I need an AE wizz to team up with me for a trailer

Hitori · Post by **Hitori** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:55 pm

rubyeye wrote:I think I'd be more impressed if you actually made you own trailer for a show as opposed to just doing mock ups of existing ones. Having done so many already, I think you got the hang of it. And you don't need dialogue, just a musical bed - the KIDDY GRADE trailer proves that.

I'm actually thinking about doing something like that for some of the anime I have... But finding that musical bed like that from the Kiddy Grade trailer is something I need to figure out. As in what type of music would work well to accentuate the feel for the series. 8)

I too have another trailer parody almost completed...
It'll be my second one this year and third overall!

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:57 pm

I rather enjoyed 'Soldier' I must say.

Tab. · Post by **Tab.** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:02 pm

Dan's a pussy.

Hitori · Post by **Hitori** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:11 pm

DJ_Izumi wrote:I rather enjoyed 'Soldier' I must say.

Cool thanks!

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:15 pm

Your peter pan trailer contest died.

gl with your trailer anyways.

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:17 pm

The Trailer is already 1/3rd complete, it's hard to work with nothing but a 65min OVA. x_x

rubyeye · Post by **rubyeye** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:13 am

Hitori wrote:
rubyeye wrote:I think I'd be more impressed if you actually made you own trailer for a show as opposed to just doing mock ups of existing ones. Having done so many already, I think you got the hang of it. And you don't need dialogue, just a musical bed - the KIDDY GRADE trailer proves that.
I'm actually thinking about doing something like that for some of the anime I have... But finding that musical bed like that from the Kiddy Grade trailer is something I need to figure out. As in what type of music would work well to accentuate the feel for the series. 8)

Usually any track or combination of track from the series soundtrack would work. You hear it done in trailers from Bandai and ADV.

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:17 am

That's because all those companies do is take the original Japanese trailers and slap an English logo on it! Those trailers SUCK, Japan is a land of animation but it is NOT a nation of good trailers. No body makes a trailer like the West. Japanese trailers are nothing but short music videos. 75% of the footage in the 'I Will Dive For You' music video from the Appleseed soundtrack was used in the Appleseed trailer, they didn't even change the timing or anything.

rubyeye · Post by **rubyeye** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:33 am

DJ_Izumi wrote:That's because all those companies do is take the original Japanese trailers and slap an English logo on it! Those trailers SUCK, Japan is a land of animation but it is NOT a nation of good trailers. No body makes a trailer like the West. Japanese trailers are nothing but short music videos. 75% of the footage in the 'I Will Dive For You' music video from the Appleseed soundtrack was used in the Appleseed trailer, they didn't even change the timing or anything.

Bandai has made some pretty cool ones recently, but ADV...they know how to market a product, but they sure as hell don't want to spend any money on making a "real" trailer. Same goes for Geneon.

In defense of Japanese video editing, it's just a different style directed toward a different culture/audience. Have you seen the trailer for the new Casshern movie? I thought it was pretty neat for what it was. And have you ever compared the trailers for American movies shown in Japan? Totally different from what we see here. I think the new Vampire Hunter D movie has a trailer for both the US and Japan on the DVD for comparison and they are so different. What it shows is that it's not neccessary to attract Asian audience to see a film by loading a trailer with a lot of fancy editing/effects. Westerners are more eye-candy junkies.

You're right, their trailers are short music videos. So are the opening animation credits for TV series, if you think about it.

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:35 am

rubyeye wrote:And have you ever compared the trailers for American movies shown in Japan? Totally different from what we see here.

The trailer for Spiderman 2 in Japan is nothing but the American edition with Japanese subtitles...