B) We have created a movie trailer of “Wide Sargasso Sea”. This novel, in particular, was really interesting for us since through it we’ve learned about Bertha Mason’s past. While reading “Jane Eyre” we didn't get to sympathize with Bertha as she was the person who interfered in the lives of Mr. Rochester and Jane. In fact, we hated her character as she was portrayed as a monster, a demon. Yet, Wide Sargasso Sea provided us with an untold story full of mystery, love, cruelty and obsession, among other things that revealed Bertha’s plight and made us feel pity for her. Creating this trailer was a significant and enriching experience for us. Yet, it involved hard work. The first time we got together, we spent a lot of time thinking about suitable characters for our own version. We tried to look for actors and actresses who physically resembled the major characters in the story. After we reached an agreement, we had to make some research regarding films starring the selected celebrities. We concentrated on three movies: “12 Years a Slave”, starring Michael Fassbender (Mr. Rochester), “A Dangerous Method”, starring Keira Knightley (Antoinette) and “Belle” starring, Gugu Mbatha- Raw (Amelie). We haven’t quoted phrases from the novel. Instead, we chose key events in Antoinette’s life and created short phrases briefly describing those moments to create suspense and to fuel the audience’s desire to watch this film. We also used www.imdb.com to gather information about the actors.
C) Once we found the movies, we started downloading several scenes to get the ones we needed. To download the videos we used savefrom.net - an online tool. In order to create our trailer we used Windows Movie Maker. We were acquainted with this tool. Still, at times we faced trouble. At first, we didn’t really know how split images from the same film and put them together. The music was another problem. We knew which song we wanted but it was a video file. So in order to convert the video to an mp3 file we used YouTube MP3. Moreover, it was difficult to add the music we wanted because we didn’t know how to get rid of the music from the original video. Thankfully, with a lot of patience, we managed to get it done. Both tools are really useful and somehow easy to use. A great feature of Movie Maker is that it allows you to save the project and continue with it later on. Finally, to cite all the videos chosen for the trailer we used www.easybib.com. A really helpful tool! We hope you enjoy our trailer! We feel really proud of our own production. Dealing with internet tools can be sometimes frustrating and tiresome. Yet, once you have achieved your goal, you feel rewarded and finally realize there’s a new world to explore behind the blackboard and the chalk.
Movies and videos:
Audreyhepburn652. "Jane Eyre (1983)_ The NO- Wedding." YouTube. YouTube, 4 Feb. 2012. Web. 22 Oct. 2014.
I have already told you that I love this trailer. Hard work, really -edit the video, cut, paste, choose the music, combine it, decide what to focus on with such a long story- but fruitful and challenging. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThank you Romi!!!
DeleteStunning and thought-provoking!
ReplyDeleteGirls I love your trailer! It's amazing how you've accomplished your task using such a difficult tool and making it look so realistic. Having seen the number of videos and movies you've used makes me think you've done a lot of research, and it has paid off actually. The final product is fantastic: the choice of movies, scenes, actors, dialogues. Also the inclusion of the Twentieth Century Fox beginning and the green screen adds to it. Awesome girls! :D
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