high quality jpg of the green 'preview' image that precedes all trailers

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c.g._eads

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i need this for my trailer. anybody know where I can find it?

also, a high-quality image of the 'miramax' logo or 'fox searchlight' logo would be nice bonuses. they don't know it yet. but they're making my movie!
 
Not exactly high quality, but...

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c.g._eads said:
also, a high-quality image of the 'miramax' logo or 'fox searchlight' logo would be nice bonuses. they don't know it yet. but they're making my movie!
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Hmmm, I wouldn't mind knowing how to pull this one off.


:huh: :thumbsup:
 
those are called a "green band" for general audiences and a "red band" for trailers with nudity, language, etc. i have all the variations of these in different aspect ratios on digibeta. i've also got all the animated studio logos, but I wouldn't know how to get these to you. so i would take John's advice and rip them from a DVD.

i see a lot of amateur trailers out there that make some very un-trailer-like mistakes. so let me share some advice on mimmicking a trailer -- the green band must be up for exactly five seconds with no fade in or out, followed by exactly 1 second of black before the first frame of the trailer. then, as for trailer length -- each studio can only have 1 trailer per year that is over 2 minutes and 30 seconds, and that can't exceed 3 minutes. so if you want to mimmick the runtime of a real trailer, aim for 2:25 to 2:30, including the green band and black bumper. 90% of trailers' TRT lands in there somewhere.

these are all the mpaa's rules. new line, for some reason opts for 1.5 seconds of black between the green band and the first frame of the trailer. i don't know why but they're the only ones that do it, afaik. hmm, maybe sony does too. anyway, 1 second is the standard.

its also worth mentioning that teasers are a little different. despite the 2:30 limit, teasers rarely go over the 2 minute mark. some are barely a minute. the average is probably 1:45 to 2:00.

then, being a trailer editor myself (Sideways, Hitch, Sharkboy and Lava Girl), i can tell you that boris continuum fx and sapphire fx plugins are used extensively by trailer editors to get those light zooms, and overexposure transitions you've seen. finally, the most widely used sound fx package (for the whooshes, hits, etc.) for trailers is the Hollywood Edge Sound Designers Tool Kit. costs about $500.
 
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I agree with rapier... just get a little photoshop action going. Finding a high res copy on the internet is close to impossible.
 
On the PC try PowerDVD. It has a nice little frame grab button.

Building it from scratch is fun, but it can be very easy to spot as a fake.
 
I was gonna say...if you really want a high quality version....download one of the HD trailers from apple.com

before you watch the trailer..pause it wen the preview comes up..click Print Scrn on your keyboard..then go to paint or photoshop...paste the image that was copied then jus cut out the full rez preview logo.
 
It looks like a slightly condensed version of Helvetica Medium. The "PREVIEW" and "AUDIENCES" looks like a similarly, slightly condensed Helvetica Black. You can apply custom condensing to typefaces in and major page layout program (InDesign, Quark, etc.).
 
blckhawk542 said:
What font do they use to write that out?

Anybody know?
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That was Ariel set to bold at 17pt for the small letters, and Ariel Black set to 23 for the larger letters. Then messing with the ledding (or kerning or whatever the hell it is) to get em squished.
 
whoa, thanks guys. cygnet, thanks for all the great tips. i think i've seen real trailers quick fade out of the 'preview' screen. or was that my imagination? either way, it's good to know someone who's such a pro because the preview is the most important selling point for a movie (or at least that's what the guys on Sunday Morning Shootout say). :)
 
c.g._eads said:
whoa, thanks guys. cygnet, thanks for all the great tips. i think i've seen real trailers quick fade out of the 'preview' screen. or was that my imagination? either way, it's good to know someone who's such a pro because the preview is the most important selling point for a movie (or at least that's what the guys on Sunday Morning Shootout say). :)
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i've never seen one with fades. mpaa rules specify no fades. its always possibly that an editor wasn't aware of the rule and nobody else down the line caught the mistake and a trailer went to finish with a fade on the green band. anything is possible.
 
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