The blog about Sweding, a neologism first coined in 'Be Kind Rewind' that describes the practice of re-creating something from scratch using commonly available, everyday materials and technology. (from the Be Kind Rewind website). This blog will mostly feature sweded videos found on the internets.
Monscooch recreated some classic movie scenes using Lego. Another genre in sweded moviemaking.
These films were made as part of the NUI Galway Quiz Society multimedia performance quiz in aid of Concern. I made this film almost 3 years ago when I was 18 while in college which explains the crappiness. Each film took about 5 hours to make in total from set building, filming and editing. Fun to do though.
Son of Rambow is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions. Set on a long English summer in the early 80’s, Son of Rambow is a comedy about friendship, faith and the tough business of growing up. We see the story through the eyes of Will, the eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren family. The Brethren regard themselves as God’s ‘chosen ones’ and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other ‘worldlies,’ listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirate copy of Rambo: First Blood and from that moment Will’s mind is blown wide open and he’s easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters’ diabolical home movie. Will’s imaginative little brain is not only given chance to flourish in the world of film making, but is also very handy when it comes to dreaming up elaborate schemes to keep his partnership with Lee Carter a secret from the Brethren community. Will and Carter’s complete disregard for consequences and innocent ambition means that the process of making their film is a glorious rollercoaster that eventually leads to true friendship. They start to make a name for themselves at school as movie makers but when popularity descends on them in the form of the Pied Piper-esque French exchange student, Didier Revol, their unique friendship and their precious film are pushed, quite literally, to breaking point.
I saw this one more than a year ago. There's still no word for this thing back then. This short clip is classic sweded stuff. It was made using "plywood, leaves, grass, sand and gasoline."
This video about the sound design of the scene features the video of the original sequence.
This is a sort of recursive thingy. Michel Gondry, the Director of Be Kind Rewind, the movie about "sweding", have sweded the trailer of the movie. Check out the video here.
This is not really the regular low-tech, homemade stuff and it didn't recreate a movie or a movie scene. So technically this is not a sweded video but the idea of recreating the WW2 storming of Omaha beach with only 3 actors is awesome. From boingboing:
In this little youtube, three enterprising guys recreate the storming of Omaha Beach by filming themselves repeatedly running up the real Omaha Beach, climbing the bluffs, etc, and then cleverly composite the footage, accomplishing a scene as impressive as anything in Saving Private Ryan for a fraction of the cost
As online promos for the upcoming Jack Black flick Be Kind Rewind, they have uploaded sweded trailers of the films they have sweded in the movie. Here are some samples:
The Bridge on the River Kwai is an Academy Award-winning 1957 World War II war film based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwaï by French writer Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942-43 for its historical setting. It was directed by David Lean and stars Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Hawkins and William Holden.
Here's the trailer:
And here's a 9-minute remake uploaded on youtube by ryman2297.
Guess we all need to watch the original film to place this battle scene in the picture, but the special effects alone deserves a standing ovation.
This is sweded video of the video in the film the Ring. In the original films (both Japanese and English), there's this black and white video that if someone watched, he or she will die a week later. I don't know if this sweded video will have the same deadly effect. Watch it and find out.
In June of 1977, Jim, John, and Gary saw Star Wars at White City Cinema in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were impressed. In the months ... all » after seeing the movie, so many costumes and models were made that they decided to remake a few scenes on super 8 film. The project grew into a fifty minute film.
Directed by Jim Jongsma, John Jongsma and Gary Baker, this Star Wars Remake must be the grandfather of sweding. The project was started in the 70s and filmed using 8mm film. There's even a website with production photos and info. The entire film can also be downloaded from the site. The only drawback is that the flick has no sound.
Part 1: The Fellowship begins with the discovery of the ring of power. Grand treks and shocking betrayals await our party. Wise counsel is given and at long last, the gates to khazad-dum! But are these gates unguarded?
Part 2: Our intrepid heroes fight their way through the mines of Moria, encountering various creatures along the way. Sacrifices are made and choices choosed...along the road to Gondor.
This is great stuff! Check out the title scene. I think it used a cutout board backlighted in red with smoke effects. Also don't miss the horse chase scene and the monster that rivals the Cloverfield one. The video was uploaded by TheRegent76. The video is also at danielloyd.com. Directed by Daniel Loyd.
Update: I sent a message to the creator of this flick, Daniel Loyd, and asked for additional info and here's his reply:
I'm the director and the writers are Michael Leffler and Michael Shaw, both writer actors for G4TV. We're all based in Los Angeles and we're inspired to do the spoof by the film 'bekind rewind', coming out soon. We tried to make it as good as we could, while working within the limitations of 'what we could make, or find, or cheaply purchase around town'. We tried to get back into the mindset of friends doing this for fun back in school. We spent 3 weeks in preproduction, making costumes and props, scouting locations and finalizing the script. (our script, and planning used the open-source program Celtx, and our project with all the detail is featured on pc.celtx.com). We shot it over a saturday and sunday last december. First shooting in Bronson Canyon, LA. Then moving to a canyon in the Pacific Palisades because we we're kicked out of Bronson! (permits...). Sunday we shot all interiors and Elrond's council at my friend Wendy's house (she was VERY nice to let us take over). Post production was on Final Cut Pro, and took the next three days. Since we posted it on youtube/myspace and facebook, it's done very well and we're incredibly happy with everyone's response!
Jerry (Jack Black) is a junkyard worker who attempts to sabotage a power plant he suspects of causing his headaches. But he inadvertently causes his brain to become magnetized, leading to the unintentional destruction of all the movies in his friend's (Mos Def) store. In order to keep the store's one loyal customer, an elderly lady with a tenuous grasp on reality, the pair re-create a long line of films including The Lion King, Rush Hour, Ghostbusters, When We Were Kings, Back to the Future, Driving Miss Daisy, and Robocop , putting themselves and their townspeople into it. They become the biggest stars in their neighborhood.
This upcoming flick is credited with coining the term "sweding" which refers to recreating something (like a movie) from scratch using commonly available materials. I guess we have to see the flick to get an idea why the term was used. Surely this Michel Gondry film was inspired by all those homemade and fan-made recreations of movies populating the internets. And this film will definitely give rise to bazillions more of these backyard creations. This blog will try to "document" this cultural phenomenon. Lets begin!
