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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Featurette: A Long Trailer and A Short Documentary

FEATURETTES: Back in the 70’s, featurettes were commonplace marketing adjuncts for important or significant feature films. They were shown on TV (where else, in those benighted days before the intertubes), helping to flesh out the broadcast minutes that a movie-of-the-week … Continue reading

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Sizzling Update — Getting to Greenlight with help from the pros

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about trailers created before feature footage was available, using materials ripped from other films, home movies, stock footage–wherever! Often, these are fan-generated, based on love for the source material and a desire to … Continue reading

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Convergence, Transmedia and Participatory Marketing: Trailers Lead the Way

Mashup using Brave dialogue and Game of Thrones footage: A “pleasant family film for all ages.” After attending the Transmedia conference recently, at which MIT Media Studies Professor and Media Lab stalwar Henry Jenkins was the keynote speaker (regrettably absent … Continue reading

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