I doubt that required a ton of work. Trailers are not exactly a science.
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I doubt that required a ton of work. Trailers are not exactly a science.
Yeah they probably gave the centerpiece of a $200+ million marketing campaign to an intern to fart out over a lunch break.
Right, because I meant they let someone with zero experience do it.
BadAss2961
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On top of being the reveal where we got our first looks at everybody in motion, there was something really special about that trailer. Just mesmerizing... The song choice(or that particular version of it) was haunting and will forever be tied to that trailer while Queen is Queen.
That trailer also blew up every bit as fast as this one, even edging out the BvS comic-con trailer.
DecoReturns
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I think I see why all the actors seem to be best buds during off screen. they seem to be having a lot of fun.
Yea you don't know what you are talking about. Why don't you try cutting a trailer yourself?
Man, some of you are really taking what I said as some sort of insult.
A science? No of course not. You could say that about putting editing together a film. But so isn't being a pro sports player, an actor, etc...
If a trailer wasn't too hard then why do so many movie trailers (including BVS trailer 2) suck really bad? The whole purpose of a trailer is for people to be interested in a film/show yet several fail at it.
GravityInsanity
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For a comic that alot of people aren't familiar with, that's incredible.
Real. I paused it there too when I downloaded the .mov version last night. Some are guessing it's an OMAC.Real or shop?
Can you blame them? You are acting like that didn't take any effort at all... It can take HOURS upon HOURS to make a 3 minute video.
Well, it's just factually inaccurate. Short formats can be some of the hardest things to edit for, and it's definitely a science and an art. Trailers, music videos, short films, commercials. These are hardly low effort stuff.
That is because it is an insult. It is some "my kid can paint this" level shit.
Because that's all subjective, isn't it? What some consider a bad trailer some think is a great trailer. Look in this very thread. There are people on both sides of the coin. Even BvS Trailer 2, a lot of GAF hated it but hit YouTube and a very different picture gets painted. It's not about being bad at making trailers.
I never said these things were made by people who lacked experience.
My word, I can see the "mohawk". Sadly if it is, it will probably just be an OMAC pre-52, not the best new character (that is MASSIVELY underused) of the New 52.
GravityInsanity
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From day 1
to Comic Con, I mean look at the BvS cast...are they afraid to have fun? Zack is not doing his job correctly. Ayer has SWAG!
True, people have different opinions on things, including trailers. But you can say the same thing for everything like a movie or a show. People who say the trailer is awesome may think the trailer is actually awesome. Cool, they have a right to think that. But something like BVS is hard to not be bias since the trailer is also showing the Trinity for the first time, Lex Luthor, and Doomsday.
How many people have actually gone into detail on Youtube on what the trailer has done right as a TRAILER (I can state countless things that I believe it did wrong, IMO). Most people are excited about the content from the trailer rather than the trailer itself. Which you could say the trailer did it's job and I would completely agree with you. It even got me excited for it.
On the other hand, if you aren't that excited to see the trinity (or care) the trailer might just turn you off it such spoilers on a film that won't come out for months (in which let me remind everyone that many people don't look at spoilers or see who the main villain is or look up who is casted or what the plot is), a 1 second pause with literally no sound or imagery at all that is complete random (that is something I would do as a college student), and so many weird/awkward scenes cut together that probably will be good in the movie but just come off awkward in the trailer.
But the point isn't really if BVS is a bad trailer or even if there are bad trailers (which, my god, there are. I can even show you some of MY movie trailers I have made in college). Just that there was hard work put into this. I'm sorry if this came off like a rant, I know you didn't mean to say anything serious. But one wouldn't say a football player doesn't put into any effort since all it is is throwing a ball. Even though it is MUCH harder than that and complicated.
fallengorn
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Ha, same here.
Messypandas
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Just noticed while watching it again, those are piano keys in a circle.
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Thanks for sharing?
Solid SOAP
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You can tell which movie has genuine heart and effort being put into it and which one is being turned by cogs in a machine from this picture.
No you said "I doubt that required a ton of work." It does. You're factually wrong.
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wesleyshark
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Uhhhhh. What.
