Making our Run! Remake video was a hard but rewarding challenge. We went through many different stages, with trial and error. Overall I had a really fun time making this video with filming, editing, and working with my peers. We came to class one day, put into random 3-4 person groups and told to make an exact replica of this Run Horror Film. 

Driving Question

How might we learn video skills by recreating a short film?

Creating a short film is a lot of hard work because of all the small clips we need to film. I really found it challenging filming the 1-2 second clips, because they had to be incredibly accurate. I learned a lot filming this because it made me realize that I need to pay attention to the small details in the original and then use the same angles, time, speed, and costumes. This was a difficult assignment, but I think we did well to make an accurate recreation of the horror film.

This was a really challenging video to recreate because it needed to be the exact costumes, length of time and sound effects. We went through many different steps to finally finish our final video, but all our hard work paid off because I am proud of how it turned out. 

Film Day #1

The first draft video we made I was with Eloise, Samuel, and Ian. We went into the forest with a plan and excited to film. Our video did not turn out very close to the original, but thats okay, because we got a second chance a couple weeks later. I would add our first video on here, but I lost it when iMovie updated for some reason. I enjoyed working with my group, because I feel we collaborated well, and supported each other. 

Redo!

After watching all of our videos in class, our teacher announced we were to make a whole other version of this video, but this next video required a ton of planning. My next group I was assigned to was with Tyler and Siena. Siena and I were away in Phoenix for a soccer tournament on the designated film day, so we filmed on review and completion day the next week. I was very proud of this next video because we had the correct costumes, and we were prepared and ready to create a remake!!

Although this video took only one day to film, we spent a lot of time preparing for film day with making a screenplay and storyboard. 

Screenplay and Storyboard

A screenplay is a script of a movie that helps direct and have a plan when filming. We had to make a screenplay to help us create our plan of action. 

A storyboard shows the different scenes that we are going to be filming. We made a storyboard describing what happens in each clip of the video, with a drawing and a description of the clip in each box of the storyboard. 

Filming and Editing

I think our filming went very smoothly this time. Part of it was that we didn’t have a time constraint because we weren’t filming in class. I didn’t really help all that much with editing, because editing was mostly a one person job considering we weren’t together, and Tyler did an amazing job!

Filming this video was extremely challenging because you had to run with the person in order for the filming to look good and accurate to the original video. It was hard running with the camera while trying to keep it steady. I enjoyed the editing part of this assignment, because with Tyler and Siena, with them both knowing what they were doing, it went very smoothly, and we finished efficiently. 

Conclusion

I enjoyed this project because I learned even more about filming techniques and editing throughout this assignment. I loved working together with both groups, and I really enjoyed the challenge of assignment, because it helped me zero in on my editing and filming skills. 

Thanks for reading! Be ready for my next post, Winter Exhibition is coming up quick!!