Final Remake/Evaluation of Superbad.

Evaluation of the remake of Superbad:

Our project was to recreate a film opening of our choice and to film and create it to look as similar to the actual professional opening as possible. Using similar costumes and actors, the same script and setting, background music and transitions, effects etc.

For the remake of superbad which is an American comedy film (2007) about young teenagers getting themselves into trouble. The opening we needed to remake was a colourful cartoon looking shot of two people dancing. There is transitions and different colours to add and we did this in adobe after effects. The actual filming itself was a constant straight forward two person view. Before we filmed we planned our opening by making a list of screen shots and also drawing out a story board to help us when filming.

Organising the cast and equipment: When organising and sorting out the equipment to film, we didn't need props or extras apart from the camera, the tripod and the two actors that would be performing in front of the camera. We needed to be organised and make sure everyone knew exactly when and where we was filming, and we also needed to make sure the camera and tripod was signed out the exact time we were going to be filming. We also had to make sure the two people we used were available when we were filming. There was no speech in our opening just a song. Also we didn't need set costumes or makeup etc, because the start of our film needed after effects after we filmed as the opening is in a style of a cartoon with just the outline of the character in colour. This meant we didn't need to worry about the props costumes etc because it didn't really matter. So the main focus was getting all the filming exactly how it needed to be and as the characters do a dance for the opening the moves were as similar to the ones on the actual film opening.

When filming, it was quite basic and easy to film as we didn't have to have any different angles or shots it was just a basic front view of the two person shot. With the two dancers straight ahead in front of the camera. Although quite easy we needed to make sure both people when moving and dancing was both exactly in the camera at all times. This was quite hard as the place we filmed in was quite small and so it was tricky to get both actors in and in the camera shot when moving in different directions.

We didn't need to act or have a set acting piece in our film opening as all the characters did was dance, but we needed them to still be focused and co-operative to get it done as quickly and to the best possible standard we could. We had times when our actors went wrong when dancing and stopped and laughed but we needed to make sure they were sensible and mature when filming so my filming partner and I could get it as accurate as possible without distractions and irritations.

After filming and transferring it to after effects we didn't know exactly how to get our filming into the cartoon colourful view that we wanted. We had to play around with the package and see what worked to make it as similar as possible. We found it hard so only took small clips of our opening and made them as similar as we could the actual opening as it took extra time and assistance to use this package we had no clue about. We also had to use the actual Adobe Premiere Pro to alter and edit the filming and add the effects and transitions before using the after effects, which means we needed to be quick and ended up needing more time.