Ghostbusters Be Kind Rewind

We had been set the task of re creating the Opening sequence from ghostbusters.

Before we began filming we looked through the original scene, noting down all the different shot types, which we used when it came to filming our version. We kept the shots mostly the same as the original, only changing a few.

When it came to editing the video, i looked at the original film to see how pace was portrayed in the edit between characters. The pace is set in the original by it being evident to the audience that Bill Murray is fixing the experiment for the girl (Jennifer) to do better than the nervous guy.
This is reflected in my edit by cutting to the nervous guy when she gets it right to show his emotion, that he is not really enjoying being on the loosing side.

There is a quick cut in the video at 00.19. This is where the male participant gets an electric shot.
This sequence shows 3 individual shots cut together in a quick succession to show the initial reaction of the shock to the male

This first shot shows the reaction of the tester when the participant gets it wrong. Conveying a false sense of empathy towards the participant to comfort him, but we as an audience see this as him not caring.

This is then followed by seeing the tester put the card down, evidently reaching for the button, to shock the participant. 

The next shot shows the outcome of the tester pressing the button, seeing the arm begin to vault in a spasm. Quickly followed by seeing the participant lurch back from the shocking feeling. (shown below)
















There where some issues though during the film shoot which reflected back on the edit, making the process longer to perform. These issues where sound and head room.

First the sound. I'd like to point out first that the issue is not with the quality of the sound,thats fine. The issue is the syncing up of the sound due to an external sound device of the zoom h4n. The main issue was that there were no audio markers to let you know when a take had finished and a new take had started. This made the syncing process dragon as i had to listen all the way through each sound file then back at the sound from the video and match them up by pitch volume by ear. In future the best way that this issue can be resolved is by the use of a clapper board and someone reading or stating, scene, shot, take. Giving easy cues for syncing in the edit.

The next issue is head room. Now this was easily resolved by fixing it in final cut by resizing and re centring the image. In future though i would suggest to the camera operator to always reduce the amount of room between the top of a subjects head to the top of the frame so the image doesn't look out of place, unless there is something worth focusing on in the background that is integral to the scene.