MOTHER SUPERIOR: LET THERE BE LEAD - film trailer

Samuel - good response, and fair enough. I do give you points for the 70's-esque exploitation, someone besides Tarantino has to figure out a way to do this and do it well (sorry, Quentin, but you just bug the hell outta me talent notwithstanding). I noticed the construction lights in the edit as well, wasn't sure what that was all about. I'm guessing that by totally upping the "cheese" factor and making some tweaks you could really change the overall feel and direction of this trailer and have a Midnight Movie hit on your hands if you work it right....

Scott,

That's an interesting point about the VO. I'm a big fan of showing rather than telling and it might have served the trailer well to have gone in that direction.

In defense of the lighting, this trailer was put together rather early on in post-production and isn't necessarily representative of the final look. I encourage you to watch the final version and if you still feel the same way then I'll just have to live with that.

You really hit the nail on the head with your final comment. There were a lot of discussions throughout the project as to whether or not we'd gone over-the-top enough with it. While I do stand by the film as being fairly close to what we set out to do, I'm not sure that what we did was ridiculous enough to sell the joke. The overall tone is a bit accidentally ambiguous.

Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment.

Now that I've seen some of Loretta's remarks, I feel safe that I'm not going to be the harshest critic on here! I may even be heartened to be more frank with my comments. I can be critical, but I always try and back it up with an explanation at least..

From the title frame, I expect this film to be over the top and pretentious, but so is almost every Tarantino film, and he's doing VERY WELL. I consider the job of a trailer critic is to assess the effectiveness of the trailer to "sell" the movie to its target market, regardless of personal taste (although if you can sell me a genre I would otherwise dislike, then all the more kudos to you).

I may or may not like a given format, but will honestly convey my views on how well it was executed and if I believe it will work for the intended audience. I'm looking forward to watching it properly now, if even to just weigh in on it.. too bad about the transfer issues..

Brian

P.S. 3/5 is my default neutral rating for something I haven't seen. below 3 indicates something wrong, above 3 indicates something good!

Wow, this one overwhelms me in nearly every way. The cinematography is gorgeous - lighting that's right for every scene, and wonderfully dynamic camera motion. I'm floored that so much indie cinema is so locked down. Here, the action in each scene is underscored by the camera movement.

Speaking of scores, the one for this trailer is the first I've heard in the Cow that sounds like it's for a trailer...and that it's for this trailer in particular. The visual and musical beats are in perfect sync, building the tension right up to the climax at the end.

In short, great lighting, shooting, blocking, editing and music. I can't imagine how to improve any part of this.

Looking at your account sig, I'm curious - did you do all of this? Were you working with others on parts of this? Do tell! I'm also curious if the film has been completed.

Samuel, this really is wonderful work. I would hate for anyone who finds it as funny as I do...and it really did make me laugh, starting with the name...to simply stop at the laugh, while missing just how strong this is.

I've only got 5 Cows to give, but you've got 'em.