So word comes, that we
can't use the trailers anymore. Why?
$2000-$8000 per MINUTE. The studios are
still stuck on TV prices I guess. That's
just an insane amount of money. So we
realize we need to rework it. Even STILLS
from the movie are in the thousand dollar
range. How insane is that? I was
highly bummed because even the trailers
were weak, I wanted the actual scenes
like you see onother movie review shows.
We got a package for Titan A.E., but it
was already too late.
YouTube
link added
12.20.07
So how do you do a review without
showing any part of the movie, and still look
professional? Therein lies the catch. Being
professional. We have to make it look like we don't
NEED the trailer... I mentioned to Eric that we
could always spoof the trailer and then leave
everything the same. Then Eric said we should actually
have the review within the spoof with the tvs givin'
the review while Live Adam is all serious. And a new
Movie Minded was born.
What we didn't realize at the time
was not only did this solve our trailer problem, it
also greatly expanded the shelf life of our shows.
Whereas before we could've never sold Frequency
because the movie was too old, a spoof will last for
quite some time. Now since there is still a review
within, it can't go on for years...but it makes it
viable for months as opposed to weeks. Which helps the
production end of it, because this new kind of Movie
Minded is quite difficult to put together. So
yahoo...
Now shooting this was a btich. It
was hot, and I was in this damn revolutionary war
get-up and a long haired wig. But I must admit it
was fun. Eric and I seem to have a partnership
that nicely relies on each other. He'd ask me to look
at his camera shots, and vice-versa. I seem to
have a little more knowledge on framing, and together
we came up with some interesting things. But shooting
the outside stuff was easy. Again, the tvs were a bear
to time. I am as always quite the perfectionist, so
I want it to be dead-on...and I think it worked.
We really put together a great little show that is
gonna be tough to live up to. Everyone's immediate
reaction is to do The Klumps, or X-Men...but it seems
to be funnier to do serious movies and poke fun. It
would be great to do a romantic comedy and have the
tvs in each scene making fun of it. Whereas..what
could you do with the Klumps? It's already funny as
shit, and we don't have the budget to pull of those
kind of costumes. So we'll see what's
next...
For now, enjoy "The
Patriot". After seeing
this, you'l know why I've been all excited the past
month. We've definitely got something
here.