We are hoping that we won't have this problem with future projects, but if we do, we now know to export the film into parts and then put them back together. Our next project (single camera) is being graded on our sound so we are hoping that our solution works again.
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
48H challenge - Over coming problems
Our 48h challenge film went really well when first started. All our filming went smoothly, the sound was fine and it looked like other footage from the period it was set. Our genre for this film was 'found footage' and we decided to make a film set in WW2 and recreate family footage. We had problems with our sound after editing. When we exported our finished film, it would take a very long time. When it finally finished, the sound was out of sync by 5 seconds. We took out 1 scene and exported that and the sound was completely fine. We then tried exporting the sound and video seperately and putting them back together, but the exported audio only was silent. We then took our out of sync version and lined the sound back up, although we were then missing the last 5 seconds of sound. After waiting an hour for this version to export, it was again silent. We finally had one last go at exporting it before almost giving up on the project. This time we exported the film into 4 parts and then put them together again in a new final cut project. This process finally worked and we were able to solve the problem.
We are hoping that we won't have this problem with future projects, but if we do, we now know to export the film into parts and then put them back together. Our next project (single camera) is being graded on our sound so we are hoping that our solution works again.
We are hoping that we won't have this problem with future projects, but if we do, we now know to export the film into parts and then put them back together. Our next project (single camera) is being graded on our sound so we are hoping that our solution works again.
Thursday, 21 November 2013
Remakes for 2013.
In our lesson we looked into how we would remake certain films. We were first told the Gremlins is being remade and we were asked to work in groups or pairs and determine how we would remake the film for modern audiences.
We decided that we would make the character the same age and the same gender. He would be stuck in a dead end job but have a dream of becoming a professional comic artist. He partakes in a part-time course on weekends to lead him towards getting out of his current job. He wants to get away from everything; job, clinging & involving parents. But what if it doesn't go well? He could be played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. There will also be a her girl he's interested in and still shy about doing anything about it.
We did think that the film should be set in a large city instead of a small town. Because then the large scale gremlin attack will resemble a terrorist attack which will relate to the concerns of the modern day.
We were then given a list of films and franchises that are being planned to be remade. From this list we chose Tomb Raider and had to again determine how we would remake it.
We started by saying it would have a high production value. We also thought the film should have a more realistic look like the newest game. She needs to look messy and to look like she's been through stuff. We also thought she should have realistic injuries because in the older version she would land in a way that would have seriously injured her but she'd get up and run off like she was fine. We think it should be like a survival film.
She's a hands-on researcher looking for an artefact of some kind. She has to solve a code to get to it (it's in a cave-like temple).
She used to help her Dad with these adventures and then he died during one. She has carried on for him. The main enemy is wild animals because it is all about survival. There are some humans when she comes across small towns. Some humans welcome her company and some see her as a threat. She is not always equipped with weapons, food or first aid again… it is about survival.
Possible actresses for Lara Croft - Milla Jovovich, Scarlett Johansson, Emma Stone. We wanted to choose someone that was considered very actractive by most of the auidence so we looked into top ranking atractive actresses.
Remakes and reboots notes.
The Nutty Professor.
A quick overview of each version:
The Nutty Professor is about a nerdy chemistry teacher who uses the classroom lab to create a potion to make him into a person he desires to be. He becomes a handsome, smooth, cool, obnoxious girl-chasing hipster and calls himself Buddy Love. Buddy Love pursues a student - Stella Purdy - who hates him, but finds herself attracted to him. The problem with the serum is that the duration can not be controlled. Professor Kelp knows his alternate persona is arrogant but can't resist taking the serum and becoming Buddy Love over and over because he loves the amount of attention he gets as him. His secret is revealed when he sings at a student dance as Buddy Love and transforms back into Kelp.
The film ends with Kelp and Purdy running away together and Kelp's father selling the serum to students.
In the remake the professor is a largely overweight chemistry teacher. (Changed for modern audiences) who uses classroom lab to create a formula that reconstructs the DNA of an obese person to help them lose weight easily. He asks a student to a date and is heckled by a comedian. He then uses the serum and becomes a thin, confident, obnoxious girl-chaser. He also calls himself Buddy Love.
The before and after of Klump shows that he was just thinner, no longer wearing glasses and now obnoxious.
