- Kevin weighs in on thoughts on the Internet trailer, and reveals that the flick’s already down to 110 minutes, likely to be down by 10 more, putting it at about 1:40, pretty average for a comedy flick. Don’t worry, though, they gotta be saving all the cut stuff for the DVD that’s been thought about since even before the movie started filming. Here’s Kevin:
First, Scott. He cut the trailer with me. Originally, I wanted to put out on all dialogue trailer. It would’ve looked exactly like the trailer you guys have seen, but it wouldn’t have had any music, or that little montage after the “Ladies! Ladies Ladies!” line. Mosier suggested we pump in some of Jim Venable’s sweet-ass score, which lead to adding that little montage of shots up front as well.
Speaking of music, thanks to Jim Venable, who provided not only the trailer, but the whole movie with a kick-ass score.
After those cats, I’ve gotta thank Phil Benson, who not only mixed the dialogue so you can hear what everyone’s saying, but also labored like a mutt to get the trailer compressed and insisted it be available in more than one size.
Ming, too, rushed over after putting in a ten hour day at LivePlanet, just to make sure we had the whole thing ready to go. Not only did he guide Phil through the compression options and uploading process, but Ming also designed moviepoopshoot.com, the site that’s hosting the trailer (for the curious, that site also plays a large role in the flick itself).
Vordo gets a shout-out, too, for mixing the music so that you hear and feel it, but it doesn’t intrude on the dialogue. Kudos to mix-master Vordo.
And lastly, to all of you guys and gals that log-jammed our sites for three days. It was one of those nice problems to have, because it meant you were all dowloading like crazy, and getting to see the first sneak-peak at what’s in store for you on August 24th.
When the theatrical trailer’s realeased, don’t expect the same kind of free-for-all. Those things are governed my the MPAA, and in order to get a green band trailer (which means you can screen at the head of any movie in the theater, not just the ‘R’ rated stuff), there’s no cussing allowed (I doubt we’d even get away with saying “clit” in a green band trailer).
That being said, the theatrical trailer will be far more spoiler-ific than the teaser is. That’s where they’ll tell the story of the flick, and show you footage I hoped wouldn’t be seen until late August.
They’ll probably put far funnier stuff into the theatrical trailer, too. That’s what I was most proud of with our teaser: we didn’t include any of the really funny stuff. Don’t get me wrong, it’s all good; but we were able to fashion that taste of the flick without even using the strongest material.
Which simply means the best is yet to come…
In light of how well this all went over, we’re cooking up another little something to share with you guys in about a month or so. I think you’ll dig that too.
FYI: The movie’s down to 110 minutes. That’s what we’re testing at. The release length will probably be at least ten minutes shorter than that. Which means that the jokes come even faster and more furious, though not at the expense of the story.
Oh, who am I kidding? Like there’s a story…
From the sound of things they’re going to give up some of the bigger surprises (maybe even Hamill’s character, which would be a real shame) in the theatrical trailer, but let’s hope not. Guess time will tell!
