Evaluating sweded version of Wayne's World

What are the strengths of your work?

Camera

-At 0:11 where Faris yelled "extreme close up" we made sure we did an extreme close up on him, but  we intentionally did not aim the camera not directly on his face, by doing this it added humor to the scene since it was not even aimed at his face, which gives the audience the idea that they were trying to be humorous, by zooming in, you could see that the person in the shot had a big smile on his face just like in the scene in the actual movie.

-At 0:49 there was a tilt downwards to the floor in the scene where Garth tasered the big guy in the club , the reason we did a tilt is because you can clearly see that he collapsed on the floor and it would make more sense. Unfortunatly we couldn't do it just like how it happened in the movie since the area we were shooting in was too small and there were not any people that he could of fell on, so by just moving the camera down still added an effect to the scene where you  could still tell what happened.

Mise-en-scene

- We made sure that the two people playing Wayne and Garth were wearing the right clothes and wigs so that they looked like the characters that they were supposed to be. We made sure throughout the swede that they were wearing blue jeans and black shirts just like the characters, and we chose two people in our class that we thought would make a very good Wayne and Garth

-  Our group discussed what props that we were going to use, especially the props we were going to use in the product placement scene at 0:57, we talked about what exact items we were going to use in that scene such as we used some chocolates and crisps for the props, we chose snacks to use as props since it would make sense and they were supposed to be at a table with snacks which made sense.

Sound:

-Throughout the swede, we tried to make sure that the sound was clear and the actors voices were clear and you can tell what they are saying. having their voices clear makes the audience watching know what they say and so they know what is going on, and you will understand the video more, so you don't get confused and avoid questions about what people are saying in certain scenes.

-In the scene where Cassandra performs we added some music in the background at 1:58 so it looked like the person  being Cassandra was actually singing, we decided to add the actual audio instead of him singing since we thought it would add more humor to the scene and it would get the audience to laugh more, because it looked like he sang like a woman.



what improvements could you make to your work?

camera

-When we shot the scene at 1:34 where Garth realizes that he is by himself and falls to the ground, and we tried to do a track and followed him with the camera, at one point we faced the camera in the wrong place but did a quick recovery. in the end it worked anyways but next time we film we make sure that we will face the camera in the right place at all times.

-When we shot the scene with Cassandra singing, we did not notice at 2:06 the camera moved a bit, it is not that hard to notice but next time, we will make sure that  the camera stays in the right place, by making the person that is the cameraman, hold the tripod carefully, to avoid situations like this to happen again.

mise en scene

-As I said before about my group thinking about costume for the two main actors who played Wayne and Garth but we didnt think about what the other actors costume, i only gave them wigs but by just giving them wigs it was hard to understand, who was who,so that might confuse the audience watching, to avoid problems like this again I should think about everyone costume before filming.

-My group chose carefully what props we would use, but we forgot to pick a prop to use for a wheel in the scene where Wayne,Garth and three of their friends are in a car singing bohemian rhapsody at 0:21, we forgot to pick a prop to use for the wheel in the car, so we just used whatever we could find in the room, which was some sellotape, next time we discuss props, we make sure we dont forget anything.

sound

-In the scene at 0:17 where it shows Garth's extreme closeup, there was some laughing at the beginning of the scene, we did not notice this when editing,when we were filming we did not notice that we were filming at that moment, but next time we film we will make sure that people in the room that are not supposed to be in the scene are silent during filming and to avoid problems like this, we will fully focus when filming and editing to make sure that there is no sound that is not needed.

-When Wayne and Garth enter the heavy metal bar "the gasworks" at 0:35 Faris who played Wayne forgot the line for a second and then stopped but quickly remembered the line, this happens again at 1:54 when Wayne and Garth tell Mr Biggs where they are, we did not re shoot any of the scenes because of time reasons, and we wanted to get as much filmed as possible in the time we had, next time we film we will make sure that the actors remember the lines by reciting them before we film so we dont have this problem again.

how did you improve on your-

pre production skills

-I would say my pre production skills have improved, especially with planning, by doing production scripts, we got to plan what our swede would be like and we came up with some ideas, by doing this I think that my planning skills have improved from the past years.

