Trailer - CrossOver - Indie Sci-Fi vs Fantasy

[Fuzzy Modem]

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uruh8zKDPlI&feature=youtu.be[/yt]

Thoughts?

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Interesting, if not new, concept. The trailer has some nice graphics. Not all of them are perfect, but then, this isn't a big budget movie. Some sense of story or characters would've been nice, though.

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

Interesting, if not new, concept.

Similar to Brown Dwarf and Jack of Shadows, or is there another I'm unaware of?

The trailer has some nice graphics. Not all of them are perfect, but then, this isn't a big budget movie.

Any specific issues you noticed that I can work to fix?

Some sense of story or characters would've been nice, though.

I'll be cutting a trailer with dialogue after the test screening.

Thanks for the feedback

 

[Kai "the spy"]

The trailer has some nice graphics. Not all of them are perfect, but then, this isn't a big budget movie.

Any specific issues you noticed that I can work to fix?

Well, the dragons (those flying creatures are dragons, right?!) have too straight lines (I hope I'm getting through, English is not my first language, and CG is far from being my expertise), their movement feels like theirs no weight to them. Same for that shuttle/anti-grav car that's stopping and opening it's door. The stop seems a bit too sudden, you may want to try and make it look more like a car slowing 'tenderly' down to a halt. Also, the door should maybe open a bit slower. Slow motion implies mass, and CGIs tend to come off as having none. Maybe you could add air escaping from the opening door to imply the shuttle/car having its own atmosphere inside to counter the pressure of the high-speed travel.

Something else, not cg-related, the fantasy-world people visible in that teaser look very clean. I sympathize with wanting to keep the costumes you most propably made yourselves clean, but especially in a medieval-like fantasy world, dirt adds a sense of reality. Just look at the original SW trilogy or the Middle Earth movies.
Of course, there's not that much to see of the people, so my impression might be way off.

Some sense of story or characters would've been nice, though.

I'll be cutting a trailer with dialogue after the test screening.

Thanks for the feedback

Looking forward to that trailer. Good luck for the test screening.

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

Good notes! The limo sliding to a stop for instance is something that can be fixed quite easily. The dragons are a bit rough as my organic modeling and animation ability is still mediocre.

You aren't the only one who's noticed and found it off-putting, but the clean clothes do make sense in the context of the story. We actually had to work really hard to keep them clean in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness.