Shot by Shot Remake: Comparison

Comparison of original to own production

Our remake of the film clip of Collateral shows more signs of differences than similarities, though never the less it was a good exercise to start off our filming process. 

Comparisons:

• The framing off the clips (but one)-we used the rule of thirds in all our clips to make sure that all the spaced was filled.
• The camera angles- the angles follow directly of that used in the clip for example the worms eye view of the bag on the floor and the behind the shoulder close up shot were our strongest.
• The similarity of the positions of the people to the storyboard/clip- each still shows a reflection to the storyboard, the positions of the characters mimic those in the clip.
• The sounds of the clip- the sound was used directly from the clip itself and so sounded very much the same, with our background sound muted to hear the sound properly.

Differences:

• The continuity of our clip throughout was a major problem- although to us the clip made sense, to a person who never seen the clip it would have not been obvious. In the clip there are many people around as it is set in an airport terminal. We tried to create the same sense of busyness but as the group is small we used the same people twice but as different characters, though when played back realised that  it looked like the same character was walking two different ways so the clip did not flow. 
•  Some parts were missed out- some parts we forgot to play, for example we dropped one bag but in the scene two bags were dropped, this could have been a vital part in the movie as a hole.

The good:

• The actual filming process went very well, we managed to film all our clips in the time allocated and managed to play back our recorded footage on the spot to see if it needed re-recording.
• The process of editing too went very well. We worked together to place the clips in order and to change the duration, time of the whole clip and the sound added onto it.
• The editing of the transitions gave our clip a smooth overall out come.

The bad:

• Not all the scenes made sense ie the continuity of it all.
• One shot used bad framing as there was too much space above the subjects head.

Overall for a first go as media students doing a remake i think it went very well. We learned the importance of a storyboard as it is very useful on set and learnt how to use Final Cut to our ability. Although there were some mistakes of the outcome it was a lesson for us not to make the same mistakes again, better to make them now rather than later.