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The transformation of the professor to Buddy Love was different in each version. In the original Kelp goes through a change that implies that he is transforming into a hideous monster. Using close ups and shadows it shows him turning blue, hairy and growing claws. It is quite a distressing scene and could be disturbing to some audiences. During the transformation Kelp's bird is saying "I told you, Julius" That transformation is then never seen again. When he changes back into Kelp he just slowly changes back, starting with the voice, and then the teeth.
A quick overview of each version:
The Nutty Professor is about a nerdy chemistry teacher who uses the classroom lab to create a potion to make him into a person he desires to be. He becomes a handsome, smooth, cool, obnoxious girl-chasing hipster and calls himself Buddy Love. Buddy Love pursues a student - Stella Purdy - who hates him, but finds herself attracted to him. The problem with the serum is that the duration can not be controlled. Professor Kelp knows his alternate persona is arrogant but can't resist taking the serum and becoming Buddy Love over and over because he loves the amount of attention he gets as him. His secret is revealed when he sings at a student dance as Buddy Love and transforms back into Kelp.
The film ends with Kelp and Purdy running away together and Kelp's father selling the serum to students.
In the remake the professor is a largely overweight chemistry teacher. (Changed for modern audiences) who uses classroom lab to create a formula that reconstructs the DNA of an obese person to help them lose weight easily. He asks a student to a date and is heckled by a comedian. He then uses the serum and becomes a thin, confident, obnoxious girl-chaser. He also calls himself Buddy Love.
The before and after of the original Kelp shows how he was a nerdy professor who became a 'crude chick-magnet'.
The before and after of Klump shows that he was just thinner, no longer wearing glasses and now obnoxious.
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- The film is set in 1962 (present day) in Arizona state university
- The film is set in Present day at Wellmen college
- The main difference between the settings of the films is the time period. They are both set in present day of when they were filmed. There are many differences that are going to occur between these times. The main difference is what is seen as an outcast individual. In the original the main character is geeky and weak, in the remake the main reason he dislikes himself is his weight. In modern day more people with a weight problem are picked on than those who are just a bit geeky.
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- The budget is unknown on the internet, but most Jerry Lewis films started low budget and then increased the richer he became. This is one of his slightly later films, so I would assume it had a reasonable budget.
- The estimated budget for the remake was $54 million.
- The main difference here is the fact that the remake had a bigger production value because more money was needed to create the special effects and make-up for Eddie Murphy's fat look.
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- The audience for the original film is likely families and adults because it is rated a PG. Although the trailer does appear to be aimed more towards adults and maybe young adults since it is set in a University.
- This remake was also rated a PG. I think this version is aimed more towards children and families because there is a large amount of toilet humour and Eddie Murphy plays an entire family. This sort of relates to Pantomime dames, which children usually enjoy.
- I think that the original is aimed more towards adults and young adults (university aged). Whereas the remake is more of a family/kids movie since it is full of fat jokes and bathroom humour.
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- There are most likely a few reasons for the remake. I believe that it was an artistic reason for Eddie Murphy, although he had a lot to live up to. I do believe that there are finical reasons too. I think that because the film was so long ago they thought it would do well with a modern revamp. I also think that Eddie Murphy was due a good comedy, so they just took an existing comedy and did a new version that was less funny.
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- Any films that made an impact on the production of the remake
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- Kelp's father makes a remark about the ransom paid to Cuba for the Bay of Pigs Invasion survivors. And Kelp's initials are JFK, which are seen of his briefcase.
- Social and political issues at time of remake
- Differences
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- It was released in June 1963, a summer film. The trailer is the main bit of marketing done for the film. It's main statement is 'Please do not reveal the middle of this picture'. They state that it's okay to talk about the beginning and end but everyone should watch the whole thing not knowing the middle of the story before hand. The trailer is meant to be comical, it warns people, that if they do reveal the middle they won't be allowed popcorn in the cinema. It only gives away the geeky character and the fact that some kind of potion appears to go wrong. The music used in this part makes it look a little scary, so maybe this is being aimed towards adults. Also, there is a part where the narrator is trying to get Kelp's attention but he is staring at his love interest. This is to add more comical elements to the trailer and still not give away too much about the film.
