Wonder Woman Trailer - 1970’s Style

Published by Don Jack on YouTube, Nov. 9, 2016

Shortly following Warner Bros.’s release of the second trailer for the Wonder Woman movie (2017), YouTuber Don Jack posted a parody version featuring clips from the 1970’s television program starring Lynda Carter cut to the audio track of the new trailer.


Published by Warner Bros. Pictures on YouTube, Nov. 3, 2016


Four months later, Don Jack posted a cut parodying the “Official Origin” trailer for Wonder Woman.


Published by Don Jack on YouTube, Mar. 28, 2017


Published by Warner Bros. Pictures on YouTube, Mar. 11, 2017

What If "Man of Steel" Was in Color?

What would Man of Steel look like with more natural color? That’s what the gang over at VideoLab wanted to see. So, they took clips from the film, played with the color balances and saturation and came up with some pretty interesting results.



Posted by VideoLab on YouTube April 21st, 2015


There is currently not a lot of information about the Folk(s) of VideoLab. Maybe this is a one-off experiment by a film student? Maybe there’s more coming?

The point, in any case of course, is how different a film can be by how it looks.


[reported on Geek.com by TJ Dietch Apr. 25, 2015]

Present-Day Devices as Props in Star Trek

Every Star Trek production requires a large number of props to act as technical devices of Starfleet or of aliens. There are custom prop designs for standard phasers, tricorders or communicators. But in most cases there is a need for additional props that either serve a specific purpose in the story or are used as generic futuristic decoration. Several of the props that could be seen are actually slightly modified devices of the 20th/21st century.

[read the article on Ex Astris Scientia]
by Jörg Hillebrand and Bernd Schneider
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/inconsistencies/present-day-devices.htm

Check out Bernd Schneider’s Star Trek fan site, Ex Astris Scientia, and its many interesting contemplations, observations and discussions.
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/index.htm

Hollywood Pronunciation Guide

by Nick Blake
Posted on Next Movie July 27, 2013

How to say 12 of Hollywood’s unpronounceable names:

Saoirse Ronan

Seer-sha Row-nin

(Hanna, Atonement)

Quvenzhane Wallis

Kuh-Ven-Zsa-nay Wah-lis

(Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Choo-it-tell Edge-ee-o-for

(12 Years a Slave)

Zach Galifianakis

Zak Gal-if-fan-ah-kis

(The Hangover)

Ralph Fiennes

Rafe Fines

(Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

Steven Buscemi

Steve Boo-Sem-Mee

(Fargo, Boardwalk Empire)

Mia Wasikowska

Mee-uh Va-shee-kov-ska

(Alice in Wonderland)

Martin Scorsese

Mar-tin Scor-seh-zee

(Good Fellas, The Departed)

Milla Jovovich

Me-la Yo-vo-vitch

(The Fifth Element, Resident Evil)

Chloë Sevigny

Clo-Wee She-ven-nee

(Big Love, American Psycho)

Cillian Murphy

Kill-lee-an Mer-phee

(Inception, Batman Begins)

Gabourey Sidibe

Gah-bore-ray Sih-dih-bay

(Precious, American Horror Story)

[read original article]

Toy Story: The True Identity of Andy’s Mom Makes the Movie More Epic

Jon Negroni threads together elements from the Toy Story trilogy to suss out the identity of Andy’s (Woody and Buzz’s owner) mom. Reasonable deduction or wild conspiracy theory?

by Jon Negroni posted on Moviepilot.com on Feb. 24, 2014

Andy's mom has always been a bit of an enigma. In the first Toy Story, we barely even saw her face. That's all fine because throughout the movies, the real focus has been on Andy and the love he has for those toys.

But this is Pixar, and it stands to reason that there is more than meets the eye when it comes to the Davis family.

[read the whole article at Moviepilot]

5-Point Movie Review, 2013

In 2013, I was fortunate to view a least 20 motion pictures in the theaters. In a fancy way of saying “This is what I think of that”, I posted my own movie reviews with the tag of “5-Point Movie Review”. The five points are five characteristics of the film watching experience that most affected my personal enjoyment of said film.

