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Sunday, March 06, 2005
Trailer of "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy"
The standard repository for all knowledge and wisdom in the universe is called “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”…
And it has this to say about movie trailers.
Movie trailers are designed to give you an idea of the film in question in a very short space of time.
Typically, it begins with the introductory of a main character who will very shortly have something so utterly fantastic happen to him that someone just had to make a movie about it.
Often, this section is preceded by the words “in a world”…
*Earth gets blown up*
… but sometimes not.
Trailers also normally employ a DEEEP VOOIICCEE THAAT SOOUNNDS LIKE A SEVEN FOOOT TALL MAAAN WHO HASS BEEEN SMOOOKING CIGARETTEEES SINCE CHIILLDHOOD.
…
um-hmm.
…
The goal is to create a piece of advertising that is original and exciting, yet intelligent and provocative. In another words, lots of things blowing up.
Occasionally interrupted by a girl in a bikini.
…
Generally, trailers also feature heartless, evil villains, hideous creatures, dolphins, physical violence and of course the promise of true love.
And lastly, there’s a final montage often set to rock music to be designed to bit of blow away whatever synapses you have there in your brain.
This culminates in the reveal of the main title, like so, THHEEE HIITCHHIIIKERS’ GUUUIIIDE TO THHEEE GAALAXXY, followed by the release date, so the audience might plan the next few months of their lives accordingly.
And it has this to say about movie trailers.
Movie trailers are designed to give you an idea of the film in question in a very short space of time.
Typically, it begins with the introductory of a main character who will very shortly have something so utterly fantastic happen to him that someone just had to make a movie about it.
Often, this section is preceded by the words “in a world”…
*Earth gets blown up*
… but sometimes not.
Trailers also normally employ a DEEEP VOOIICCEE THAAT SOOUNNDS LIKE A SEVEN FOOOT TALL MAAAN WHO HASS BEEEN SMOOOKING CIGARETTEEES SINCE CHIILLDHOOD.
…
um-hmm.
…
The goal is to create a piece of advertising that is original and exciting, yet intelligent and provocative. In another words, lots of things blowing up.
Occasionally interrupted by a girl in a bikini.
…
Generally, trailers also feature heartless, evil villains, hideous creatures, dolphins, physical violence and of course the promise of true love.
And lastly, there’s a final montage often set to rock music to be designed to bit of blow away whatever synapses you have there in your brain.
This culminates in the reveal of the main title, like so, THHEEE HIITCHHIIIKERS’ GUUUIIIDE TO THHEEE GAALAXXY, followed by the release date, so the audience might plan the next few months of their lives accordingly.
THE HITCHHIKERS' GUIDE
TO THE GALAXY
APRIL 29, 2005
*Don't Panic...*
