The Art and Craft of Making Trailers
Via somewhere I can’t remember, here’s an interview with a guy who makes trailers. There isn’t too much fascinating information, but if you’re a cinephile like me, you’ll dig it:
Why footage appears in a trailer but not in the movie: “When I talk to people outside the business they think that’s some sort of devious thing going on. But what happens is that [the filmmakers] are cutting the movie the same time we are cutting the trailer. It is a concurrent thing and so they are making their decisions and the studio is making theirs on what the trailer should be so a lot of times the trailer will go out and two months later they will pull something out of the movie.”
As a bonus, here’s a link (Flashy Flashness ahead) to one of the more famous voices behind the trailer. You know the one: “In a world where no one can find their pants…a hero emerges…” and so forth.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:03 am
Flash. Too. Long. To. Load.
I had heard about that. But I would have liked to see more of the process in the decision making of what makes a good paced trailer.
As for me, I watch trailers, but never the last ones to come out, you know, the week before, because they always ruin the experience for me by spoiling the story.
brem of martinbreton.com
August 18th, 2006 at 4:47 am
Darren: Off subject, but do you use Firefox or IE as you browser? I’m thinking Firefox but please verify.
August 18th, 2006 at 5:36 am
Yep, Firefox.
August 18th, 2006 at 7:14 am
Thanks Darren.
August 31st, 2006 at 2:37 pm
What do you have to do to get a job making trailers????