The Stalker Movie Trailer - ID# 161
Marist
Movie Trailer
Entry Description
One day, a man woke up and his whole life changed. This mysterious person has been with him all the time since he woke up, and he sill does not know who this person is. He needs to find out before time runs out, so he can save his life.
Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/15 8:52 pm - The story is told clearly, but this is not cut like a trailer. It's cut like a short story. Huge difference. You're over time for consideration in the competition by 34 seconds. A lot of that could have been easily cut out had you paced this like a movie trailer. In a thriller-genre movie trailer, only the most active portions of shots are used. The shot of your character getting out of bed. Just show him getting out of bed. Show only the action of each shot and you would shaved the time way better and built your rising action better. I also wanted to know just a bit more about your character in the trailer. What is one more thing you can tell your audience? Work on mixing your audio better. Everything was too loud. The split effect at the end was interesting, but not effective as a mistake is present. You have a decent story here. That's the hard part. Now learn technique to better tell it as a trailer. Study trailers and pay special attention to how they're crafted. Use those formulas as your guide. Keep working.
- 3/25 11:54 am - Interesting ending, but the pacing of editing is very weak. Some scenes are WAY too long and we just sit there waiting for the inevitable to happen. Pacing needs to stay with your music- move it along. I mean, do we need to see this kid get out of bed for 30 seconds? Main actor continually looks at the camera. Acting is weak- when he is "caught" he helps drag himself in the snow?! When the evil man is revealed at the end, the other guy disappears out of nowhere. Lots of problems technically, including black flashes in the editing.
- 3/4 10:08 am - The trailer could have started at 20 seconds and worked better to make it more captivating. Looks like you had some fun filming. Audio issues and could use a variety of shots and more plot development.
- 2/26 12:55 pm - Your grasp of audio mixing is terrible. Make sure you're watching the VU meter when you're recording AND editing. Dialogue levels should be between -6 and -12 db, sound effects between -12 and -18 db, and music beds should be around -24 db. All of your audio was hot. The overpowering audio levels completely destroyed your trailer. The story is very thin; doesn't hook the audience. Doesn't create a desire to connect with the character or discover the mystery. Doesn't make me want to buy a ticket to see this movie. Editing is kind of sloppy; you have a flash frame (black flash) at 58 seconds. The cropped frame at the end scene fails miserably; it cuts off the left side at 1 minute 55 seconds. You didn't shoot enough reaction to keep the split screen together.
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