Each is awarded a base grade utilizing the standard five-level grading system from “A” to “F”, “A”-being best and skipping “E” (because obviously “F”= “Fail” makes better sense than “E”=“Fail”), that I grew up with in school. While the base grade is applied as objectively as possible, admittedly this first step technically isn’t objective at all. Still, colloquially, this is what the base grades mean:

“A” = Better than the material suggested.
“B” = They did make the movie they wanted.
“C” = They didn’t make the movie they wanted.
“D” = They were incapable of making the movie they wanted.
“F” = They shouldn’t have made this film.

Each of five points/ characteristics may up-grade or down-grade the score, with the basic criteria:
+1 = Good job, worth seeing.
par = Meets expectations = 0 grade movement.
-1 = Detracts from movie watching experience.
Occasionally I’ve assigned either a +2 or -2.
There are 13 distinct levels on the grading chart, comprised of “+” and “-” levels respectively above and below the top 4 base grades. “F” is it’s own lonely level. Since by this structure there is nothing higher than “A+”, mid way through the year, I imposed the rule that in order to be awarded with the necessarily up-grade to “A+”, the review must begin with the base grade of “A”, not to receive any negative points , and have received at least 2 positive points.

THE “A”s:
Iron Man 3, This Is The End, Gravity

MOST UP-GRADED:
This Is The End, Gravity, Thor: The Dark World (each 3 points up)

MOST DOWN-GRADED:
A Good Day to Die Hard, The Lone Ranger (both 3 points down)

Thanks for watching.

Have and Happy New Year.

– Bryan

“Carrrie” in a Coffee Shop

Published Oct. 7, 2013

For some unsuspecting patrons of a New York City coffee shop, a scary confrontation straight out of a Stephen King novel (and its two movie adaptations) happened right before their eyes. Watch the video of the prank inspired by the upcoming new version of “Carrie” 

The video was the creation of Thinkmodo, the New York-based viral video marketing company. 

[read more at Movie talk on Yahoo]

http://youtu.be/VlOxlSOr3_M

Le Gouffre - Animated Short Film

Le Gouffre - Animated Short Film

by Lightning Boy Studio

Kickstarter campaign to raise $5,000 (Can) goal by October 9, 2013 to produce an animated film.

An inspiring tale about friendship, sacrifice and conquering the impossible.

“LE GOUFFRE”, WHAT'S THAT?

“Quite simply, it’s the most ambitious project we’ve ever done (it’s also a french word meaning abyss, or large gap). It’s an 8-min long animated short film, it features a new painterly style we came up with, and it tells the amazing journey of two travelers that must build a bridge to cross over an impossible gap blocking their way.”

 

[Read more at Kickstarter]

[Read more at Cartoon Brew]

Atlanta to Alaska and back, a Vintage Motorcycle Documentary

 

Atlanta to Alaska and back, a Vintage Motorcycle Documentary

by Aurorah Yarberry

 

 Kickstarter Campaign

for $25,000 for the first third of fundraising rounds by Friday, October 25, 2013.

 

“I’m the creator behind a feature length documentary film about restoring a 1972 Honda CB 350, and yes; I am also  the girl who is doing the restoration (with help), and yes, riding the restored vintage bike from Atlanta to Alaska and back. It’s an 11,000 mile round trip.”

 

[Read more at Kickstarter]

R2’s Detour: J.J. Abrams Uses Unlikely Hero to Bridge ‘Star’ Franchises

posted on Movie Talk on Yahoo, Sept. 12, 2013

R2-D2 flying by in Paramount Pictures’ ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’.

In case you blinked, Abrams bridges the galaxies between the two great “Star” franchises by sending everyone’s favorite droid flying across the screen in both of the director's “Star Trek” flicks (and his other films as well.)

Read the article on Movie Talk [http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/easter-egg-artist-j-j-abrams-uses-unlikely-220401105.html].

Read a contributing article on io9.

