Star Trek teaser w/Cloverfield -

[T'Cal]

I was just on YouTube watching the teaser for TUC and I was thinking how great it would be if the teaser for the upcoming movie was similar. It's the one narrated by Christopher Plummer (General Chang). I would love to hear Nimoy doing such a dramatic reading as several quick scenes with the new cast fade in and out. What are you hoping for?

 

[ancient]

I'd like at least some shots of the New Kirk & Spock in their capt/science uniforms.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Some action, and something I haven't seen before. Another one of these "I have always looooved yooouu..." Trek trailers isn't going to sell anybody.

 

[Hambone]

It'll be an extreme close-up of the "arrowhead" emblem, with a slow zoom out revealing a starfield. Then we'll hear Nimoy's voice booming out "CHRISTMAS, 2008: RETURN TO THE FINAL FRONTIER" followed by the "Enterprise" fanfare... immediately followed by groans from non-fans and thousands of satisfied Trekkies leaving the theater.

 

[Flake]

I dont think it will have any actors in it, I think it'll just be some familiar music, a starfield coming toward the screen culminating in a view of the new ship in spacedock being contructed and finally the camera warps away leaving something like 'Boldly Go This Christmas'

Its too early for anything else I think.

 

[Matt]

If I were doing it, I'd make it just a T-Minus style countdown clock (Set at 347D:00H:00M) counting backwards, and show large welding machines constructing a piece of the Enterprise. Then at the end just flash the date.

 

[Flake]

Yup it'll just look cool with huge machines and tiny people contructing the new ship thats clearly the USS Enterprise and perhaps it'll say 'Ready for Launch, This Christmas'

Maybe it'll show em putting a warp engine on or something and then the camera pans over 'NCC-1701' and so on.

Leonard Nimoy might have a voiceover too cos theres no mistaking his voice.

 

[Flake]

Oh the mind is flowing with ideas now.....

Start it with the familiar courage fanfare with a starfield going backwards, Nimoy might say something as we see the stars going past, then we see the stars are actually inside someones eye and then we see some random person with a helmet on inside a workbee, the camera continues to zoom out the whole time.

We see that this workbee is welding something, the camera zooms out more to see its putting some thing onto the saucer section of the 'USS ENTERPRISE - NCC1701'. The camera is still zooming out to see a hive of activity surrounding the new ship with bits and pieces of ship being attached. We then see more of the huge construction facility, as the camera continues to zoom away it is clear that we are in orbit of Earth and gradually the Earth becomes yet another pin prick of light in the vast cosmos filled with nebulae and finally our galaxy.

The camera then goes to warp and leaves us with 'Coming Christmas 2008'

Now I wait and see what Abrams has come up with on or before 1-18-08

 

[Squiggy]

Matt said:
If I were doing it, I'd make it just a T-Minus style countdown clock (Set at 347D:00H:00M) counting backwards, and show large welding machines constructing a piece of the Enterprise. Then at the end just flash the date.

Um...movie trailers aren't done "live".

 

[Matt]

Festivus Toad! said:

Matt said:
If I were doing it, I'd make it just a T-Minus style countdown clock (Set at 347D:00H:00M) counting backwards, and show large welding machines constructing a piece of the Enterprise. Then at the end just flash the date.

Um...movie trailers aren't done "live".

Welcome to the Internet. This can be done easily with Flash, and still look like it's part of the pre-rendered visuals. I know what I'm talking about.

There ain't gonna be no voiceover in the teaser.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Flake said:
Oh the mind is flowing with ideas now.....

Start it with the familiar courage fanfare with a starfield going backwards, Nimoy might say something as we see the stars going past, then we see the stars are actually inside someones eye and then we see some random person with a helmet on inside a workbee, the camera continues to zoom out the whole time.

We see that this workbee is welding something, the camera zooms out more to see its putting some thing onto the saucer section of the 'USS ENTERPRISE - NCC1701'. The camera is still zooming out to see a hive of activity surrounding the new ship with bits and pieces of ship being attached. We then see more of the huge construction facility, as the camera continues to zoom away it is clear that we are in orbit of Earth and gradually the Earth becomes yet another pin prick of light in the vast cosmos filled with nebulae and finally our galaxy.

