Definition of a sweded film

A sweded film are films created by amateurs who recreate well known movies. Normally these are recreated with a cheap-ish camcorder and limited resources so many of the props and costumes are made by the actors. A sweded film is normally really short in length and only highlights the main parts of the movie. These are normally made to entertain an audience.

An example that shows sweded films being made is a film called 'Be Kind Rewind' starring Jack Black and Mos Def. The story of 'Be Kind Rewind' is two men who work in a video store manage to erase all the movies on their video tapes and have to recreate all the film with minimal props and costumes and filmed on a very cheap camera. The films end up being more popular than the original films.

Be kind rewind from Mag beLey on Vimeo.

The opening sequence to 'Be Kind Rewind' ^^^^^^