Smuggler's Ransom- OFFICIAL THREAD

tommyinla said:
Oh, yeah... saw that in your other thread... hope you do work it out. Is it the other half of the Noa / Rice?
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It is the other half... but the other thread was about someone else actually... not Daniel (Noa)...
 
QUICKIE UPDATE: Had a little hickup on the effect shot, so we'll be waiting a bit on that... Worked a little more on the trailer, tightening it up and such, and I am very happy with the result!
 
OK! After much blood sweat and tears, the full trailer is finally done... made a few tweaks this morning and we're waiting on the finished final effect shot, and then we'll have it up! I am super stoked about it!
 
Cool.

Couple of suggestions if you don't mind.

The taglines ... IMHO you should cut the 1st half of each.

So rather than
"he's a professional, totally devoted to his mission"

and

"she's and idealist, totally devoted to her faith"

just

"He's a totally devoted to his mission"

"She's totally devoted to her faith"

or

"He's a totally devoted to his mission"

"She's dedicated to her faith"

or

"He's a totally devoted to his mission"

"She's completely dedicated to her faith"

The later are punchier and more memorable, IMHO.
And, Mission immplies professional and being devoted too Faith implies idealist, so the first halves of the sentences are redundant.

IMHO :)
 
Bman, just saw the newest trailer...it's feeling like a real put-together flick. Everything looks great. The CG title at the end rocks. Can't wait to see it. Any plans on distribution or remote screenings?
 
Hey man great job, looks pro..uh compared to the 6K video...:D J/K

Seriously though interesting trailer, nice actors, mood and music, I'm looking forward to the movie. What's it's running time?
 
Hey thanks! Wait till' you see our new trailer, it's really hot. The running time of the film looks to be about 60-65 minutes. We're finishing up the edit this week and giving it to our composer.
 
I'm interested to see how distributors react. You've got a Christian
themed film, thats got some pretty gratuitous gun violence in the
trailer... I'd think that'd make your sell a lot harder.

Who's the trailer targeted for?
 
Trailer's targeted for everyone. You'd be surprised by the amount of violence that Christian people will watch/stand. And in the actual film, we only have 5 gun shots total. It's not really gratuitous violence. We also never uphold or promote the violence... it's simply part of the story. What we wanted to do with Smuggler's is to make a film that has strong Christian elements but is perfectly integrated with the story. It's about a bible smuggler in communist Soviet Union, how would you ignore the Christian element? In my experience with "Christian movies" I've seen them FORCE the Christian element into their stories, and it feels unnatural and cheesy... that's what we tried to avoid here.
 
honestly... I'm a strong Christian myself... and if violence is done for justice I really love it actually... at the same time seeing torturing of people for no reason is disturbing to me... but sometimes necessary to put a point across IMO... But let's not turn this into a violence debate please :) Thanks.
 
no worries. i wasn't questioning it... just stating that i dont get it.

when is your new trailer online? will it include the CG stuff you guys have been working on.
 
New trailer will hopefully be up by tonight, and yes, it'll include a shot with the CG stuff in it!

and hey dude... you're not on my black list :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
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