The camera then goes to warp and leaves us with 'Coming Christmas 2008'

Now I wait and see what Abrams has come up with on or before 1-18-08

No, turn it around backward.

First, of course, you get three or four logos of everyone involved in financing and distributing the thing: Paramount, followed by "Bad Robot" and at this point at least one more...

No music and no voice-over. Possibly some "radio chatter."

Followed by a closeup of workers on the scaffolding surrounding something...

Pull back, and back, as we see people and materials zipping back and forth weightlessly, headed in toward the scaffolding...

Still pulling back, and a big piece of metal is manuevered past camera toward the work site. It's marked "Enterprise."

And finally pull back to where the ship itself is clearly visible as the center of all the activity.

Music up - probably the fanfare - and fade to a black frame with the title "Star Trek" and the release date.

 

[Squiggy]

Matt said:

Festivus Toad! said:

Matt said:
If I were doing it, I'd make it just a T-Minus style countdown clock (Set at 347D:00H:00M) counting backwards, and show large welding machines constructing a piece of the Enterprise. Then at the end just flash the date.

Um...movie trailers aren't done "live".

Welcome to the Internet. This can be done easily with Flash, and still look like it's part of the pre-rendered visuals. I know what I'm talking about.

I don't think you do. It sounds like you're talking about an ad. Ya know, something that one would find on a website.

We're talking about the Star Trek teaser w/Cloverfield, which is a movie and not playing on the googles.

 

[Matt]

Festivus Toad! said:

Matt said:

Festivus Toad! said:

Matt said:
If I were doing it, I'd make it just a T-Minus style countdown clock (Set at 347D:00H:00M) counting backwards, and show large welding machines constructing a piece of the Enterprise. Then at the end just flash the date.

Um...movie trailers aren't done "live".

Welcome to the Internet. This can be done easily with Flash, and still look like it's part of the pre-rendered visuals. I know what I'm talking about.

I don't think you do. It sounds like you're talking about an ad. Ya know, something that one would find on a website.

We're talking about the Star Trek teaser w/Cloverfield, which is a movie and not playing on the googles.

You don't understand how advanced Flash is, now. It even does real 3D. Someone managed to put the game Quake 2 into Flash using the original 3D files from the game. The video capabilities are now HD and compressed nicely. It's now at parity with all over video delivery systems and formats, or better when considering the advanced options and extras you can code into any Flash file.

Layer 1: FLV video of the trailer, with blank "Countdown clock."

Layer 2: Pre-rendered frames with the numbers for the clock. Actionscript determines which number to display.

Since the numbers are pre-rendered in the same 3D scene and would use an alpha channel mask to appropriately clip them, it would look totally live.

I do this for a living. It's actually a cool idea, and would work well. Good idea, me.

 

[Squiggy]

I know flash can do this...but you'd have to get the trailers to the theaters and make sure they play the correct version on a daily basis.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Festivus Toad! said:
I know flash can do this...but you'd have to get the trailers to the theaters and make sure they play the correct version on a daily basis.

I don't think he's addressing the basic "this is being unspooled on film in a movie theater" thing. Of course they can't put a countdown on the theatrical trailer for national distribution.

 

[Squiggy]

[Adam]Well there's your problem![/Adam]

 

[Matt]

That's easy. Send out two versions. One with a "live" counter for the first showing, and one with the counter part removed. Then on the Internet add the true live counter.

Of course they could just leave the original teaser with the counter play at AMC theaters since they use like 640x480 blurry projectors on sub-quality screens. No one would know the difference, hah. (Worst visual setup ever.)

Check this Flash out: http://mrdoob.com/lab/pv3d/dof/07/

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

If the "counter" is any more detailed than the date of release - like having hours and minutes, say? - it's inaccurate for every showing on the day of release except (possibly) one.

If the counter is nothing but the number of days until release - well, then it's static and no different than a release date.

So, there's no benefit whatever to the studio in striking two sets of prints for the theatrical trailer - one that says "347 Days" (or whatever) and one that says "December 25, 2008".

 

[Squiggy]

It'll confuse the hell out of people, as people know when "December 25" is, not so much "347 Days".

Math hurts.

 

[Matt]

Festivus Toad! said:
It'll confuse the hell out of people, as people know when "December 25" is, not so much "347 Days".

Math hurts.

LOL... Yeah. 333 counting leap day, right?