archived-videos The Flight of the Flamingo Trailer!

NickClapper

NickClapper

So, this has been gestating for a while but here it is, the first official trailer for The Flight of the Flamingo!

Many, many Indietalkers have helped on this, but here's just a few thanks:

Joseph, aka Cracker Funk, our editor of both film and trailer. Phil, aka Phil_UK, who shot the film and also graded the trailer- which brings me to special thanks to Joshua Lloyd, danielassault and justinisfilming for their grading work when I was under the impression that Phil was going to be unavailable (your work was so good that Phil felt he had to have a crack at it himself!). Sammi, aka Dreadylocks, who has built the website which will go live very soon. John, aka harpsichoid, who is doing the music for the film and did the music for this trailer.

And, of course, all of you who have offered support and pledged during out crowdfunding campaign! :yes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpTVZbPyMdw
 
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I read the script a long time ago, pledged on indiegogo and here I am watching the trailer. Can't believe time flies by so quickly. At the same time, I can't seem to come up with clear thoughts about the trailer since I still remember the script well.

I think I would agree that it the dognapping part should be a little more pronounced otherwise most people may not get it. It was said in the trailer but it wasn't a moment which was made a focus of by some sort of music highlight or pause with a reaction shot etc. It just seemed as low key as everything else and people usually needed a bigger hint.

Anyway, looking forward to watching this.
 
NickClapper said:
When I decided to go with a more low key piece of music I was aware that there might be people who would prefer something different- often those who make music themselves- but I still think that it works in quite a nice, restrained way.
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That's exactly my point, trailers should NOT be restrained, they should be the exact opposite, high impact! The whole point of a trailer is to sell the drama or excitement and therefore the entertainment value of the film. As I said before though, even if you do have a really good reason for creating a "restrained" trailer, there are still problems with the existing music/sound mix which you need to address. Your choice though of course, it's your film after all!

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