Editing a trailer, how?

[Zak Forsman]

i can safely say that none of the filmmakers you mentioned had anything to do with their trailers. it doesn't work that way.

kubrick made great trailers. the cohen brothers make great trailers. as does lynch. the best trailers involve a great peice of music, NO corny voiceover announcer, and a simple, straight forward visual scheme taken from the action in the film.

also...do not belabor your viewers' patience with every stupid minutiae of your storyline.

create interest...leave them wanting more

 

[bytehoven]

You could try the Marty Scorsese trick of editing to the beat with an entirely different piece of music, providing a visual cadence which randomly intersects with the primary music track.

 

[fevercity]

i can safely say that none of the filmmakers you mentioned had anything to do with their trailers. it doesn't work that way.

Zak is absolutely right (again). Moviemaking and marketing would make for strange bedfellows. I would like to see Lynch take a stab at a trailer though. Talk about bizarre.

One person took a totally different path though. Roger Corman on Joe Dante:

[FONT=Book Antiqua,Century Schoolbook,Times New Roman]Joe Dante started as a trailer editor and then moved up the traditional way from trailer editor to feature film editor to second unit director and then to director. I think he's one of the best directors in the country. While I have great admiration for Joe and everything he's done, I regret a little bit the fact that I've never, ever been able to find a trailer editor as good since he left! [Laughs.][/FONT]

 

[filmguy123]

You could try the Marty Scorsese trick of editing to the beat with an entirely different piece of music, providing a visual cadence which randomly intersects with the primary music track.

Can you explain this, I'm not sure I quite understand... (sorry to resurrect an old topic!)