Promo trailer for my short film 'The Shadow Asset" at DVinfo.net

Promo trailer for my short film 'The Shadow Asset" · May 7th, 2006, 07:37 PM

We shot a promotional teaser trailer for our film just as a recruiting video. We are using it to help cast our film. Actors get a chance to see what the style of the film is going to be like so they know what they are getting into. It has worked really well so far.

Check out the trailer. It's on our downloads page.
http://www.theshadowasset.com/

Francois Camoin · May 8th, 2006, 10:37 AM

Check out the trailer. It's on our downloads page.
http://www.theshadowasset.com/[/QUOTE]

The link seems to be dead. No response.

Wesley Young · May 8th, 2006, 05:54 PM

Well I checked it a few times. And it is working fine. Are you on dial up? It might take a while to load.

Monday Isa · May 8th, 2006, 08:28 PM

It was alright. The audio was wacked though, seemed to be clipping. I was viewing the quicktime version. Over all nice touch, thanks for sharing,

Monday

Neil Fontaine · May 9th, 2006, 02:08 AM

I liked it, as far as story plot goes it seems nothing new there, but the quality looks good, what cameras are used?

Mark Bournes · May 9th, 2006, 07:13 AM

Looks good, played fine for me, (quicktime) I am also curious as to what cameras you used. I also liked the editing, very well done.
Mark

Andrew C. Stewart · May 9th, 2006, 11:49 AM

I liked the editing as well and the coloring. The night/road stuff seemed to have a Collateral type of feel.

As for story and the monologue/voice over I think it was lacking quite a bit. The concept is a bit contrived (though it's hard to get an accurate feel from the trailer) and the monologue was a mix of stuff structured around other similar monologues and somewhat trite one-liners.

I also kinda felt uneasy when the trailer switched between the night stuff that has a naturally shallower DOF and the day stuff that had a more video feel.

It was paced very well. Tweak the dialogue and you've got a winner.

Wesley Young · May 9th, 2006, 06:58 PM

I shot this with the Canon XL2. I used a little bit of Magic Bullet for some of the shots.

It is actually just a small promo I put together in one day. I just bought the camera and I needed to give it a test. The shots in the trailer are just for the trailer. We are doing a casting call and I wanted to have something to show potential actors. The movie begins shooting in June.

Arthur Marcinek · May 10th, 2006, 10:43 AM

Nice work. I like the effort you put in to make the site as well. Stylish.

May 10th, 2006, 10:43 AM	#9
Arthur Marcinek New Boot Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 14	Nice work Nice work. I like the effort you put in to make the site as well. Stylish.

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May 8th, 2006, 10:37 AM	#2
Francois Camoin Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 29	Check out the trailer. It's on our downloads page. http://www.theshadowasset.com/[/QUOTE] The link seems to be dead. No response.

May 8th, 2006, 05:54 PM	#3
Wesley Young New Boot Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 9	Well I checked it a few times. And it is working fine. Are you on dial up? It might take a while to load.

May 8th, 2006, 08:28 PM	#4
Monday Isa Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 548	It was alright. The audio was wacked though, seemed to be clipping. I was viewing the quicktime version. Over all nice touch, thanks for sharing, Monday

May 9th, 2006, 02:08 AM	#5
Neil Fontaine Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Napa CA USA Posts: 33	I liked it, as far as story plot goes it seems nothing new there, but the quality looks good, what cameras are used?

May 9th, 2006, 07:13 AM	#6
Mark Bournes Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: boynton beach, fl Posts: 540	Looks good, played fine for me, (quicktime) I am also curious as to what cameras you used. I also liked the editing, very well done. Mark

May 9th, 2006, 11:49 AM	#7
Andrew C. Stewart Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ponca City, OK Posts: 61	I liked the editing as well and the coloring. The night/road stuff seemed to have a Collateral type of feel. As for story and the monologue/voice over I think it was lacking quite a bit. The concept is a bit contrived (though it's hard to get an accurate feel from the trailer) and the monologue was a mix of stuff structured around other similar monologues and somewhat trite one-liners. I also kinda felt uneasy when the trailer switched between the night stuff that has a naturally shallower DOF and the day stuff that had a more video feel. It was paced very well. Tweak the dialogue and you've got a winner.

May 9th, 2006, 06:58 PM	#8
Wesley Young New Boot Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 9	I shot this with the Canon XL2. I used a little bit of Magic Bullet for some of the shots. It is actually just a small promo I put together in one day. I just bought the camera and I needed to give it a test. The shots in the trailer are just for the trailer. We are doing a casting call and I wanted to have something to show potential actors. The movie begins shooting in June.