Here is a quick teaser trailer for a film I'm working as the director of photography on. Keep in mind that when this trailer was cut together, it was all of the footage we had at the time, so it doesn't really give any of the plot away...just gives you a fast montage of shots.

Anyway, the film is called Crossroads and is a fantasy/drama/allegory film that we're hoping to have done by August.

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=dece0dae5d302675f160

The audio wasn't working for another person I showed it to, so I don't know...let me know if it doesn't work for you and I'll try to figure somewhere else to post it.

-Rubix

My two cents...

It looks well-made, but I honestly didn't think of it as a good trailer OR teaser.
I know you said that was all the footage you had at the time, but if that was the case you shouldn't have made a teaser with this much footage.

This teaser has *nothing* that could grab or hook an audience, except maybe for the opening.

We are shooting this at 24 frames per second with a cinema cam DV camera.

Some of the fight scenes and the very last shot of this trailer were re-shot yesterday because we didn't like them. I'm sorry the actual way the trailer was cut together wasn't "hooking" but...well, our next trailer will be more up to quality. We're also going to be doing some production diary video blogs starting tomorrow.

Thanks for watching and thanks for the comments!

-Rubix

I thought the trailer was intriguing.  I think the music was a little too intense for what was going on, but it showed good editing work.  Neat-o.

Hi Chris!

Tell me more about the camera and what editing software and stuff you are using. Anything really. I'm interested in the technical part. Sound, lights, editing, camera... everything.

Pia

We're using a Panisonic AGDVX100a or b, I can't remember right off the top of my brain because I don't own it.

All of the camera cranes, dollies, etc. were built by us, except for a steadycam we purchased.

For audio, I'm not sure what the model is or anything like that, but we're using a shotgun mic. and we'll be doing a lot of ADR, I'm sure...I hate ADRing. It's painful.

Editing...we haven't really decided on a software for this yet.


For the animation we're using a software called Animation Master and Particle Illusion. We're not doing anything major, though. We're also using Adobe Aftereffects for the composition.

I think that  unless you really need to alter the mood of a scene or have complete control, natural lighting is the best way to go. Not just because it's obviously a time and money saver, but also because...you are trying to have something look natural anyway, so why alter the light?

Thanks for checking it out, Pia! It's been a while!

-Chris

Hey Chris, nice editing! I agree with Greg that the music isn't a perfect fit. It feels to intense. Other that, nice job!

~Zack~

Here is another trailer for Crossroads. This one kind of explains the story better.

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=0e6cf7deeffcc6a8c2c4

-Chris

We're almost done with the editing of the film and we are currently recording the score for the film.

There are a few pick-ups to do and a couple intense visual effects explosions. But other than that, we're almost ready to wrap up everything for this film in the next week or two.

-Chris

Here is the final trailer for Crossroads:

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=04a814f80a12e703d7c3&page=1&viewtype=&category=mr

This week is it's last week of post-production.

-Landon

Welp...we finished the film and hour ago and we're exporting it from the Avid right now. The film premieres tomorrow...we have a pretty large group of people coming...and it's gonna be exciting.

The screenplay was 30 pages long and the final film was trimmed down to 55 minutes.

I'll post on how everything goes tomorrow.

-Chris