-I think that I am very good when it comes to planning, by looking at this swede, I would say this is one of the best media projects that I have contributed in, I think that the planing I have done for this has been done better than planning I have done for previous projects which is why I think that my pre production skills have improved.

logistical/production management skills

-the filming process went very well, when we were filming we went from scene to scene, since I thought that the acting was very good in most of the scenes, I had the job to be the director, I directed  all the scenes, all of the scenes were managed very well and being the director, I tried to make sure that all scenes were done perfectly

-My group organised the time to film, carefully, we decided to record on thursday period 1 to period 4 since we knew that, that was the time that everyone would be free to film, and we chose that time because at that time, we knew that the room we needed to film was free at that time, which was perfect, and having all that time, we had the right amount of time to film.

Mise-en-scene skills

-I think my skills with Mise-En-Scene have improved since I chose costume more carefully now such as when picking out costume for the two main characters Wayne and Garth we first decided to pick the two people in our class who would look alot like the characters they were supposed to be which is perfect since all we needed is the costume,we got blonde and black wigs for the two and we made sure that they were wearing black shirts and blue jeans, so they looked just like the characters

-Another reason why I think that my Mise-En-Scene skills have improved is because when picking the props to use I think that I chose props more carefully than how I chose them in recent years and recent projects, such as how me and my group discussed on what props we were going to use for the product placement scene, since we couldn't get pills we got skittles and we used other props such as chocolate and crisps for the food they were promoting.

how well does your swede imitate the real film?

-Every scene in the swede is in the right order,just like how it is in the actual movie,such as how the bohemian rhapsody car scene is before the product placement scene, and how the swede started with the Wayne's World intro scene and ended with the party scene,all lines that were said were in the actual movie, we done this so it would make sense and be like the actual movie.

-Just like the movie, we tried to make the swede as humorous as possible, since it was a swede of a comedy movie, one of the main things we needed to do was trying to make it funny, so we tried to make every scene humorous like the movie.

My Me Vid

Wayne's World SWEDE

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ME Vid Shooting Script

Analysis Of Edit Workshop

When filming we used the 180 degree rule when the teacher and the student were both looking at each other, the way the 180 degree rule was used, is that we knew that there was an invisible line  between the student and the teacher, and we put the camera at the right place so it didn't cross the line, and we didn't break the rule, we checked over the recording after the scene was finished to make sure that we didn't break the rule.

While filming we made sure that we used the rule of thirds whenever we saw the reactions of either the student or the teacher, for example when Armen was looking at the camera being all shocked, we made sure his eyes were on one third of the screen, we did the same when we showed my eyes on one third of the screen.

The way that I used match on action in the film was when Armen was rushing to the door and when he opened the door, the reason why we chose to do match on action there, is because having match on action, it adds an effect and makes it seem like hes rushing really fast, and having match on action, it adds suspense to the scene and makes you wonder what will happen next.

There was one challenge that I faced during production was when we filmed the scene when there was a two shot of the student and the teacher and the teacher is angry and the student is worried, when we were filming we didn't realise that that the camera was recording so we had to record the same scene again. next time I do filming I will make sure that I am fully focused when filming a scene so I don't have to waste time when filming.

The challenges that I faced during post production was that I didn't know how to add music to the video and I had trouble when I was rendering the video so I asked a teacher for help. Next time I do editing, I will make sure i know what to do when i do the editing for my films.

One of the strengths about my film is that the music fits the film perfectly, as the music builds up as the film builds up and the music fits each scene at the right time. Another strength is that both actors fit the role they are in as both me and Armen fit the teacher and student roles and the acting in the movie is pretty good.

There are two weaknesses that I had with this film, one of the weaknesses was when I said "yes?" there was a sound at the beginning that I didn't edit out, the other weakness was when I said "I see..sit over there", you couldn't really tell what I was saying since I was quiet when we were filming that scene.

Next time we do a film, I will make sure that I am loud and clear at all times so that the camera will pick up everything I will say, and I should be fully focused at all times when filming the scenes in the films.