For my “Remix a Story” project I plan on retelling the tale of “Around the World in 80 Days.” It is a story about a group of men who are bet that they cannot travel around the world in 80 days or less. The group includes an inventor, a thief, and an artist, and they use various modes of travel in a race around the world. There are three versions of this story: the original novel by Jules Verne written in 1873, an award-winning film adaptation in 1956, and a Disney adaptation in 2004. For my story I think I will focus on using the 2004 version, but will include parts from the other stories.

My plan is to use an interactive map or flight planning forms to create an itinerary that depicts the journey that the main characters travel. I can also use clips of the movie to supplement the itinerary I will create so that the user can get a better idea of what the journey looked like. I don’t plan on changing the plot of the story as much as I am planning on changing how the story is told. Much of the journey in the 2004 movie is by hot air balloon or a makeshift flying machine. To depict these specific parts of the journey I will complete FAA Flight Plan forms, which I think will also tie into the overall theme of my WordPress site.

FAA Flight Plan Form:

IMBD Link to the 2004 Movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327437/

IMBD Link to the 1956 Movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048960/

Wikipedia page for the Jules Verne novel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days