Untitled Fortune Cookie doc. trailer
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ESTEBEVERDE
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So far so good.
But, do some "color correction" aka timing in to get rid of some of the highlights on the fortune cookie boxes.
Take a look at Magic Bullet Looks http://prolost.blip.tv/
Is that you hosting or someone else?
Whoever the host is she is very good. She is charming and energetic.
Hope to see the whole thing!
But, do some "color correction" aka timing in to get rid of some of the highlights on the fortune cookie boxes.
Take a look at Magic Bullet Looks http://prolost.blip.tv/
Is that you hosting or someone else?
Whoever the host is she is very good. She is charming and energetic.
Hope to see the whole thing!
comexback_kid
Active member
Yea I've got to see about the glare on the boxes It's really bothersome.
The "host" is actually a lady I found who writes for the New York Times and she has a book coming out in March called The Fortune Cookie Chronicles. She's kind of like our expert on the topic so she'll be appearing often in the movie. Thanks for the tips,
Chris
The "host" is actually a lady I found who writes for the New York Times and she has a book coming out in March called The Fortune Cookie Chronicles. She's kind of like our expert on the topic so she'll be appearing often in the movie. Thanks for the tips,
Chris
ESTEBEVERDE
Veteran
No problem.
Have you completed shooting?
Did you visit San Francisco's Japan Town THE birthplace of the Fortune cookie?
Have you completed shooting?
Did you visit San Francisco's Japan Town THE birthplace of the Fortune cookie?
comexback_kid
Active member
We're almost done.
We were planning on going there, unfortunately our school isn't paying for jack squat so we can't afford it.
And P.S. San Francisco wasn't home to the invention of the fortune cookie
We were planning on going there, unfortunately our school isn't paying for jack squat so we can't afford it.
And P.S. San Francisco wasn't home to the invention of the fortune cookie
ESTEBEVERDE
Veteran
Come onnnnnn mannnnn.....
Two words:
Makoto Hagiwara .
What camera did you guys shoot this on?
Two words:
Makoto Hagiwara .
What camera did you guys shoot this on?
VeryNewMediaGuy
Member
Make it POP
Make it POP
Color correcting?? Seriously?
Love your opening shot but after that... you need to CUT those... long... pauses... in... the... soundbites. Make that sh_t POP -- double the pace -- tripple the pace, get into the interview and then out of the visual ASAP -- use your b-roll!! -- give your subject enough screentime for memory -- not a whole sentence, just a clause, a fragment -- and BAM, cut, cut, cut over the interview. Dazzle your audience with all that sizzling b-roll you burned up shooting this; take your juiciest bites and run them together ONEAFTERANOTHER. In a trailer, incongruity of dialog can work -- so long as it's adding intrigue (not confusion). Tell a story but tell it QUICKLY.
Consider losing the title cards -- especially the first one; sets up a question that's soon forgotten. To Average Viewer (say, your roommate's girlfriend's hot sister up for the weekend), it's not a question that leaves 'em guessing at the answer. Do you need it? If you're going to slate something, make it big and bold -- think Madison Avenue. This is an advertisement, not a condensed doc. If you must have title cards, make 'em quick!
You mentioned that you've got a temp track as your bed -- get your hands on the production bed and recut with that. Bring your level up several (6-9 dB); work with your soundtrack, not over it. Most importantly, keep it moving! Your trailer can (and should) be about 64 million times more hyperbolically jazzed than the full theatrical run.
Hope you don't mind the candor here -- but that usually means I really like the material and want to see it work as hard as it can.
Otherwise... Fantastic topic, btw! Out here on the East Coast, I live near one of the bigger fortune cookie manufacturers, just outside Manhattan. They recently overhauled their editorial staff... to very mixed reviews. People don't seem to like negative fortunes in their fortune cookies!
!!! Make it SNAP CRACKLE and POP (and sizzle...) !!!
Make it POP
Color correcting?? Seriously?
Love your opening shot but after that... you need to CUT those... long... pauses... in... the... soundbites. Make that sh_t POP -- double the pace -- tripple the pace, get into the interview and then out of the visual ASAP -- use your b-roll!! -- give your subject enough screentime for memory -- not a whole sentence, just a clause, a fragment -- and BAM, cut, cut, cut over the interview. Dazzle your audience with all that sizzling b-roll you burned up shooting this; take your juiciest bites and run them together ONEAFTERANOTHER. In a trailer, incongruity of dialog can work -- so long as it's adding intrigue (not confusion). Tell a story but tell it QUICKLY.
Consider losing the title cards -- especially the first one; sets up a question that's soon forgotten. To Average Viewer (say, your roommate's girlfriend's hot sister up for the weekend), it's not a question that leaves 'em guessing at the answer. Do you need it? If you're going to slate something, make it big and bold -- think Madison Avenue. This is an advertisement, not a condensed doc. If you must have title cards, make 'em quick!
You mentioned that you've got a temp track as your bed -- get your hands on the production bed and recut with that. Bring your level up several (6-9 dB); work with your soundtrack, not over it. Most importantly, keep it moving! Your trailer can (and should) be about 64 million times more hyperbolically jazzed than the full theatrical run.
Hope you don't mind the candor here -- but that usually means I really like the material and want to see it work as hard as it can.
Otherwise... Fantastic topic, btw! Out here on the East Coast, I live near one of the bigger fortune cookie manufacturers, just outside Manhattan. They recently overhauled their editorial staff... to very mixed reviews. People don't seem to like negative fortunes in their fortune cookies!
!!! Make it SNAP CRACKLE and POP (and sizzle...) !!!