Monthly Archives: November 2011

Trailer Editing: A lot like feature film editing, only more so

[youtube=www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdFDfQyi_c] With the exception of the “Grid,” described below, which is exclusive to trailer editing, the approaches, techniques or principles described below are used by feature film editors and trailers editors alike. In this post, I wanted to highlight some … Continue reading

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10 META-Trailers Worth Watching

As I noted in my Nov. 23rd post on Meta Trailers, trailers are always implicitly self-referential. Some trailers, however, foreground their status as familiar, formulaic and appealing feature film advertisements as the basis for their own promotional message. Here is … Continue reading

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Meta Movies – Trailers, Free Samples & Self-consciousness

(A FILM ABOUT COMEDY WITH JERRY SEINFELD) I have tried to use this blog to denaturalize and defamiliarize my subject. I’ve wanted to introduce critical distance into the appreciation of these short commercial films that are so universally enjoyed, so … Continue reading

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