Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Sweded Project

Over the past 2 weeks, I have been making a sweded version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rating 12) with the members of my group: Yssy, Abi, Chrystal and myself. The release date for this swede is 25th October 2013 at 3:45 and it is a competition to see which swede gains the most views, likes and comments on youtube overt the half term.

For the marketing side of this competition, we decided to promote our swede using a series of methods: facebook, twitter, a poster and a bloopers trailer.

Harry Potter Sweded Facebook Page

Harry Potter Sweded Twitter Account

THE ACTUAL SWEDE WILL GO LIVE ON THIS LINK AT 3:45

CLICK TO WATCH

I believe that we successfully showed the events of the film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in approximately four minutes. However, we were unfortunately forced to remove some of the scenes which we had originally planned from the final film due to the fact that we were faced with time constraints both in filming and when editing and so we had to remove some of the more humorous scenes that were not essential for the story line.

I felt that we worked well as a group and maintained a professional approach to the task for the majority of the time and managed to stay well within the deadline for the film release. However, I feel we felt limited by the 4 minute constraint on the time for the actual sweded film.

If we were to complete this task again, I would still like to swede a Harry Potter film. However, I would plan the shots with more care and have back-ups in order to save time when filming.

"Sweded" Film Project

What is "Sweding"?
"Sweding" is the recreation of a film in approximately 4 minutes in which all the props and costumes and props are all objects that can be easily obtained by the people making the film. The purpose of "sweding" a film is for a comic effect and the budget is likely to be low or nothing at all. The term came from the 2008 comedy film Be Kind Rewind in which all the tapes in a rental store are erased and Jerry, played by Jack Black, attempts to recreate them, claiming that they came from Sweden and that is why they appear to be different.

My "Sweded" film idea
I would like to Swede  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as I think that the magical creatures in this film could be created with objects such as socks, which would be extremely entertaining for the audience. I think that it would be easier to recreate in the space we have as the film is set mainly in the grounds of Hogwarts and the one time it is mainly shot elsewhere is on a field, which we have access to.
I think that Harry Potter is a well-known film franchise and therefore people will be able to understand the key parts that we would use in the Swede, a few of these being the portkey which takes Harry and the Weasleys to the Quidditch World Cup and Harry's encounter with the dragon during the Triwizard Tournamen