The making of Collateral (Remake)

The making of Collateral (Remake)

After planning out our storyboard, we began our 45minutes of filming indoors.

Here are a few images showing us setting up the camcorder and tripod. 

We managed to set up very quickly and we adapted with the equipment well, it did

not take longer than five minutes allowing us to have more time to film. 

These images show us setting up our cast members working with the camera angles and 

testing the zoom and focus tools. 

Felix is setting up the camera settings whilst Annie and Christabel analyse the 

storyboard to prepare for the filming.

"AND CUT!"

These images show us in the process of filming and working with our

story board (right image)

Here are images of the remake in action. The image on the left shows

the cast and the camera man in action and the image on the right shows the

filming through the camera's perspective. 

"AND THATS A WRAP!"

This collection of images show our group packing up the equipment safely and working

together as a team to ensure the equipment is placed back carefully. 

 These are a few photos showing how much we really enjoyed making

the short remake. Our group had a really good feel of film productions and being on set.
We worked incredibly well as a team to achieve the final shots and this 

practical gives us an insight into our future project. 

Here are the screen shots of the editing process for our remake.


Difficulties that we faced and improvements:

• The match cuts were inaccurate which prevented us from creating seamless editing . This is a disadvantage because the audience can pick up on this fault
• We learnt that focusing every single shot is essential, otherwise we will end up with soft shots
• We struggled to follow the different shot types for example mid shots following the top of the head and shoulder
• In the process of filming we should have followed the story board that we planned previously, more precisely
• We didn't film enough shots and as a result the final piece includes several jump cuts, leading to a lack of continuity editing
• We developed an understanding of the important of pre-production planning. A detailed storyboard is a vital tool for a success film
• We learnt the importance of positioning the characters and the camera angles