starwarsguy Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Anyone have any ideas for a teaser trailer for my series Clone Commander? It will just be hype, nothing fornt he actual series. Anyone? I want it to have some text and images that go well with eachother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted October 17, 2004 Admin Share Posted October 17, 2004 I know you said it won't have anything from the series itself but depending on the shots you have I'd recommend playing with those a bit. Zoom in... pan across... etc. You may want to choose the music first in order get a feel for where the images should be placed. At a minimum I'd say you should set the scene (even if hyped) and spend a little time showing the primary characters. What I like to do is place thumbnail sketches of what images and actions I want then replace those with animatics, and fully rendered shots. It might even be neat to exploit the fact that you are putting this together yourself by making a story with you and your characters progressing from simple ideas, scripts, and sketches to a few cool looking scenes. Make it fun and quick and it should read well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwarsguy Posted October 17, 2004 Author Share Posted October 17, 2004 wow, thnx for the tips. i ahve chosen the song, March of the Republic. It's an epic marching song and it should concentrate more on big scenes with some primary characters int eh middle when it calms down a little i'll do some sketches and animatics for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwarsguy Posted October 19, 2004 Author Share Posted October 19, 2004 thnx guys, the animatic rly helped! i'll have a trailer up soon! and i'll have the website up soon! thnx for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted October 19, 2004 Admin Share Posted October 19, 2004 It's interesting to note (for me) that what really brought home the importance of animatics and the computers role in expediting the completion and lowering the costs of production came from nowhere else but STAR WARS: The Phantom Menace. Thier use of computer animatics (made with freeware no less) seemed to say to me... This is how you can do it too! I've been a big fan of animatics from that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwarsguy Posted October 19, 2004 Author Share Posted October 19, 2004 i am doing a room on kamino now... any ideas for rain outside the window? it needs to be heavy, like this: Should I use a long Cookie Cutter outside the window or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamagica Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Starwarsguy, I personally have quite an experience with movie making and you DON'T want to zoom fast at all. The only speed you should mostly zoom at is barely. Panning and dollies are the best you can get. My suggestion is that if you want a far away shot then close up, have a front shot, and then have the next shot slightly at an angle close-up: A. It will seem multicam B. It looks professional C. It's a smooth way for close-ups in clips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwarsguy Posted October 19, 2004 Author Share Posted October 19, 2004 i'm confused... when did i say i was gonna do all that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwarsguy Posted October 20, 2004 Author Share Posted October 20, 2004 for the commander's voice, should i just try to fake it? all the voice changers i've found have been at least $200-$600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnomike Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Anyone have any ideas for a teaser trailer for my series Clone Commander? It will just be hype, nothing fornt he actual series. Anyone? I want it to have some text and images that go well with eachother. For the trailer you could do a series of slow motion shots of main characters. Probably works best as close up as they move head and change expression. Maybe use a background sound track suggesting action (eg battles) You could take this further with shots of the various craft in action. Hope these ideas help, chew them over they may provide a starting point for further thoughts. Best Wishes Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwarsguy Posted October 20, 2004 Author Share Posted October 20, 2004 thnx... i've drawn up two storyboards for 2 different teasers based on all your ideas. i'm working on the first one now... they should be done in a week or so... THNX FOR ALL YOUR HELP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwarsguy Posted October 20, 2004 Author Share Posted October 20, 2004 anyone know of any freeware programs like windows movie maker that allow you to overlay sounds and music? i need to do that without paying $300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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