- The remake trailer has a narrator to make it like the original trailer. But this one reveals basically the whole story and some parts that are obviously dream sequences were shown as important parts of the movie. This particular trailer seems to appeal to adults more because it doesn't give away much of the humour and doesn't show much of the family. Although I believe that the fat jokes shown in the trailer are there for a young audience.
- The differences between the marketing include the different reasons for the trailer. The original is advertising cinema release and the other is advertising cinema but is also advertising VHS release because that is expected of a film at that time.
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- This film couldn't be released on DVD or video like films are now. It was released in cinemas and released on DVD in 2000.
- At the time of this film's release DVDs were on their way. In the same year of cinema release, the Nutty Professor was released on VHS. The DVD was released in January 1998 - Almost 2 years after initial cinema showings.
- There is a big difference between the 2 different processes of release. The remake was able to release a VHS like most films would these days
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- I personally think that there must have been some worry from those who liked the original when this remake was announced. Also, Eddie Murphy was said to have been in a rough patch, and not being as funny or creative as he once was, although this film was said to have brought him back. Jerry Lewis was credited as a producer of the Eddie Murphy remake. Jerry Lewis called Murphy "one of the five funniest men in the world", but wasn't a fan of the remake."When he had to do fart jokes he lost me, as a matter of fact, I told his editor, If he wants any more from me on a creative level, tell him to pull the whole sequence. What I did was perfect. And all you're going to do is diminish that perfection by letting someone else do it. I won't go through it again."
- When the film was released it received good reviews from critics and got a fairly good response. It got 65% 'fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 62/100 on Metacritic.
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The transformation of the professor to Buddy Love was different in each version. In the original Kelp goes through a change that implies that he is transforming into a hideous monster. Using close ups and shadows it shows him turning blue, hairy and growing claws. It is quite a distressing scene and could be disturbing to some audiences. During the transformation Kelp's bird is saying "I told you, Julius" That transformation is then never seen again. When he changes back into Kelp he just slowly changes back, starting with the voice, and then the teeth.
The Eddie Murphy version of the transformation was very much about the difference in weight. When Buddy Love changed back into Klump he would grow in size and different parts of him would expand before others. A memorable scene is when he is changing back and his bottom lip is the first part to grow and it is supposedly meant to look funny.
Saturday, 16 November 2013
Movie still re-created
We were given a choice of film screenshots and in mixed groups we decided which one we were going to re-create in the studio. My group (Michael, Brandon, Dillon and myself) decided on this screenshot of Frodo.
We re-created it by choosing the group member who looked most like him - because he had curly hair. We used the studio lights to get the lighting as close to the original as possible, but it wasn't as orange as we needed it. We then made our ring prop out of a keyring and a piece of string and dangled that in front of the character's hand. We then taped wires to the floor to re-create the lines on the stone tile floor in the background.
Our finished shot looked like this.
We re-created it by choosing the group member who looked most like him - because he had curly hair. We used the studio lights to get the lighting as close to the original as possible, but it wasn't as orange as we needed it. We then made our ring prop out of a keyring and a piece of string and dangled that in front of the character's hand. We then taped wires to the floor to re-create the lines on the stone tile floor in the background.
Our finished shot looked like this.
Friday, 15 November 2013
Shot Breakdown
Opening of film
Close ups of morning routines.
