Remake Analysis

We remade the opening scene from snatch as to be honest it was pretty easy to do. There was only a few shots included and only 2 main characters involved.

What went well in the group?
We were good at communicating with each other and actually telling each other what they could do better. This way we could have a really precise remake of the opening scene. After every shot we took the whole group would look at the scene together and judge whether it should be shot again or not. If there was something wrong with it we would just give our opinion to the camera man and he would take it into consideration. Due to this communication our remake was filmed and edited in one day.

What skills i gained?
Firstly communication skills were important to gain and so by talking to my group repeatedly I gained this skill. Secondly I gained acting skills, I've never done acting before and in the remake I learnt how to act by watching and imitating a professional actor. I also learned how to film because when we would find the negatives in the shot recorded by the camera man i would tell him how to do it and it would work most of the time. Finally i learnt how to manage my time because we had one day to do this remake and we had to manage our time so we could film and finish editing by the end of the day. We done this by simply just sticking to the task and not manipulating our freedom.

What we need to work on before filming out own opening ?
We need to first choose a genre so that we know how to manipulate the use of MECS. So for example for editing we could use ambient sounds as its a thriller and generally just incorporate thriller like features into the editing and filming part. Then we need crete a script so we know what each character needs to say. We need to create a story board so we know what kind of action the character needs to do. Finally we need to watch a few thriller openings to get a general idea on how to do ours, so we have ideas to combine together from all different ascots of the thriller genre.