A Short Feature's Trailer, Shot with XL2

MrG said:
Looking really good but i kinna got the impression it's 50i or 60i, I don't have the time to check right now :undecided
As for the adapter...was it this one
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Yes, MrG
You find it !!
That is the convertor we used for shooting.

David
 
John_Hudson said:
I always felt a good Trailer (or Teaser) should give one a glimpse of the story and make you wan't to see it. This does neither for me. I have no idea what this is about and why would I wan't to see something that I have zero clue of?

I suggest a recut of this trailer to give us a reason to be interested.

and

$20,000 ?!?! On what?
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hello, John
Your opinion is highly appreciated !!
I'm revising the trailer now, next version will be more completed, & use different music, too, I think.

David
 
gabriel said:
I really like the shots - the composition and the lightning especially the lightning!!
so that's why I don't understand your heavy usage of magic bullet. I think they should forbid magic bullet! :-)

seriously in some screengrabs you can really see the gradiant filter and it's artificial colors. It makes the really nice picture feel awkward.... at my opinion...

I'm not against CC I think it can really enhance the style of a picture but you shouldn't do too much of it...
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Hello, gabriel
Yeh, I really hope that I didn't have to do lots of Magic Bullet things to the image.
But the truth is, if I don't, it will looks very video, both on color & contrast, etc.
So, next time, I really wish that I can use mini-35, that'll looks a lot better than this.

David
 
whole thing was kind of, well, I don't know, NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE... Actually It really sucked. Totally amatuer. Don't know why you even wasted your time.


Just kidding.

Actually, I was very impressed. All the production values seemed high. Great work.

One question:

In the trailer, there is a shot of a lady sitting at a desk in what appears to be an office. How did you do that shot , and what effect did you use to make the camera push-in real fast, then slow-down, then push-in again. It looked great.
 
sodotoguwangus said:
whole thing was kind of, well, I don't know, NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE... Actually It really sucked. Totally amatuer. Don't know why you even wasted your time.


Just kidding.

Actually, I was very impressed. All the production values seemed high. Great work.

One question:

In the trailer, there is a shot of a lady sitting at a desk in what appears to be an office. How did you do that shot , and what effect did you use to make the camera push-in real fast, then slow-down, then push-in again. It looked great.
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Hello, sodotoguwangus
1. We put the tripod on dolly, then do tilt down while we push-in the camera.
2. The Fast-Slow effect can be easily done in any editing software, we used SONY Vegas.

David
 
twocik23 said:
Very nice!!!!! Where did you get the sound effects????
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Hi, twocik23
My personal habit is to collect sound effects when I surfing the internet, besides, you can also get some cool sounds from tons of Hollywood movie trailers.

David
 
I think the teaser works. Teasers aren't supposed to give much away, and rarely give away story details...it's supposed to TEASE you, and I felt this did. Remember those "Godzilla" teasers? All they told you that it's a movie about a big green monster named Godzilla and this Godzilla is coming to destroy New York City, blah blah blah. This teaser is saying that something creepy, disturbing, and UNREAL is going on in this story and it invites/teases the audience to see what it's all about. Nicely edited.

Curious though, where the 20 grand went to for a 30 minute piece.
 
action junkie said:
I think the teaser works. Teasers aren't supposed to give much away, and rarely give away story details...it's supposed to TEASE you, and I felt this did. Remember those "Godzilla" teasers? All they told you that it's a movie about a big green monster named Godzilla and this Godzilla is coming to destroy New York City, blah blah blah. This teaser is saying that something creepy, disturbing, and UNREAL is going on in this story and it invites/teases the audience to see what it's all about. Nicely edited.

Curious though, where the 20 grand went to for a 30 minute piece.
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Hi, action junkie:
I think there are lots of people curious about the budget like you.

Here is the list:
1. Buying Equipment = $ 6187.46
2. Film Production (Shooting, Rentals, Gas, etc.) = $ 2074.5
3. Car & Truck Rentals, Gas = $ 1890
4. Actors = $ 1650
5. Sound Design = $ 1050
6. VFX = $ 2200
7. Food = $ 5500

Total = $ 20551.46

PS.
I have to say that we wasted lots of money to rent cars & trucks, because we don't have car. But lucky part is, we didn't pay anything for locations, thanks to Treasure Island in San Francisco !!
 
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