G321: Re-makes of Films Diary

In preparation for making our own opening sequence we have done re-makes of three films (each of a different genre). The planning for these remakes is on our group blog which has been linked to below. I have kept a diary of what we have done each lesson including the planning, filming and editing stage of each film.

Planning for remakes: http://ascvhsmediacjc.blogspot.com/2011/02/g321-shot-lists-and-storyboards-for.html

The Re-makes:   http://ascvhsmediacjc.blogspot.com/2011/02/g321-film-re-makes.html

Lesson 1: This lesson we looked at the options of films we could re-make. we decided on Vertigo (1958), The Strangers (2008) and Juno (2007). We felt that these openings would challenge us a group but would also be simple enough for us to re-create.

Lesson 2: Today we started to film Vertigo using a real persons face to film. We found it quite hard to frame the right parts of the face and felt that this was not the best option.

Lesson 3: We went back to filming Vertigo but used a drawn face to film instead of a real person. We felt that this overall worked better. We then went on to film Juno around the school using someone from our group to play the character of Juno.

Lesson 4: This lesson we filmed The Strangers using images of houses printed on paper stuck to wall. This was quicker than going to film real houses and was more viable for us that the time.

Lesson 5: Today we focused to editing Vertigo. We arranged the shots in order and sorted out the timings for each one.

Lesson 6: We continued with the editing of Vertigo and added the effects and titles.

Lesson 7: This lesson we began by editing The Strangers. We arranged the clips and also added in the fade to blacks in the right places. We also made sure each shot was the right length.

Lesson 8: We finished editing The Strangers by adding in the background sounds and voice over. We then began to edit Juno by uploading the clips and arranging them in the correct order. We then cut and trimmed each clip to the correct length and removed the sound of the clips.

Lesson 9: Today we completed the editing on Juno by adding the background music and adding titles in the correct place. We also sorted all the different transitions and made sure everything was correct and finished.