Paying Attention: Hollywood is very good at making movies about movies they want you to see. This dark art is a specialized subset of feature film making and it’s a relatively small industry (in comparison) but filled with directors/producers/editors who know how to bait-the-hook/distill-the essence of a great film in just a few minutes. This …
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The Art of the Movie Trailer: Dr. Strange
The Latest Word: The power of the Marvel Comics film franchise is undeniable–in a world in which the success of a film is sometimes a direct correlation to it’s CGI/action content and super-hero character traits, Marvel is king of the hill. The Marvel franchise(s) have had quite a labyrinthine history, but despite all the wild …
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The Art of The Movie Trailer: The Martian
Paying Attention: Matt Damon and Kristin Wiig are the stars in a new space epic coming in October, about an Astronaut who is left behind on a mission to Mars– a very frightening possibility for everyone but the screenwriter and director. Here’s the first movie trailer for The Martian. It’ll give you plenty to think about.
The Art of The Movie Trailer
Paying Attention. This is the big one: the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. At the time of this posting, it had been viewed 30,000,000 plus times. Not only is the trailer itself very, very good (you’d expect as much from a J.J. Abrams film project) but the Force is still in the audience for …