For this intertextual reference, it was important for me to recreate the scene accurately, where Dr Jekyll is seen holding the potion in his hand, looking in the mirror and downing the liquid (shown from 0:54 to 1:13).
However, I added a little twist to the segment; instead of turning into a villain, I added comical effect to the scene, where I transformed into a young girl. Also, I incorporated several newer shots to make this intertextual reference my own, but still look like the scene from 1931 film 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'.
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First of all, I attempted to recreate the medium close-up shot of Dr Jekyll looking at the glass. I found it easy to organise myself to film this shot because of the amount of stuff I needed to sort out. Overall, there was only one prop involved in the scene, which was the drink glass, so there was no hassle.
Here I have included a side-view/CU shot of the actor (me) looking in to the mirror. I have done this so it is seen from another persons perspective and that someone is watching me attempt to drink the potion. This was a static shot, which means that the camera was just stood in one position using the tripod. This was very easy to film because of this.
To make the particular scene look interesting, I reinacted the scene (above looking in the mirror) so the camera can focus me from a different angle. Here, we see a mid-shot of me looking in the mirror, whilst holding the glass ready to drink. When I edit this footage, I will include match-on-action, which will link the 2 images (shown above) together. By this, it will look effective.
Talking about the parody stage of the genre cycle, here we see the transformation of me into a different personality. As shown in 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' when the good Dr Jekyll turns in to the villainous Mr Hyde, I have incorporated this, but as a comical effect. Here, I turn into a person of a different gender and a different age. This comical effect should possibly make the viewer laugh and become a little more interested.
I filmed some extra stuff, which features at the start of the intertextual reference and nearer to the start of the track. Here we see a mid-shot (left) of me pouring water into the glass and the same is shown in the other image, but as a point-of-view shot (right). 
Finally, similar to the shot (above right), I filmed a point-of-view shot of the actor looking at the glass and pouring the potion into the glass (here, the potion is food colouring). This shot pans, so I needed an assistant with me to film this particular shot. It was done pretty quick, taking only 2 takes.
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