Movie Trailers?

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Jbadham77

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Does anyone know where I can get (download) the sounds that are in most movie trailers? Such as the whooshing and the thudding....

Example: When words fly onto the screen you hear a whoosh and stuff...

I can't really explain it... but I think someone out there will know what i'm talking about

Thanks,

Jbadham77
 
Video Copilot might be a good start. I don't own this product, although interesting product, as it provides more than just the sounds/music.

Also great free AE tutes on the site, relevant to making a trailer. Andrew Kramer is a laugh riot. :thumbsup:
 
Royalty free and free are two different things.

I'd be interested in any results as well though.
 
unfortunately, you won't get the exact whooshes and swooshes used in trailers for free. I cut trailers for a living (sideways, hitch) from time to time and some of those effects cost (on the high end) $500 per use. a good, basic beginner package that every trailer editor has in their arsenal is the Sound Designer's Toolkit by Hollywood Edge. it's about $475.
 
half the time it's dailies. and not selects, i mean all the dailies. which is hell for an a.e. so yeah, for something of the scale of a pirates of the carribean or a transformers you're cutting from dailies. whereas, with medium to low budget pictures, you tend to be working from 6 or 7 reels of the feature rough cut sent in by their editorial department.
 
Zak Forsman said:
half the time it's dailies. and not selects, i mean all the dailies. which is hell for an a.e. so yeah, for something of the scale of a pirates of the carribean or a transformers you're cutting from dailies. whereas, with medium to low budget pictures, you tend to be working from 6 or 7 reels of the feature rough cut sent in by their editorial department.
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I'm thinking about getting a job in this industry (film)... I'm going to try and get a B.A. in the field.... Is trailer editing a well payed gig?
 
Jbadham77 said:
I'm thinking about getting a job in this industry (film)... I'm going to try and get a B.A. in the field.... Is trailer editing a well payed gig?
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it depends how good you are. the new guys typically make $350/day whereas the top level guys are pulling $1200/day and working out of their home (off site). i'm charging somewhere in the middle (between $600 and $900/day), depending on who the client is.

and in this day you will want to know two NLE's frontwards and backwards -- Avid and Final Cut Pro. the trailer indiustry is more or less split 50/50 between the two. for example The Ant Farm is one of the largest trailer houses and they staff well over three dozen editors all cutting on Media Composer, while many other smaller outfits like Trailer Park moved to FCP about two years ago to keep costs down. if you're going to be freelance, know both. and my recommendation is to learn Avid first, it will help you develop skills that you can apply in Final Cut to make your workflow more efficient. the reverse is rarely true.
 
Zak Forsman said:
it depends how good you are. the new guys typically make $350/day whereas the top level guys are pulling $1200/day and working out of their home (off site). i'm charging somewhere in the middle (between $600 and $900/day), depending on who the client is.

and in this day you will want to know two NLE's frontwards and backwards -- Avid and Final Cut Pro. the trailer indiustry is more or less split 50/50 between the two. for example The Ant Farm is one of the largest trailer houses and they staff well over three dozen editors all cutting on Media Composer, while many other smaller outfits like Trailer Park moved to FCP about two years ago to keep costs down. if you're going to be freelance, know both. and my recommendation is to learn Avid first, it will help you develop skills that you can apply in Final Cut to make your workflow more efficient. the reverse is rarely true.
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not bad, thanks for the info. The only software I know well is Sony Vegas.... I'm guessing they don't use that in the industry?
 
You can download a stripped-down version of Avid's Xpress software line over at http://www.avid.com/products/freedv/index.asp

It's nowhere near as powerful and flexible a product as Media Composer, but its a pretty good introduction to the Avid. That, and it's free.

You may be able to get an accademic discount on FCP, being a student.
 
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