This Guy is an ACE Award-nominated editor who cut for James Cameron, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Sundance filmmaker Mark Webber.
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In my opinion Transformers has a lot more energy in the battle scenes and it feels also more of a chaotic battle. I would say it is disorienting by design, and it is in a sense good effect. i don't see what other people see in Mad Max Fury Road - although nice cinematography from time to time, but it was story wise frustratingly empty 2 hour chase movie. I hated it and never have wanted to see it again. What comes to editing - I think in action movies there has to be a balance. If you edit everything in the center, yes it will be easier to follow, but it can easily lose the energy, momentum, effect of surprise and chaos.
Another reason for more cuts in Mad Max is that it's mostly Action sequence whereas Transformers has a lot of dialogue scenes too. The action scenes are cut faster than Mad Max mostly.
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Yet another movie covering the same tired old characters. Had no interest in the first, likewise with the first of many inevitable sequels, prequels & spin-offs
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My favorite trailer was the one for "The Girls with the Dragon Tattoo" (Red Band Trailer) where it's only a series of shots cut to the beat of a remake of "Immigrant Song" by Trent Reznor. First time I saw a trailer doing something completely different.
For such a crucial piece of machinery it is shockingly fragile. One of four grapples malfunctions and the whole thing fails? Where's the built in redundancies?
In what way is this breaking any trailer clichés? I'm not saying it's not a good trailer but it feels exactly like any other trailer - down to the ethereal cover of a famous old song
Excellent analysis, Brother. As a 25 year TV broadcast and trailer editor, myself, I wish I could have had a more cerebral mentor like you. I used music and instinct to carry most of my work, and was likely the first editor who originated trailers without the canned voice narrative. Music drove me and I now see it being expertly used more and more.
This brought me back to my days of working at a movie trailer house. They were making a movie trailer for a foreign language film to market to English speaking audiences. They barely had any of the foreign language speaking parts in the trailer and went with English VO narration instead. Same concept of trying to not seem like a musical, but it is in fact a musical.
Halfway through the video I was scrolling down to begin my comment with, "Have you seen the Auralnauts trailer..." but then five seconds later, there it was. It's a must-see for anyone making a trailer. I didn't like the first Joker movie, and wasn't looking forward to this one, especially for it being a musical, as I generally hate musicals. But La La Land is one of my top ten favorite films of all time, so now I'm willing to at least keep an eye on Joker 2, to see if it starts to suggest that it might be approaching this in a similar way.
Another interesting aspect to these trailers is how they introduce supporting roles with excellent character actors like the quick shot of Steve Coogan. When I saw that shot I was like. Ok now s*@t just got serious and I'm definitely excited to see this. Its like, here's our two leads. but wait, not just them but this picture will have other utter brilliance scattered through it.
I also thought the eye movement was Joaquin ensuring hitting his mark. I don’t think I noticed it in the trailer or if I did, the feeling when his smile aligns overwrote it ; )
The vibe I get from the trailer is unnecessary rehash, which is typical for any sequel. So many images from the original are repeated (imaginary gun to the head, the steps dance, running from cops in the middle of the street, smearing blood on lips, etc). Pretty pathetic. And I think those are the images that make most of you excited to see it. As for the trailer style, we are at the point where the cliches are starting to not work anymore because we've seen them. In particular, the remixed pop song framing. It's like the "In a world..." narration that dominated trailers for years until it got shamed out of existence.
He looks at the lipstick and then at her. He never looks at the camera. His peripheral vision would be more than enough to align himself with the frame.
I went from disappointed they were even considering a sequel to insanely hyped once they amounted it would be a musical starring Lady Gaga. Unfortunately that hype has died down again once it was revealed it would be a jukebox musical. Like come on, really. It’s like getting the worst of both worlds. A huge percentage of general audiences already hate musicals and won’t go see it anyways so what was the point, you aren’t suddenly getting them to buy tickets to see covers instead of original songs. A joker/Harley musical is such a creative idea. It would have been wonderful to see it done with original music. But at this point they’ve lost the musically uninterested general audience and the musical theatre nerds so whose left? Middle aged white women who enjoy jukebox musicals and lady Gaga? I don’t think there gonna go see joker 2. This movie is gonna bomb so hard. Shot deck subscribers are gonna be the only ones on the theatre lol.
@@ThisGuyEdits yep, they announced it would feature “15 well known songs” a while back, you can find a variety article on it. It pretty much single handedly killed my excitement for the film. There’s a vague promise of “original songs may be added” but 1 or 2 at the climax ain’t gonna cut it imo. The whole film needs original music for the premise to really work. I do not want to watch joker and Harley sing outdated broadway hits or even worse, modern (as in last 50 years) pop songs. I have a feeling most of the generous audience will agree.
Start: thisguyedits.com/startgrow - In this episode, I analyze the new trailer for "Joker: Folie à Deux", focusing on what makes it stand out. I look at the editing, cinematography, and the role of music in the film. I also discuss Lady Gaga's involvement and her character's impact on the story. This breakdown provides insights into the visual and storytelling techniques used in the trailer. If you're interested in Joaquin Phoenix's Joker, upcoming DC movies, or just want to know more about this sequel, this video gives you some pointers as to what to look forward to in the upcoming Joker: Folie à Deux, directed by Todd Phillips, coming to theaters in October of 2024.
Cet excellent travail de décorticage offre un recul qu'il est impossible d'avoir au premier visionnage d'un film. C'est très intéressant, très instructif. Merci beaucoup.
