Clueless

             For instance, in Emma, an unattractive man would be referred to as "utterly disagreeable- as opposed to Clueless where the same man would be referred to as a "Barney-.
             The novel contains immense paragraphs of description which deal with the feelings and situations of each character in thorough detail. Austen employs large sections of dialogue and utilizes sophisticated and often complicated sentence structure to convey the themes of Emma.
             The film Clueless deals primarily with the protagonist's (Cher's) thoughts through the filmic technique of voice over and with her experiences through dialogue. Due to the form of the text, (i.e. it is a film) formally structured sentences and verbal language are not as imperative as they are in the novel Emma.
             Vast passages of descriptive language detailing the thoughts and emotions of each character are not necessary in Clueless, as filmic and acting techniques allow these features to be conveyed through as little as a single camera shot, music or facial expression of an actor.
             Though the language that Jane Austen has utilized in Emma has transformed to accommodate modern responders of Clueless, the values and themes communicated through these literary vehicles are essentially identical.
             The two texts are set apart from each other in the fact they are of two completely different textual forms. Austen's Emma is in the form of a novel while Heckerling's Clueless is a cinematic production (a film).
             As aforementioned, Austen uses large passages of verbal language and formal dialogue to communicate the emotions of characters and to create a vision of the society depicted. Clueless uses filmic technique to compress these large paragraphs into merely seconds of footage of a set or an actor.
             Due to this compression, the film is arguably less descriptive and is lazier' in the sense that responders are shown exactly what a setting looks like (according to the composer of the film) and are shown what a character is feeling through characterisation, facial expressions and other acting techniques.