Task 21: Practical Remake Activity- Evaluation

Evaluation

I had to remake the opening sequence to Gone Girl. I thought the final product looked well put together, and resembled the tone of the film well. My overall production skills improved greatly since the prelim task. The editing took a lot of work, but we managed to portray the editing of the original. The match cut look seamless, and in my opinion was the best part of our video. Our jump cuts looked professional, and the timing was well planned out. 

The locations didn't match the ones of the original, because it was hard to find remote places in central London. I had to make the most of the surroundings, and the limited time to plan. I had to use varies weird camera angles to try and give a sense of reclusively, like it was presented in Gone Girl. Some of the shots were impossible to find  (inside of the shed, rock shot, etc.), so we had to improvise and substitute with similar shots. We were limited on space on some shots, and ended up having to make the shots closer then in the original. But the rough cut ended up having a good flow to it, and i was satisfied with it.   

In the end, we managed to achieve some accurate shots and find some good locations. I particularly adore the clock shot. 

We struggled slightly in After Effects. Our footage ended up being too bright, and it was hard to filter it, because it seemed to always ended up being too dark, in the wrong places. We filtered some of the brightest shots and left the rest be, as we thought the rawness looked more authentic then having overly edited footage. However, the titles that we made using After effects turned out very close to the original.

(The original) 

  (Remake)

The actual acting was questionable, but our actors resembled the image of the original characters. The voice over, sounded a bit robotic due to the fact that we had to use a voice of a teenage girl, instead of a growth man.  We had to edit the voice to sound deeper, and more masculine. It ended up working well with the footage we used as they were synchronized and conveyed similar tones.  

Overall the finished product looked good and created the similar, mysterious atmosphere like the original. I think this was successful remake. However if i was to re-film this, i would pick better locations, and focus more on the lighting and the brightness of the footage.