T-Minus one day
The trailer competition is nearing its end, and entries are starting to stream in. Some are quite good.
If I have one general observation, it’s that many of the trailers are trying to be respectful to the (supposed) tone of the movie. That’s fine, but it’s hard to distinguish yourself when aiming for the same it’s-a-thriller-but-not mood. I keep waiting for the grindhouse version, or the wacky comedy. Granted, I didn’t include a lot of punchline jokes in the footage bin, but many of the best fake trailers are comedies made from dramas.
Also, we’re highly lacking in the mash-up category, as many competitors have focused on making “pure” trailers using only the original footage.
The official deadline is tomorrow at 6 a.m. PDT. I won’t ding anybody who’s a few minutes late, but I’ll need to start judging ASAP.
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September 24th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Here’s the youtube location as well. I’m going do another and see if I can raise the bar a bit. Wish me well. I have the day from hell at BOTH of my jobs today.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7daZQfUxsY
September 24th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
I tried to make him seem like a person losing his mind. Let’s see if it worked.
September 24th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Here’s my final, polished, version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCGSLPHtCJc
Hope you like it, love the competition!
September 24th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Great contest. My entry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KONqGftVpY
September 24th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
And my new wave/mash up entry…
http://www.youtube.com/user/costabralver
September 25th, 2007 at 3:27 am
I’m running into a bit of trouble with YouTube’s 100 MB limit on one of my entries. Does anyone know of an alternate upload location that allows bigger files? It’s a shame that the world’s not going to see my first masterpiece…
September 25th, 2007 at 4:09 am
Found it @ dailymotion.com!
September 25th, 2007 at 4:39 am
Good luck with all your entries!
September 25th, 2007 at 4:42 am
All right, here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk-eYN3Ui-c
September 25th, 2007 at 4:43 am
Sorry, I forgot my Name…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk-eYN3Ui-c
September 25th, 2007 at 5:31 am
here it is a mash-up version, when ‘The Nines’ becomes a sitcom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VV6F0WYr3A
September 25th, 2007 at 5:45 am
Here is my B-movie version of the trailer. I hope you dig it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOksifci938
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September 25th, 2007 at 6:12 am
Don’t judge yet! I’ve been working on it night and day, but my computer is a dinosaur for video.
September 25th, 2007 at 6:18 am
It’s done, by the way, Vegas just keeps not responding. Lovely.
September 25th, 2007 at 6:42 am
Uploading on YouTube… 27%.
September 25th, 2007 at 6:56 am
Better late than never I suppose. I only had time to upload a low res version, but I will also upload the high res later just for the hell of it. Even if it isn’t eligible, I still had fun. Plus, it was good motivation to do another trailer. Hope you like.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K8Zn2eb2B4U
September 25th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Nice, the low res has a couple of glitches that the high res doesn’t!! Oh well.
Five posts. Woohoo!
September 25th, 2007 at 8:54 am
Hi there.
I uploaded my entry 7 hours ago and posted the link at the nines forum, but I thought I repost here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e6Q3C7MGH34
This was a fun competition!
September 25th, 2007 at 9:44 am
I also posted on the nines forum. But, I am reposting here, just in case.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK0ycby8Lf8
Great competition - hard to know what to make of the film based on the vague descriptions I’ve read. I’ll be there opening day in San Francisco.
September 25th, 2007 at 11:19 am
Once again John I’d like to thank you for the opportunity to work with actual footage. It was a lot of fun and a learning experience. Fortunately I didn’t need to use SMPTE for it. That saved some time. I used some royalty free loops and sound fx which saved more time.
I can say that though I didn’t believe I cold get more excited, I guess I was wrong. I have the dumbest smile on my face right now. Maybe some day you can do the same to my footage.
oh and to all
Keep writing as writing is the revealing of the soul. (You can actually insert “editing” for “writing” in this case - well, maybe not)
September 25th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Here’s the high res version, glitch-free, if it matters…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCbn_6gl1F4
September 25th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
my very late entry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3tedSMU-xY