Smuggler's Ransom- OFFICIAL THREAD

I somehow happened on it by searching for 'new posts.' I'll let you know if I see anything else cool come up in the future. Honestly, it was really cool, but they only talked about Media Composer and some of the new features like DNxHD 36 for HD stuff and the Adreneline. They talked about HD workflow exclusively (P2 and XDCAM HD), but it was COOL being around all those people that take this business as serious and are professional as them... :)
 
msconce said:
This trailer is absolutely wonderful! The CG shot rocks! I look forward to more!
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Thanks Matt! I'm seriously excited about your project! Can't wait to see more of that!! :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
Well, I just watched the new trailer and I have to say :thumbsup: . . . great job!


I did have one thought while watching this and I'll share it now, but understand that I don't know anything about putting trailers together. This is just a thought that came to mind while watching. :)

Anyway, regarding the part when you show the girl sitting on the bed and we hear the voiceover saying, "...daughter is being detained somewhere in Romania" then you cut to the scene where that voice over comes from and he goes on to talk about bible smuggling, etc. Then it cuts to Bill climbing in the window and the "cavalry" line, then the "you really don't know do you...".

What if you did it like this instead... still show her sitting on the bed with the voice over. Then cut to Bill climing in the window and the cavalry line. Then cut the next scene so Bill only says, "You really don't know do you? They want your father back" (cutting the "bible smuggling" line). Then after her "Why are you so afraid of the Bible's I brought into this country?" then continue to the next couple warehouse scenes (as it is now) and then cut to the shot of the French contact sitting on the bench next to Bill and saying his line, "Bibles? (chuckle)".

I don't know if that works or not...but it was just a thought that occurred to me. Thought I'd share it. Remember take it with a pound of salt cause I really don't know much about putting trailers together :)

If you leave it as is, it works very well and I think you did a fantastic job on it.

Peace,
Larry
 
Hey Larry! Thanks for watching... I read your idea, and I think it might be a bit confusing... I don't want to lose the setup that she's in Romania, smuggling bibles. And, I really like the interchange between Carmen and Bill in that scene... But, thanks for the suggestion! And you know I always want them! Thanks dude!
 
Brandon Rice said:
But, thanks for the suggestion!
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Yea, whatever...just blow me and my suggestion off. That's fine, I can take it. :grin:


J/K I understand. Like I said, it just popped in my head and figured what the heck, I'll throw it against the wall and see if anything sticks. At least I got my other idea for the ending :)

Good job!!! :thumbsup:
 
bman - The new trailer looks great. Much better. But I have a hard time understanding what his last line is. "I don't know what she's praying for, but I [mumble] what she's getting." It's probably suppose to be "but I know what she's getting." The first few times I heard it I thought he was saying "but I don't know what she's getting." Which doesn't make sense. Any chance he can ADR that line because it's a great line?
 
Thanks PK! The line is "But I'm what she's getting" And I can probably bump the audio up a bit there, because I LOVE his read... the mumbleness is a thing he did throughout the movie, and it really helps his character a lot. I'll work on pumping the audio up for that last bit though :) thanks!
 
Why do you jump the line in the beginning of the trailer? I know you previously had mentioned that it was intentional but maybe you can expound on why you deliberately jumped the line. Watching it again, it's disorienting and just reads as a mistake.
 
I did it because I liked the way the shots worked together :) I don't find it disorienting... maybe in the full cut it won't be so sudden.
 
big improvement. brandon, you are a fast learner, very strong at absorbing input and adept at making best use of the strong resources around you.

one thought on the "i'm what she's getting" line. while I like the profile shot better, I think an mcu where we can see his lips moving (if you've got it) might help more than bumping up the audio.

looking forward to this and future efforts. thanks for sharing your process.
 
Shaun Patrick said:
do you jump the line in the full cut?
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Yes sir. The entire scene is from those angles... then there's movement to the back of the room.

JY_Blue said:
big improvement. brandon, you are a fast learner, very strong at absorbing input and adept at making best use of the strong resources around you.

one thought on the "i'm what she's getting" line. while I like the profile shot better, I think an mcu where we can see his lips will help more than bumping up the audio.

looking forward to this and future efforts.
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Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

Wish I had a closer shot on that... but sadly, I don't have a really good alternate angle on that, except with the other dude in the shot...
 
You may not find it disorienting but as someone who has not seen the full cut, I'm telling you that it is disorienting. I guess I'm playing devil's advocate here, man. You made a choice--I'm just asking for a defense of the choice beyond, "I don't find it disorienting." This is what constructive feedback is all about.
 
Shaun Patrick said:
You may not find it disorienting but as someone who has not seen the full cut, I'm telling you that it is disorienting. I guess I'm playing devil's advocate here, man. You made a choice--I'm just asking for a defense of the choice beyond, "I don't find it disorienting." This is what constructive feedback is all about.
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okiedokie... here goes... The framing on the other side of the shot was very uninteresting and didn't look very good... now, I could cheat stuff, I realize that, but I still did not like the framing at that side, and went with what I thought looked better. That's basically it :) Next time I may reconsider as it's been a problem to your eye.
 
ShaunPatrick: Seriously. Why worry about crossing the line when you have a helicopter? Who is going to notice the basics when THERE'S A HELICOPTER? Don't be so pretentious. Film school can't teach you everything. If it looks awesome, it is awesome, or possibly rad. You can learn a lot from watching movies over and over and learning from the parts that kicked butt.

Example. Die Hard with a Vengence. Question. Why was that movie good? Answer. Helicopter. Buy the DVD, and you'll see, they had another ending, without a helicopter. Rocket launcher, yes, but no helicopter. It didn't work. They reshot it, and they inserted TWO helicopters -- suddenly, you had one of the best movies ever made.

You need to learn these two rules of cinema:

(1) Helicopters Make the Movie
(2) If Rule 1 is followed, ignore all other rules.
 
LOL! ROFL!!! That cracked me up! Actually Shaun... I did a little bit of work on making those cuts work better... It will be online in a few min :)
 
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