Teaser Trailer (FRAGMENTS)

This assignment was to be a short version of the previous tailer, either 90 or 60 seconds long, rearranged, etc.  I figured since my original was only slightly over two minutes, doing one at 90 wouldn't be a sufficient challenge, so I opted for the 60 second version. The only criticism I got from the instructor was that it might've been too wordy; that perhaps leaving some space between the voice over narration and the on-screen action would've been more effective, and less taxing on the viewer.

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Most people tend to like this one better than the original, as it sort of tells the story a little more clearly.

FRAGMENTS (trailer)

This is my final project for Digital Filmmaking at New England Institute of Technology. The assignment: Create either a short film of no more than 7 minutes long; or create a trailer to a hypothetical film at about 2-3 minutes in length. I had a story idea which I didn't believe would fit into 7 minutes so I went for the trailer idea.

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My partner for this project was Dennis Cabral. Dennis drew all of the storyboards, helped with shooting and audio editing choices.

It was shot entirely with a Canon T3i, using both the kit lens 18-55mm; and a Rokinon 35mm Cinema lens. I created all (but the "Dice Out" animated logo) of the animated graphics, and edited it with Adobe CS6 Production Premium, using After Effects, and Premier. I used Audition a little, as well as Audacity.

I posted this ahead of time, but I'm assuming that we got an "A" for it (so long as we get all of the necessary paperwork completed on time).  The final results shall be confirmed in a couple of weeks when I get my grade.

All music and SFX are original, or from Public Domain, or from the Valentino SFX and Music Collection (which I have access to through school).

Thanks so much to my friends and family for their acting abilities, who spent so much of their valuable time to help me with this project. Bless you.