One way to view the significance of getting parts of a film correct is to educate our future generations. People are mostly likely to remember information by watching a movie instead of reading books. Viewers want a modern interpretation of the past, therefore, it’s up to the film producer to create a film that is “new” but also accurate to history. However, films have to keep up with the change of an era. When it comes to film-making, the producers need to change small details to fit the mold that the audience is expecting. By subtly changing some things, like in the movie The Patriot, it holds the attention of the audience. Most viewers would come off as indifferent and watching the seconds roll by on their smartphones for the entire movie. The only reason for this is that everyone has already seen or learned about the original outcome of the story. The producers of the film, “The Patriot,” use different names for actual people during the American Revolutionary War. Many movies these days, Hollywood always wants to try something new and shiny. When this film was made, it was the beginning of the twenty first century, creating an opportunity to develop a creative side of historical events. Films were never really stamped as “historically correct” in the first place, leaving caution to the viewers to not believe everything they see in films. …show more content…
The battles and the events during the Revolution were very accurate. However, the outfits worn weren’t completely correct. Firstly, women did not wear low cut dresses because they would have lost their high status and respect. Secondly, all of the soldiers wore the same uniforms, but during the American Revolutionary War, they wore different uniforms for depending on their rank. Lastly, in the film, slaves were perceived as equals several times, but historically they were treated the