Pitch For A Swede

A swede is a remake of a film, with minimum budget and usually is turned into a comedy. They take key scenes out of the film and remake them. Here is an example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKugkROGOdM. They have only just started becoming popular after the film the film Be Kind Rewind (2008 Michel Gondry) and here is the trailer for that.



Paranormal Activity (2009 world wide release, Oren Peli) 

We are going to make our own. So here is my pitch, I think we should do a low budget swede of Paranormal Activity. This is because it will be really easy for our first film we do. Because the film was shot on a handheld camera from their hands. we will be doing the same. So we don't need to worry about the shots been jolty and moving about. The film was only half scripted and was half made up on the spot while filming between them. This will also make it easier for us, because we don't have to actually have a story line to the convosation in the video.

The majority of the film was filmed in the day, they just changed the mid tone colors to give the effect of filming in the dark. This will be very easy to do. We can remake all of the scenes in film, with a bit of editing. For example when the quilt gets lifted off the bed, alll you have to do is have a two clips. One shot of the room empty, then the other where you have a fan blowing the quilt up. Then put them together and mask out the clip with you holding the fan and feather It out. Also we can remake the scene where Katie gets pulled out of the bed by using the same editing effects called masking. The video will be easy to make because it's very simple. Because its a horror we can easily turn it into a comedy. I think 5 of us should do this because there at 5 cast in the film.

Katie (wife)
Micah (husband)
Dr. Fredrichs (psychic)
Amber (Katie's friend)
Diane (girl on the Internet)

I think we should do this because it is very simple and can be made into something funny. The cotumes would be very easy becase you can just wear your normal clothes. we could do this at our own house as well which would make it a lot easier.

Scenes:

1) Introducing yourself with the handheld camera to the audience when Katie comes home from work.

2) Talk to each other about hearing weird noises. And ask to get a psychic in to check the house out.

3) Psychic comes in and talks to Katie about her past and takes a look around the house.

4) They capture scenes at night on tape, of things moving. (The quilt moves up) see video below at 1:00 below. Then the door slams shut.

5) Talk about what happened last night with each other, and get friend Amber round.

6) Capture powder prints on the floor, and re-made to be funny, just like all the scenes will be.

7) Katie gets dragged out of the bed, by something. Edited like the real film. Then Micah runs after her.

8) Katie kills Micah in an unexpected way.

END

The film was made for £15,000 and made £193,000,000. So this low budget film can we easily made from our own camera at home and decent editing skills.

Paranormal Activity 1 First Trailer