Jordan Movie Trailer - ID# 190
Metea Valley
Movie Trailer
Entry Description
Classical music provided by ReadyMusic - Royalty Free.
Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/10 9:05 pm - I think the necessary elements existed in your story to make this a good movie trailer. But overall, from a story standpoint, the entire opening portion felt like a scene from a movie, rather than a set up for a movie trailer. Movie trailers, most of the time, aren't going to have complete scenes in any sense of fashion. The scene between the two characters in the foyer slowed any sense of momentum way down and it didn't connect well from a pacing standpoint to the rising action of the second half. Your title font was interesting, but because each of the cards were the same font and style, it was difficult to delineate what was the title and what was just a word in a movie trailer. I didn't feel connected with the protagonists hardly at all because their never really shown except in profile or from behind. The audience has to connect with both the characters and the conflict for the story to matter. The white balance was off in some of your shots. Also, I would have went for a shallower depth of field on your opening shot and rack focused to the missing person on the tree. It would have build more intrigue as the conflict was introduced. Additional lighting was needed during the night scenes.
- 3/4 9:35 am - The shots at the end are a little dark but I like the use of flashlights for lighting. Seems more like a scene from a movie than a trailer. Color balance is off (blue). If this is a movie trailer work on the pacing of the edits build suspense, fix the audio.
- 2/26 10:36 am - Camera: White balance, white balance, white balance. Your first entire sequence of shots is NOT white balanced correctly. THEN, at the shot beginning at 19 seconds, it becomes correctly white balanced...BUT it's overexposed. Oh wait, and you can also see the shadows of the camera operator and someone else on the car door. Sound: the dialogue in the foyer of the house is poorly mixed. The guy inside the house is loud and the friend who knocked on the door is quiet. Better placement of microphones during production (or use a boom pole and have a boom operator), and mix the levels in post better. Your overall audio mix is bad; 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. Lighting: inconsistent lighting. The night scene at around 46 seconds is insufficiently lit. Even when you are shooting a night scene, you need to add additional lighting for proper exposure. Set up a light high up on a stand and add some blue gels to give you a moon light effect. One way or another, you can't shoot in total darkness. The flashlight isn't enough. The insufficient lighting permeates all of the scenes in the woods, which in turns makes your video quality degraded, noisy, grainy, and pixelated. If you can't bring in lighting, then your next choice would be shooting Day for Night. This technique is easy to achieve; you can literally find tutorials on YouTube for how to do it. Editing: the editing pace didn't really drive the storyline effectively. It did not build up suspense in any way. Story: If they were best friends, why did the guy JUST find out his friend was missing from a flier posted on a tree? Wouldn't he have known sooner? Wouldn't Jordan's family have told him? The search for Jordan dragged on with very little suspense or mystery. The acting was flat and not very believable.
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