Hunger Games Swede

As our swede project we decided to reenact, on a very low budget, and within a week, The Hunger Games. We decided on this film as the vast majority of the film is within 'The Arena' that we thought could successfully be represented by Ilkley Moor, a 15 minute walk from school. It would also be a fun swede to do as it contains lots of action and excentric characters. My role in the swede was the character 'Rue' who dies within The Arena, I also filmed parts of the swede as we rotated the role of camera operator.

Preproduction 

- First we made a list of what we thought, as a group, were the key scenes/moments in the film.

- Then we discussed and assigned roles within the group.

- We also had to make a table which contained the scene, who was needed, the props, and when and       where we would film it

- Finally we made props from cardboard, string, and sticks, and found wigs to use whilst filming.

Editing

To Edit the swede together, I used the application of 'Final Cut Pro'. We imported our preferred takes and edited them together, using transitions where necessary. I adjusted the volume of some of clips and also had to use the 'blade' tool cut out sounds of the camera moving and people talking. We initially had quite a calm hunger games theme tune over the swede, however deciding that it wasn't appropriate for the whole video, we added a more tense theme tune to the middle of the swede. Finally, when we were happy with how it looked, I added a title of 'The Hunger Games Swede' just prior to the last shot. Then finally the credits followed by the mocking jay whistle, the final sound on a black screen to bring together the end of the swede.

Challenges

We found, as a group of 9, it was very difficult to get everyone at the location, at the correct time. It was also hard to keep in contact with anyone who was arriving early/late. Another very obvious challenge was the timing of which we were given to complete filming and editing of the swede - one and a bit weeks. Due to this many of the filming was rushed, and some points we had discussed earlier to include in the swede were missed out.

Technical Analysis