Blog Task 17 - Practical Remake Activity

Evaluation of The Breakfast Club Remake

Collectively, I think that our remake of The Breakfast Club was successful and mimicked the original title sequence adequately - featuring the outside of the college, the clock ticking on the wall, the panning within the computer room, the canteen and also the conversation between the father and his daughter (one of the main female characters in the car, before entering the school for detention.) We didn't include all of the shots though as there were too many to film to a decent standard in the short amount of time that we were set. 

We had a few difficulties whilst filming, such as: finding a car similar enough to the one in the actual title sequence, a BMW. We did eventually find one similar although it was very difficult to film due to the position it was in however we continued filming nonetheless. Alongside this, we attempted to film the scene where the bad boy was walking across the parking lot and into the school, just as one of the other student's cars were driving past - it was extremely challenging to get the timing right and so when we began editing, we couldn't merge each of the takes that we got in a way that would leave the title sequence to flow seamlessly. Another issue we encountered was the timing, although we were mostly organised and within our time limit, we were unable to film the majority of the scenes that involved dialogue due to background noise and lack of time. Lastly, incorporating the initial soundtrack for the title sequence of The Breakfast Club was something that we had trouble with, once it was imported into Final Cut Pro, the originally working sound stopped playing and so we removed it so we had enough time to work on more important things, such as the credits. 

The credits weren't too difficult to add to our title sequence once we learnt how to insert them and spent some time trying to match the font and colours available to us to that of the credits in the actual title sequence. Once this was completed, the finished product looked very similar to the original title sequence with large, yellow font. 

If I were to create another remake, I would spend a little bit more time organising and planning, as well as editing. By doing this, it would ensure that we have enough time to film everything we need to and allow for any unavoidable factors (background noise, etc). We would also have more relevant props and make it seem a lot more realistic and identifiable than the remake previously completed. Editing would make up just under half of our time to ensure that the title sequence is up to a high standard and everything is included to enhance the quality - music, sound effects, and so on.