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between Billy Wilder's 1944 Double Indemnity and the 1973 television remake intended to show the visual choices made by two different groups of filmmakers. Based on the novel by James M. Cain.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940) and the 1997 miniseries adaptation. Based on the book by Daphne du Maurier.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 1956 film and the 1984 adaptations of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. This video is intended to illustrate the variety of choices possible when creating two adaptations of the same written work.
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Peter Pan (1953/2003)/Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
Lolita (1962/1967)
Oldboy (2003/2013)
Forrest Gump (1994)/Laal Singh Chaddha (2022)
The BFG (1989/2016)
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the opening titles of Scooby-Doo Where Are You? and the 2020 Scoob! animated film.
edited by Matt Skuta
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 2007 film and the 2019 TV series of the His Dark Materials book series. This video is intended to illustrate the variety of choices possible when creating two adaptations of the same written work.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 1970 television special, the 1987 Ukrainian animated short, the 1992 Russian animated short, and the 2008 3D animated adaption of Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
This video is intended to illustrate the unique vision of filmmakers and the variety of choices possible when adapting the same book.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between Loft (2008), Loft (2010), and The Loft (2014). This video is intended to illustrate the unique vision of filmmakers and the variety of choices possible when working from the same story.
This side-by-side is unique in that it compares and original film and two remakes, one made by a new group of filmmakers and one sharing a director with the original.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 1994 film The Lion King and the 2019 remake. This video is intended to illustrate the variety of choices possible when creating an original motion picture and a remake.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), and Mirror Mirror (2012) based on the Grimm fairytale.
edited by Matt Skuta
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 1970 television special and the 2008 3D animated adaption of Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
This video is intended to illustrate the unique vision of filmmakers and the variety of choices possible when adapting the same book.
edited by Matt Skuta
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 1978 film Halloween and the 2007 remake. This video is intended to show the different choices made by two groups of filmmakers, one creating an original work and the other adapting it.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison of the two film adaptations of Charles Portis novel True Grit. This video intends to illustrate the the unique vision of filmmakers and the variety of choices possible when creating adaptations of the novel.
This side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison is intended to illustrate the the unique vision of filmmakers and the variety of choices possible when creating adaptations of the same source.
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 2007 film and the trailer for the 2019 adaptation of the His Dark Materials book series. This video is intended to illustrate the variety of choices possible when creating two adaptations of the same written work.
March 19, 2019
8:16pm PDT
34°36'04.9"N 118°08'42.5"W
Nikon Z7 Mirrorless DSLR
Nikon Mount Adapter FTZ
Tamron 2x Pro Teleconverter
Tamron 150-600mm Lens
(filmed at 120 frames per second in 1080p)
The International Space Station orbits the earth every 92 minutes, is 254 miles above the Earth surface, and travels at a speed of 17,150 miles per hour (4.76 miles per second)
The Moon (at time of filming) was in the Waxing Gibbous phase (98.7% illumination), was about 223,361 miles from Earth, and was traveling at a speed of 2,288 miles per hour
A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 1992 film Aladdin and the trailer for the 2019 remake. This video is intended to illustrate the variety of choices possible when creating an original motion picture and a remake.