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My Film's Trailer

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AK_Media
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So I made a short film, running time of 35minutes. I'm going to start sending it out to festivals once it's color locked. Did the trailer do its job?

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https://vimeo.com/96388726
May 26 2014 12:18AM
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SKI.ING
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It felt more like a demo reel to me than a trailer for a narrative film. Maybe have some more exposition overlayed with the action stuff. Or whatever, it's just a trailer.
May 27 2014 1:19AM
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AK_Media
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I can agree. However, 30 of the 35min of the film is narrative with little montage. I really just wanted to keep people guessing, not give away too much and leave you intrigued. But yeah, next trailer I might give more exposition.
May 27 2014 2:33AM
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MLJ
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That was a cool trailer. I liked the sneaky use of ski masks and buffs in the movie though hahah.
May 27 2014 12:10PM
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Holte
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Looks funny. I don't think you need a ton more exposition, maybe just set up that the kid is trying to pay for college so the audience understands the "tuition" part. I would have liked a little more sound design during the montage section to amp up the action along with the music track and a more aggressive color pass would better sell your production value. It worked though; definitely sells the tone of the film.
May 27 2014 4:48PM
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*DUMBCAN*
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Smiled pretty much all the way through that. I'm looking forward to being able to see the whole thing :)

Like ^ said, the trailer doesn't really reference tuition, if I didn't read the description I wouldn't be able to tell that there was much of a storyline at all.

I'm not too keen on the colours at the dinner table, but I think that's the kind of critique that's pointless without context (i.e. the full movie).
May 27 2014 4:58PM
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