Alice walks to the park - shot of park corner
Shot from tree - Alice walking underneath
Long shot - walking past trees
Low, long shot - walking along river
Long shot of hill with key hole in FG
Medium shot of key hole with Alice's boots in FG
Side on close up of Alice's face - curious
Looking down at hole with Alice's head/shoulder in FG
Shot from in the hole looking up at Alice
Close ups of falling through
TITLE - Thunderland
Close ups of Alice falling on the floor
Close ups of Alice's face once she stands up
Rotating shot around Alice as she looks around
Long shot behind Alice, still, then wanders off
Similar shots same as before - now walking in other directions with some added shots
Low shots of Alice approaching the house
Shot of key in door
Parenting close up as she walks into the room - curious
Shadow covers Alice's face, she turns stunned
Low shot of Cheshire Cat on table
Pan to left to reveal Hatter
Over shoulder of Alice
'The tea party'
Establishing shot of all characters around the table
Shot over Alice's shoulder towards Hatter
Shot of Alice and White Rabbit with Chesh and Hatter's shoulders
Shot of Alice's shoulder towards Hatter who leans forward slightly
Side on medium of Alice holding her tea cup looking down
Pan round to reveal Rabbit. Alice turns to him
Medium of Hatter pans down to look at tea cup
Medium shot of Alice she sips her tea
Close up of Chesh
Close up of Alice mid-drinking looks up
Close up of Chesh
Close up of Rabbit - shakes a little
Two shot of Rabbit and Alice - Alice looks at rabbit
Over the shoulder at Chesh -Alice's head turns
Mid shot of Hatter, Hatter leans forward
Close up of Hatter's face
Alice leans back into shot - side on
Over Alice's shoulder at Hatter
Chesh leans forward
Close up of Chesh
Mid of Alice looking down
Wide shot of table - Alice stands up
Mid of Rabbit and Alice's torso
Close up of Alice with others in BG
Mid to close up of Hatter leaning over table
Shot from table looking down on Alice
She turns and runs
Close up of arm - opens door
Mid to long shot of Alice shutting door firmly then runs
Low shot, Alice's legs run past. Hatter rises. Pans up to roof and sky
Long shot - round park corner
Shot down on Alice from tree
Pan shot from tree to Alice
Alice runs past, pop up in front of camera
Close up of boots running
Long shot Rabbit and Chesh pop up
Boots towards camera - Hatter pops up in BG
Close up of Hatter's face
Long shot - runs past river, Rabbit rises
Long shot Chesh rises in Alice's path
Runs past trees with signs
Running across hill
2 characters rise (one, two) Hatter rises (one)
Alice turns (two)
Low shot - Alice runs down hill
Mid shot running through trees
Door in distance through trees
Close up of Alice's face turning
Boots towards camera Chesh rises in BG
Running towards (low angle)
Mid shot behind Alice running towards door
Close up of hand use handle
Close up of waist goes through door
Stumbling through door - free hand
Close up of door closing
Close up of face, pans to reveal door. It falls down out of shot
Establishing shot of whole field Alice turns to see the door is gone.
Fade to black
Close ups of morning routines.
- Throwing the covers back
- Getting dressed
- Having breakfast
- Brushing teeth
- Washing face
- Doing make-up
- Putting job section down
Alice walks to the park - shot of park corner
Shot from tree - Alice walking underneath
Long shot - walking past trees
Low, long shot - walking along river
Long shot of hill with key hole in FG
Medium shot of key hole with Alice's boots in FG
Side on close up of Alice's face - curious
Looking down at hole with Alice's head/shoulder in FG
Shot from in the hole looking up at Alice
Close ups of falling through
TITLE - Thunderland
Close ups of Alice falling on the floor
Close ups of Alice's face once she stands up
Rotating shot around Alice as she looks around
Long shot behind Alice, still, then wanders off
Similar shots same as before - now walking in other directions with some added shots
Low shots of Alice approaching the house
Shot of key in door
Parenting close up as she walks into the room - curious
Shadow covers Alice's face, she turns stunned
Low shot of Cheshire Cat on table
Pan to left to reveal Hatter
Over shoulder of Alice
'The tea party'
Establishing shot of all characters around the table
Shot over Alice's shoulder towards Hatter
Shot of Alice and White Rabbit with Chesh and Hatter's shoulders
Shot of Alice's shoulder towards Hatter who leans forward slightly
Side on medium of Alice holding her tea cup looking down
Pan round to reveal Rabbit. Alice turns to him
Medium of Hatter pans down to look at tea cup
Medium shot of Alice she sips her tea
Close up of Chesh
Close up of Alice mid-drinking looks up
Close up of Chesh
Close up of Rabbit - shakes a little
Two shot of Rabbit and Alice - Alice looks at rabbit
Over the shoulder at Chesh -Alice's head turns
Mid shot of Hatter, Hatter leans forward
Close up of Hatter's face
Alice leans back into shot - side on
Over Alice's shoulder at Hatter
Chesh leans forward
Close up of Chesh
Mid of Alice looking down
Wide shot of table - Alice stands up
Mid of Rabbit and Alice's torso
Close up of Alice with others in BG
Mid to close up of Hatter leaning over table
Shot from table looking down on Alice
She turns and runs
Close up of arm - opens door
Mid to long shot of Alice shutting door firmly then runs
Low shot, Alice's legs run past. Hatter rises. Pans up to roof and sky
Long shot - round park corner
Shot down on Alice from tree
Pan shot from tree to Alice
Alice runs past, pop up in front of camera
Close up of boots running
Long shot Rabbit and Chesh pop up
Boots towards camera - Hatter pops up in BG
Close up of Hatter's face
Long shot - runs past river, Rabbit rises
Long shot Chesh rises in Alice's path
Runs past trees with signs
Running across hill
2 characters rise (one, two) Hatter rises (one)
Alice turns (two)
Low shot - Alice runs down hill
Mid shot running through trees
Door in distance through trees
Close up of Alice's face turning
Boots towards camera Chesh rises in BG
Running towards (low angle)
Mid shot behind Alice running towards door
Close up of hand use handle
Close up of waist goes through door
Stumbling through door - free hand
Close up of door closing
Close up of face, pans to reveal door. It falls down out of shot
Establishing shot of whole field Alice turns to see the door is gone.