Nah, didn't come off as a rant. Just felt like people were taking what I said in its worst possible context. I think someone a few posts up said I equated it to "my kid can do it" which is not what I said at all, lol. I've been in enough back and forths on GAF you would think by now I would have learned just how carefully a post needs to be worded.
Messypandas
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Animator can I ask you a question. Do you know the team that did the logo and titles art? Its gorgeous.
From day 1
to Comic Con, I mean look at the BvS cast...are they afraid to have fun? Zack is not doing his job correctly. Ayer has SWAG!
Everyone but Jai Courtney lmao
I was actually surprised to see him show a little character in this trailer finally
Michael F. Assbender
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Or they were told by the photographer to look like they're having fun. It makes sense for them since they're starring in a team film, not a versus film.
You're looking at a single snapshot from what was likely a 1+ hour shoot. I wouldn't read too much into it.
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Messypandas
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I feel bad for Ben in that pic because I think that was literally the day after he announced his divorce.
Nah, didn't come off as a rant. Just felt like people were taking what I said in its worst possible context. I think someone a few posts up said I equated it to "my kid can do it" which is not what I said at all, lol. I've been in enough back and forths on GAF you would think by now I would have learned just how carefully a post needs to be worded.
If it makes you feel better, I understood what you meant.
And you're also right that you don't have to be the best editor to make a trailer. Give me a few more years of experience and work with professionals and even I may be able to do something like that and I am certainly not the brightest bulb.
Michael F. Assbender
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Future Foundation
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Don't you know? Photographs are the window into a person's soul, and from that picture it's obvious that none of the BvS cast has any.
Messypandas
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Solid SOAP
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It likely is, truthfully. I stand by my comment though
Man of Steel burned me bad, man, and I have enough reasons to believe that Batman v. Superman will be more of the same. Hopefully not! Truthfully, hopefully not, but I do not believe that Snyder has it in him to pump out a quality film.The Squad look dope as fuck though and I'm am extremely optimistic that their movie will be awesome.
You can tell all that from a picture. Impressive.
If it makes you feel better, I understood what you meant.
And you're also right that you don't have to be the best editor to make a trailer. Give me a few more years of experience and work with professionals and even I may be able to do something like that and I am certainly not the brightest bulb.
Well I'm glad someone did, haha.
And maybe in a few years time I'll see some epic ass trailer you made. I likely won't know you made it though so I'll just pick some random trailer 5 years from now that I thought was amazing and tell everyone it was you.
I know someone already replied basically saying yeah. But a good comparison with say Deadpool (very graphic in language and violence so more fair than say the BVS trailer, but also more popular than most if not all of the SS):
On January 19th, Suicide Squad released that trailer (one day ago): 11,690,990.
The first Deadpool trailer 1 (red band) has the most views out of all Deadpool trailers. It was released on August 4, 2015 (more than 5 months ago). It has: 35, 260, 213.
Then it goes Deadpool trailer 1 normal (posted on MovieClips account) and came out on the same day (later in the day): 20,539,589.
Then the same trailer except released on 20th Century Fox: 13,103,56.
As you can see, the SS (a movie that while having famous actors in it, is in the middle of all these superhero films everyone has been dying to see) has managed to a huge amount of people to watch the trailer. And it has only been 1 day.
BreezyLimbo
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And half of them will be getting killed for it.
Just by being villains doesn't make them all unsympathetic or not fun to watch. Even Killer Croc has been humanized from time to time. People still want to see Harley break free from a horribly damaging emotional reliance on the Joker. Deadshot is still just a dude wanting to do right for his daughter. We don't know all their relationship dynamics or how they'll all play off one another, but there's an inherent difference in tone between the last trailer and this one.
I think another factor is Suicide Squad was still filming. Batman v Superman had been done a long while. They weren't seeing each other every day and likely just wanted to leave. Affleck is trying to hide his divorce emotions.
DecoReturns
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This reminds me in
TDKR there was a lot of photos where Bale was laughing in the bat suit. It's was hilarious
BreezyLimbo
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Oh, right, he was going through that. Possibly!
cj_iwakura
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I realized why that line gave me chills, it's a lot like Ledger at the dinner party in TDR.
You must be Dent's squeeze.
I love how out of the BvS crew, Gal the model, is always ready for the camera.
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