As a group, we were given a scene from the 1985 Bond film A View To A Kill, starring Roger Moore and Tanya Roberts. The scene we were given seemed very simple. It began with a pan down and across of James Bond and Stacey Sutton walking out of a lift and through a corridor. The scene them cuts to a different angle, with Stacey opening a door into the File Room, in which an important document/map was situated, and clearly a key factor within the film. When they have both found the map, a door opens and in comes Max Zorrin and May Day, the villains.
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| Behind the scenes |
The scene as a whole was only 7 shots, so we thought it would be quite easy and simple to film. I mean, what could be hard about 2 people walking in to a room, finding a document, and being caught? The answer is a lot of things. The twist on the production was that we had to remake it to the exact time frames of the original scene from the Bond movie. Trust me, it's harder than it sounds. Being a perfectionist, I really wanted to get every shot spot on, but realistically it wasn't going to happen. We also had to use the original sound footage, which was a God-send for me as I can't think of anything worse than my voice on tape. Thankfully, in the scene we were given, there wasn't too much talking, which resulted in little lip-syncing.
OUR FINAL PRODUCTION: James Bond Remake
As we were all aware in our group, the trickiest element of the production as a whole would be the editing of the footage. Knowing we had just one day to edit, it was a challenge as it had to be practically identical to the original Bond clip. Getting the timing of the cuts of shots right became a problem at some points, as our footage would either be slower/quicker than the original. Taking tips from our first ever assignment, problematising and solutionating, we decided to use the internet to help each other guide our way through the editing process. We eventually came to a solution of slowing down and speeding up our individual clips we had, and this worked a treat.
Another factor we were given during this project was split screening the production. This consisted of editing the two scenes (both the original, and our version), and making them appear side-by-side. Unfortunately, no members of the group knew how to do this, so I decided instead of turning to one of the tutors for help, we would look it up online. It took a couple of YouTube tutorials to get us to understand it, but eventually we found one and it worked a treat.
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| The Split Screen effect |
I really enjoyed this production as it gave us all a real insight into how a high-budget film is made, and just how difficult it is. As this was our first ever time of filming something like this, it probably wasn't the best and well-made film any of us have done. There are a few improvements that could be made; for example, the split screen effect (shown above) could've been the same width and height as each other. Also, I think flipping certain shots (again, shown above) to really reflect the original bond scene would've been better. Simple things like that can be improved next time.
Oh! And as always, I did a bloopers reel, as there were so many bits that went wrong or were just quite funny, and you can view that here: James Bond Remake - Bloopers
Cheerio. :o)
- Olivia.
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