Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Sweding Explained
Sweding is remaking a film on a practically non-existent budget, with amateur equipment and actors. The idea comes from the film Be Kind Rewind (Michael Gondry, 2008). The point of a swede is to re-create a well known, popular film and make it funny.
The term “sweded” was coined in the 2008 Michel Gondry comedy film Be Kind Rewind, starring Jack Black and Mos Def. The film takes place in Passaic, New Jersey, where the declining VHS rental store “Be Kind Rewind” loses its entire video collection after being inadvertently magnetized. Mike (played by Mos Def) and Jerry (played by Jack Black) attempt to replace the store’s video collection by recreating films using a camcorder and claiming they are special editions from Sweden.
Be Kind Rewind premiered on February 22nd, 2008 and earned $4 million in the United States and Canada in its opening weekend. The domain for the site SwededFilms.com, which serves as a database for sweded movies, was registered the next day. On February 24th, the sweded film blog Sweded Cinema was launched and included rules for creating sweded videos:
1. Must be based on an already produced film
2. Range 2-8 minutes in length
3. Must not contain computer generated graphics
4. Based on films less than 35 years old
5. Special effects must be limited to camera tricks and arts ’n crafts
6. Sound effects created by human means
7. Hilarious.
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
My Favourite Film
Bridesmaids
Director: Paul Feig
Budget: $32.5m
Release date: 28 April 2011 (US) 24 June 2011 (UK)
Total Gross (Worldwide): $288.8m
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| Bridesmaids Film Poster |
My favourite film is Bridesmaids, mainly because i can watch it over and over again without getting sick of it. I think that the cast is perfect for the film and the style of comedy works really well.
Assessing a Past Coursework Opening
'The Cellar'
The strongest feature of this opening
I think the strongest feature of this opening is the way that it cuts from the girl being tied up in a cellar, to how she got to that position.
The weakest feature of this opening
I think that the weakest feature of this opening is at the start after the idents there is a low angle shot of a cellar door, the and this lasts quite a long time before cutting to another shot.
The Brief
The Brief
Video:
(i) Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting downin a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.
(ii) Main task: The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
Video:
(i) Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting downin a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.
(ii) Main task: The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
Saturday, 1 September 2012
"Heathers" Opening Scene
Heathers
Director: Michael Lehmann
Budget: $3M
Release Date: 31st March 1989 (US) 17th November 1989 (UK)
Box office (Total Gross): $1.1 (USA)
The first shot is a blank screen and a logo for New World Pictures in association with Cinemarque Entertainment presents, and then the 2nd shot shows the names of the main characters against a black screen.
Winona Ryder and Christian Slater appear on a black screen, and then the name of the film, "Heathers" is shown whilst there is a close up of the back of a girls head doing up her hair.
This shot then fades out to a long shot showing three girls sitting next to each other in a garden, establishing the scene for the viewer. The names of other actors appear throughout the shot and there is no dialogue.
The shot then changes to a medium long shot showing the 3 girls walking out of the shot, and it then goes to a close up of the girls feet stepping on flowers. The next shot is an extreme long shot showing the girls walking through the garden and then another medium shot of the girls slowly walking, carrying croquet bats.
The next shot is a close up of the girls legs as she takes her go in croquet, and hits the ball. Then there is a medium close up of the girls face, and then the dialogue starts.
Director: Michael Lehmann
Budget: $3M
Release Date: 31st March 1989 (US) 17th November 1989 (UK)
Box office (Total Gross): $1.1 (USA)
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| Heathers DVD Cover |
The first shot is a blank screen and a logo for New World Pictures in association with Cinemarque Entertainment presents, and then the 2nd shot shows the names of the main characters against a black screen.
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| New World Pictures |
Winona Ryder and Christian Slater appear on a black screen, and then the name of the film, "Heathers" is shown whilst there is a close up of the back of a girls head doing up her hair.
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| Title of Film |
This shot then fades out to a long shot showing three girls sitting next to each other in a garden, establishing the scene for the viewer. The names of other actors appear throughout the shot and there is no dialogue.
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| Extreme Long Shot |
The shot then changes to a medium long shot showing the 3 girls walking out of the shot, and it then goes to a close up of the girls feet stepping on flowers. The next shot is an extreme long shot showing the girls walking through the garden and then another medium shot of the girls slowly walking, carrying croquet bats.
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| Stepping on flowers close up |
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| ELS of girls carrying croquet bats |
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| Medium close up of girls face |
The next shot is a close up of the girls legs as she takes her go in croquet, and hits the ball. Then there is a medium close up of the girls face, and then the dialogue starts.
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| Medium close up of girl playing croquet |
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