Collateral - Shot by Shot Remake Comparison of Original and Own Production

Here I will be comparing stills from the finished product of the remake from the original scene between the characters for Tom Cruise and Jason Stratham in Collateral. I will be showing the similarities and differences between the two clips as well as why they are similar and different and what me and my group should do next time so that the mistakes don’t happen again.

SIMILAR:

Both actors are walking in the same direction towards the camera

Both actors are wearing glasses

Both actors are holding newspaper under same arm.

DIFFERENT:

In our production the actor is walking towards the camera straight but the background is slanted to the side so it is not straight. This could be because the floor could have been uneven or the legs of the tripod were not extended properly. For this not to happen again we’ll look at the sprit level to see if the bubble is inside the circle.

The lighting in our production is very dark compared to the original. Next time before we film we will look for a better place with lighting to do filming or maybe we can set up artificial lights next time to give out the right amount of light we need.

The place we went to do filming wasn’t packed of people walking by as we hoped so we didn’t get people walking around the actor like in the original clip. So next time we would go to a busier destination for example a market or outside a train station.

The shot type is different to the original. In the original the actor is in a medium close up shot where as in our production the actor is in a medium shot. Maybe when we were filming we forgot about the camera shot or maybe the way the actor was walking didn’t allow us to get the right camera shot. So next time we will take in consideration on the type of camera shot.

SIMILAR:

Direction Walking

Glasses

DIFFERENCES:

The lighting in our production is darker than the lighting that is in the original clip.

The faces of the actors are facing the different ways

The camera shot in our production is not the same in the original. The original has a extreme close up to a medium close up but our production is a medium close up shot to a close up shot. This could be because camera people in the group didn’t position the camera well or maybe we forgot to consider the camera shots in the filming.



We think as a group that our shot by shot remake of the scene from Collateral was done really well but we did have some problems that we will take in consideration for example like lighting, camera shots, camera angles. But we did follow the rule of third which we are happy about.