"550... The Movie"

Bsaint

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I had a couple days of shooting with some friends and some great cars and just put together this little teaser/trailer.

I will have a download version up later, thanks guys :thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lvfPbvz-cA


Camera is a DVX100B, using a UV and Yellow filter

Song is The Requiem for a Dream Main Theme.



- Steve Nawrocki
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I liked the shots. Is this some sort of movie though? You said it's a teaser but I'm not sure what the film is about. I'm assuming about the car? lol. Or did you just make a teaser "style" film out of some footage?

Some of the out of focus shots looked nice and were a nice mix. Maybe some more shots of the car in action? Hearing the rev of the engine more often?

The shots were nice and some of the editing was nice but here my beef with it...

why's everyone use that song!?!? I know it's cool, but it doesn't fit your teaser, and it's wayyyyyyyy too overused... It's like how people make star wars films and always use the song "duel of fates". The requieme for a dream song is a very epic/dark song, and perhaps you think that car is epic, but it's not dark. I would say that car is more cool than epic, and you need a cool song to go with it.

It should have been something cool, like maybe a techno peice, or some rock peice, something that gets you up and ready and wanting to hear that engine rev. I would have used "born too slow" by chrystal method. Something like that would have fit it MUCH much better.
 
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Thank you, and I appreciate any info and criticism, I really don't see that song being used that much, and as far as epic and dark... obviously you have never driven a ferrari. It captured the feel of driving an 550 perfectly and the music fit to the video exactly the way I wanted. And as for using techno/trance if you look on my youtube you will se almost every video is using some sort of techno/trance mix, this was a perfect change.

Also, yes it is just a teaser type video, it is not meant to show everything, it's meant to get you excited and want to see more which it has with almost every person that has watched it.
 
Well you're free to use any song you want. Perhaps it's a change from the typical car songs used, but I still don't see it working. When I hear that song I think of something epic, like a glorious battle, which is why it worked for the "two towers" trailer, or something really messed up and dark, which is why it worked for the "sunshine" trailer. It was made for a film about drugs and just meant to make everything feel like a dream, out of place, strange and uncomfortable.

If you want something epic then chose another song that may fit it more, and be less "epic battle" but be more "epic car". I still think to chose a different style of song though (doesn't have to be techno), but that's just me.

Anyways good job though. Some great shots there. Love it when the camera is right on the side of the car as it goes along.
 
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