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Monthly Archives: February 2012
SHOCKING ASIA – Putting the X in Exotic Exploitation
The trailer for Shocking Asia opens as travelogue showing picturesque footage of East Indian spiritual ceremonies, then quickly dissolves into sensationalism as worshipers are shown undergoing real self- mortifications of the flesh. Next, Southeast Asian transvestite prostitutes working in their … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Posts, Readings
Tagged " trailer, exotic, exploitation, gualtiero jacopetti, marketing, rolf olsen, shocking asia, shocking asia 2
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TRAILER EDITING: Toward a formal definition
DISCONTINUITY EDITING IN THE LAUNCH TRAILER FOR A BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO GAME This was “editing” week in seminar and as I re-read the materials dealing with feature film and trailer “shot coordination,” certain correspondences and connections struck me with the force … Continue reading
Posted in Introductory and Reference Post, Observations and Provocations
Tagged andy kuehn, bordwell and thompson, bracket syntagma, call of duty 3 modern warfare, christian metz, discontinuity editing, eisenstein, esther harris, FILM ART, james monaco, LISA kernan, the grid, trailer editing, Vinzenz Hediger
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IT DEPENDS: A Defense of Trailers as Virtuoso Film Art
[youtube-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkTpAYrLcOo] BIG STAR, POPULAR GENRE, STRONG TRAILER BUT IRAQ WAR FILMS DON’T SELL! A two-minute trailer serves many masters and navigates varied, sometimes competing claims. Moreover, its film craft, marketing effectiveness and entertainment value are independent of one another and … Continue reading
Posted in Observations and Provocations
Tagged challenges, excellence, FILM ART, marketing, prediction, quality, Trailers, variables
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