Fade to black
Thursday, 7 November 2013
Re-launching a cancelled show
If I was to bring back a show that was cancelled I would choose SMTV Live. This was a Saturday morning live show originally hosted by Ant&Dec and Cat Deeley. They hosted interviews, competitions, sketches and broadcasted popular children's shows of the time. The ratings of the show decreased after Ant&Dec left and then Cat Deeley left. With no original hosts it was no where near as popular. With the original line up many sketches ran across every week.
Examples include 'Dec says, the secret of my success' (Which was about the hosts when they were in high school), 'The further adventures of Cat the Dog' (Cat Deeley's high school self), Pokéfights/Pokéraps (fighting as Pokémon characters and singing about Pokémon - usually with celebrity guests) and the many parodies including 'Chums'. They parodied many other shows such as: Casualty, Bill and Ben, Harry Potter, Only fools and horses, the Vicar of Dibley, Art attack, Heartbeat and even Star Trek. Their most memorable parody was of Friends and it was called Chums. It ran every week and was filmed live.
All content of SMTV live (apart from dream sequences and kid's shows) was filmed live which made it more entertaining. If anything went wrong they used it to their advantage. The show was basically an opportunity for the hosts to be themselves and have fun with it.
I would bring it back with the same hosts because it was the sort of show that was controlled by the hosts. All of the comedy material, sketch ideas and such all came from the hosts and there should be more shows for kids that aren't scripted. I think Ant&Dec should re-do this show again on Saturday mornings. It should show current kid's shows that are all in the same comedy style, it should do phone-in competitions because that's not many shows do that anymore and the competitions on that show were fun for audiences. I think sketches should still be done as well because sketch shows are popular with kids at the moment. There are shows like 'Sorry, I've got no head' and 'Horrible Histories'.
Examples include 'Dec says, the secret of my success' (Which was about the hosts when they were in high school), 'The further adventures of Cat the Dog' (Cat Deeley's high school self), Pokéfights/Pokéraps (fighting as Pokémon characters and singing about Pokémon - usually with celebrity guests) and the many parodies including 'Chums'. They parodied many other shows such as: Casualty, Bill and Ben, Harry Potter, Only fools and horses, the Vicar of Dibley, Art attack, Heartbeat and even Star Trek. Their most memorable parody was of Friends and it was called Chums. It ran every week and was filmed live.
All content of SMTV live (apart from dream sequences and kid's shows) was filmed live which made it more entertaining. If anything went wrong they used it to their advantage. The show was basically an opportunity for the hosts to be themselves and have fun with it.
I would bring it back with the same hosts because it was the sort of show that was controlled by the hosts. All of the comedy material, sketch ideas and such all came from the hosts and there should be more shows for kids that aren't scripted. I think Ant&Dec should re-do this show again on Saturday mornings. It should show current kid's shows that are all in the same comedy style, it should do phone-in competitions because that's not many shows do that anymore and the competitions on that show were fun for audiences. I think sketches should still be done as well because sketch shows are popular with kids at the moment. There are shows like 'Sorry, I've got no head' and 'Horrible Histories'.
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