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General Forum - RE: Good music for editing a comedy trailer? - Page 3
posted by Ben Franklin on Friday, 8th October 2010, 00:52
Reviewer
You could download a trailer or two and try recuttng them. For example download any longish action film trailer and recut it into a 30 second teaser. Maybe try different music, to see how it can effect the tone of the piece. If you do a bit of Googling you can find out most popular music for trailers too (so much of it is reused regularly). ES Posthumus also do a lot of good music which has a cinematic/trailer feel to it.
But whatever you decide it's all good fun! Pretty sure you could cut a trailer for The Expendables and make it look like a romantic comedy between Stallone and Statham!
If you're looking to learn about editing programmes, you could have a look at Lynda.com. I also recently read the DV Rebel book by Steve Masoschwitz (sp?) who writes a blog called Prolost. The book is all about how to make an action film with almost no money and is a great read for film making techniques and cheats.
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"Why should YOU go to jail for a crime someone else noticed?" - Bob Loblaw
Elite
Just wanted to say AWESOME JOB on that trailer. I'm an Editor too and therefore appreciate the work that goes into something like this, and also nice to see you doing it in your spare time, the passion is still there. I don't know your circumstance but I'm sure your average week is a 'bit' longer than the standard 37.5 hours, so anything you do in your spare time has to be for a good purpose (this being as good a reason as any 
). I still do music vids and short films in my spare time, but it's a strain on the old social life.
And I've only just recently started using FCP, I've been Avid most of my time. If I was a smarter person, I'd create a hybrid of the two for the perfect editing software. My general rule is FCP is great for short things such as trailers, music vids, short documentaries. Avid I use for fiction filmmaking, always, don't know why but I feel more in control of it.
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posted by Ben Franklin on Friday, 8th October 2010, 14:41
Reviewer
Cheers Chewie! These type of things are a big undertaking and I could've really spent even longer on it, adding more clips and adding a bit more polish. I'll return to it eventually, but having a bit of a break from it. 
I'd love to do more stuff in my own time, but weekends are spent looking after my son whilst my wife is at work, and I don't get home from work until after 7pm. So once I've eaten, got the baby ready for bed and done the usual house chores - it leaves little time for much else.
That's why so many of my short film ideas/scripts just haven't come off yet. I've got a really strong idea that's scripted and ready to go, but without any spare cash or time it might not ever get made! So that's a little frustrating, but then that's what comes with having a family!
I've not used Avid much, but wouldn't mind taking a look at it. But I'm more focused on learning After Effects first, and in fact the whole CS5 suite looks a really attractive proposition. I'd have rolled it out across the company had we not already invested so much in Final Cut Studio.
Cheers Chewie - good to see you posting here.
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"Why should YOU go to jail for a crime someone else noticed?" - Bob Loblaw
Elite
I've started putting something together now and have a clear idea of how I want it to look...i.e. A rip off of what you've done, but interesting and something to learn for me.
I've dowloaded a few HD .MOV trailers (Family type movies so the theme is clear), and have converted them to a HD format that Vegas Pro can see. I can't convert to ProRes on a PC, so I have used a WMV HD format.
This is where my missing creative talent gene is a problem; from these trailers I have to pick appropriate clips that will grab the attention of the watchers (wife and kids!).
Because of the single theme, choosing music might to easier, but I'll have fun looking.
The intro/outro is a challenge for me, so I'll enjoy creating something for that.
I'll post the finished effort on here when I'm done!
Thanks for your advice.
posted by Ben Franklin on Friday, 8th October 2010, 21:41
Reviewer
Good luck Neil - definitely post the results please!
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"Why should YOU go to jail for a crime someone else noticed?" - Bob Loblaw
Elite
Oh yeah I'd agree on CS5, it's a very stable system (and has everything you need with exception of a 3D program, although I use 3D Studio Max when needed). Even Premiere Pro is pretty good now, especially with handling stuff that comes out of DSLRs. Basic After Effects skills are invaluable, and if you know Photoshop it doesn't take long to get to grips with it... a lifetime to master though haha.
BBC use Avid so I have to keep on top of it.
I don't get time to post much these days, family and work and stuff takes up all my time too, but it's nice to see the familiar names still about 
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