Remaking a scene from "A streat car named disire"

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ipodchicken

I want to remake a one of the most iconic scenes in cinema...I know dangerously ballsy.

Link to scene

I have no experience, no equipment, no money, and little time. I want to put it into a modern setting. (I still want it to have the same feel.) I have an idea for the actors I want to use but that is about it.

What would I need to make something like this happen.

This might be a little silly but if I did it and it turns out well. I would be so happy and I have little to be happy about these days.

Thank you for your input.
 
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ipodchicken said:
I have no experience,
[I have ] no equipment,
[I have ] no money, and
[I have ] little time.
I want to put it into a modern setting.
(I still want it to have the same feel.)
I have an idea for the actors I want to use but that is about it.

What would I need to make something like this happen.

This might be a little silly but if I did it and it turns out well.
I would be so happy and I have little to be happy about these days.

Thank you for your input.
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No experience is no problem. Anyone can make a film.
No equipment... well, that might be a toughy, there. Got your ipod phone with video capabilities, right? Great. Good enough. Seriously.
Little time is no problem. Perform extensive planning, discuss the scene with your actors, have everyone have a sitdown and runthrough the lines several times before you whip out your cell phone and start recording. GitRdone ASAP.
Have actors? Great! Bagged and tagged once you get their commitment to your project and a signed release from each of them.
http://www.videouniversity.com/articles/releases-for-use-in-film-and-video
If you like their performance then keep writing material for them.

Find more free stuff here: http://www.indietalk.com/showthread.php?t=28645

Now, the reeeeealy tough part will be making this "turn out well".
Define "well".
By what standards?
What did you have intentions of doing with your product?

This quote kinda scare the poo outta me: "I would be so happy and I have little to be happy about these days. "
Especially the "I have little to be happy about these days." part.
With no experience and no more equipment than a cell phone there's a VERRRRY high likelihood this is gonna be a great personal achievement - and little else.
You're not going to put your head in the oven or ventilate your skull with a .38 if this turns out to be the debacle of the week, right?

Right?

That'd be just... kinda... I dunno what the scientific term is, but... nutty.
Juno?

Even the best shorts go practically nowhere.
I mean, sure, Neill Blomkamp bagged and tagged DISTRICT 9 with his short ALIVE IN JOBURG, but I'm pretty sure yoobtube is chock full of sh!tshorts that went nowhere and have zero potential of doing anything other than hogging up cyberspace.

Just... keep your expectations sensible and have fun, and don't poke yerr eye out.

GL & GB

Ray
 
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Wow man, big ambition but that's good.

Film 101: You're the producer. If you want to direct that's fine too, but with the lack of experience and gear I recommend spending time and money seeking people vs learning EVERY aspect and buying gear to pull it off alone.

Enlist a Director of Photography/Cinematographer with gear or access to it. Rely on him to sculpt the shots and trust his advice and framing. For cheap, look at film students, newbies etc. Everyone wants to build the reel and doing a famous scene like this will help. If he has friend's or knows people he can bring on for sound/lighting etc that's great. Otherwise, seek a sound op and leave it at that. A 3 man crew is a lot less intimidating for a beginner than wrangling 15 people. Easier to pull off too.

Find a location with your DP and secure permission for it.

Then place a casting call on craigslist.org and find some actors willing to do it on your budget.

Finally, shoot! Bring food to the set of nothing else. Tale care of the people workong for you.

Now it's shot. Edit in your choice of software or find an editor (your film student DP might be willing) and have fun with it.

Last thing to do is throw it on YouTube and share it here.



Shorts are big endeavors and no one hits a home run their first time. Have fun with it though, that's what's important here.

Good luck!

Finally,
 
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Thanks you for the input. The ipod camera is a good idea. The only problem is I don't have one. :(

I'm thinking about picking up this

This should be enough, right? This is actually really pushing it money wise so if that camera isn't good enough my project will have to wait. I have a mac with imovie already.

As for me sticking my head in an oven. Its never going to happen don't worry. I'm just in college right now and my family is going though financial trouble and the trouble being that there is no income. XD

It will turn around eventually but when hard times come time seems to slow down. Ya know? :)
 
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I think if you have new material (dialogue etc) and yet shot coverage for a sequence EXACTLY like a famous scene by the time you got finished with edit, I bet it would be unrecognizable, unless of course you were TRYING to get the exact thing.. think about it..

Guy in the back seat is dying and having a conversation with the driver.. even if you set out with the same shots as Resivour Dogs, you'd end up with a different car, actors, lighting, conversation flow.. folks would just say "your paying homage".. agree? any examples?
 
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I think it's a great idea. When I was starting I used plays as scripts.
It really helped me as a director.

ipodchicken said:
I have no experience, no equipment, no money, and little time.
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Then you need to find equipment, money and time. That's the
only way you will gain the experience. You do not need to buy
a camera. Paul's suggestion is perfect. You need to find actors
you should also look for a few people who already own equipment
to join up with you. A DP with a camera and lights and a audio
person with a mic and recorder.

You can find many reasons why you CAN'T do this project. Can
you find reasons you CAN?
 
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