Text Trailers?

[shamrock]

Our production hasn't started shooting yet. Could we post a "text" trailer on our website? What our trailer "would" look like? Is this common?

INT. BAR

JIMBO
To Mickey, welcome home.

The four man gang raise their glasses.

ALL
Slainte.

V.O.
In Boston...

EXT. STREETS

Mickey and his gang stand side by side with guns drawn at their sides.

V.O.
...The Irish.

INT. MOB BOSS'S HOUSE

A glock 9 millimeter handgun is slammed on a mohogany desk.

MOB BOSS
"We live by the Gun and Die by the Gun".

V.O.
...Rule the streets.

INT. BOUTIQUE

SHANNON
(to Megan)
Is Mickey in the Irish Mob?

INT. MOB BOSS'S HOUSE

MOB BOSS
You're one of us now. An Irish soilder till the day you die.

MICKEY
Sounds like fun.

V.O.
But dreams, are hard to come by.

EXT. STAIRS

MICKEY
(to Megan)
...In Prison, I had this postcard on my cell wall of a tropical beach. When ever I looked at it, it’s like... I felt like I could get use to a life like that. The sun, the white sandy beach. You know?

MEGAN
You can go anywhere you want Mickey. You shouldn’t let this place hold you back from your dreams.

MICKEY
I dunno. It’s like Charlestown’s all I know. I’m a Townie for life.

INT. RESTROOM

BUTCHY
I say we give Fitz the ol’ paint job, if y'know what I mean. Take over the game.

MICKEY
Fitz has gunmen from here to Chicago. Cops - politicians - unions - they’re all in his pocket. Who do we got?

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and so on and so on.

http://www.towniesmovie.com

 

[Zensteve]

I can't say I've ever seen a trailer quite like that...

Lots of people do make smaller "teaser" trailers, though, with lots of text. Mainly taglines, and text to match the VO though. Very simple in Flash for an .swf or even a video popped out of your fave NLE.

From the look of your website, it looks like you already have stills of the cast. Grab some more stills of locations, have your design guy/gal create a series of images, write and add some teaser-quality VO or other text... and add a decent soundtrack. (Very important)

Since you're trying to capture the attention of the a/v viewer, a simple collage of images and sound will be much more effective than a partial script.