Trailer To My New Film GOD'S EARS

[GlimmerGhost]

I wonder if it would make any difference to HEAR few dialogue from the actors in the trailer.

Your not supposed to unless you have God's Ear's!
Didnt you get that the director was trying to put us in the emotional state of the movie. It's like a game of where's waldo. rogar-BigGrin(DBG)

PS: this is what happens when your wife puts you on a diet that includes no coffee in the morning.:crybaby:

 

[Kholi]

You hit a big nail on the head. The production company was only reacting to what comes across their desk on a weekly basis and from their account the results have been less than stellar. Most of the hi def films they saw (and in all fairness, some may have been digital) were looking "cheap" in their words. I made sure to find someone that not only worked with hidef but really knew how to give it a filmic quality to make the audience feel more "comfortable". As the lighting, lens choice, color correction and even choice of tripod (when used) can make a difference in the image. I hate to say it, but even watching Miami Vice, the image at times looks much more "video" than the last film I did on it. Of course, Mann may like that look as it kind of gives the reality Cop TV show feel. But when we want the audience to forget they are watching a particular "look" it's really nice to get the image to as close to what people are used to as possible.

I am just more and more facinated by the technology but there only seems to be a small "handfull" of people that know at this moment how to make the images look the best they can. And the more we see those "great images", the less resistance we will meet when we deliver on hi def as at this stage, from a purely producer's point of view, we are getting less money for projects shot on "video" than on film.

But in the end, it will always be more important to have good filmamkers than a good camera. But both are best!

I'm in total agreement with you. I've spoken to a lot of people that shoot film in their daily lives, for commercials and movies and all the like. They've also touched digital cameras and say that the newer batch of digital cameras are great when in the right hands.

I know a lot of people say that the camera doesn't matter, and to some degree it might not. You need to put together a really great crew, story, yadda yadda.

But these same professionals that I speak to say that I should also pump as much money into locations and camera as I can. You can have a great story, sure, but if it really looks amateur or "plastic" then you can't expect to sell it.

And that's the bottom line, right? Selling it? You can only do it for fun for so long before you can't afford to anymore.

That being said: I'd love to see a screening of the movie. I see that you're in California as well. So if you ever do have a screening, please PM me or Email me so that I can attend.

Also look forward to seeing how you manhandle a "lower-end" HD camera. =D