TCM: Summer Under the Stars 2013

 

Summer Under the Stars

A different star featured every day in August on TCM

Check out the website: tcm.com

9 Famous Movie Vilains Who Were Right All Along

by Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, January 12, 2011, Cracked.com

The Wicked Witch of the West wasn’t set out to kill Dorothy. She wanted her sister’s slippers, which were being worn by her sister’s killer.

The security chief in Short Circuit was in the right by trying to recapture a malfunctioning piece of machinery with a laser canon which gained sentience but had no understanding of the value of life or death.

And in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, it’s the principal’s job to see to it that kids go to school and not take unapproved days off.

Check out Cezary Jan Strusiewicz ’s“villain”s eye” summary of 9 famous movies:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18417_9-famous-movie-villains-who-were-right-all-along.html

Mrs. Doubtfire Trailer - re-cut

Trailers for the 1993 comedy re-cut as a thriller/horror.



http://youtu.be/N3bgipCebuI

Uploaded by YeahBoyProductions on Jan 28, 2009

I made this recut trailer as part of my university course but have always wanted to make one so it was good to finally get this completed. Hope you enjoy watching it, please rate & comment!

http://youtu.be/U71P5FKFqfg

Published on Jun 8, 2012 by peterjavidpour

Plot Synopsis: An unemployed actor undergoes a drastic transformation in a twisted attempt to regain the trust of his estranged family.

http://youtu.be/LRv4gxACIxM

Uploaded by fivetwelvestudios on Aug 18, 2010

Every once in a while I just like to create for the sake of creating. This little trailer was so much fun I might adapt other movies. 

Leafie

Trailer for Leafie, A Hen into the Wild.
2011
Korean animated feature, directed by Seong-yun Oh.



http://youtu.be/7cbO8RE0vz4

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window from Another Angle

REAR WINDOW loop (2011)

a visual installation by Jeff Desom

based on footage from Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" (1954)

I dissected all of Hitchcock's Rear Window and stiched it back together in After Effects. I stabilized all the shots with camera movement in them. Since everything was filmed from pretty much the same angle I was able to match them into a single panoramic view of the entire backyard without any greater distortions. The order of events stays true to the movie's plot.

- Jeff Desom

Rear Window Timelapse from Jeff Desom on Vimeo.



http://www.jeffdesom.com/hitch/

Posted from The Mary Sue:
http://www.themarysue.com/rear-window-from-another-angle/

Boilerplate

Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel
by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett.
Abrams Image, 168 pp. hard cover, 2009.

Kinda of like “Forest Gump” with the sci-fi twist of the central figure being a mechanical man.
Paramount Pictures has optioned the film rights to be produced by J. J. Abrams.

http://bigredhair.com/

“Boilerplate” is available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Boilerplate-Historys-Mechanical-Paul-Guinan/dp/0810989506

The Latino Comedy Project's “TRANSMORFERS”

http://youtu.be/7P6LB8sbeWc

Cowboy & Aliens

Cowboys & Aliens [PG-13]
2011 Dreamworks
Directed by Jon Favreau

Grade: C+
Down-graded from B.

Par: Cast: Daniel Craig (as stranger Lonergan), Harrison Ford (as cattle man Dolarhyde), Olivia Wilde (as wildcard Ella).
+1: Alien design & art direction.
-1: Story pace.
-1: Character development.
-1: last 5-minutes/ epilogue.

Captain America by Eric Tan

http://erictanart.blogspot.com/2011/07/propaganda-time.html

Mondo, who has a booth for the very first time at San Diego Comic Con, will release these at some point, as well as a vintage set by Olly Moss, and a one-sheet by Tyler Stout.

About Eric Tan: Designer/Doodler. Grew up in the sleepy town of San Diego. Suffers from narcolepsy. When not working or sleeping...or sleeping at work, I usually have a skateboard, a snowboard, or a burrito in hand.



http://erictanart.blogspot.com/

Captain America by Richard Davies

Richard Davies, aka ‘turksworks’, is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer residing in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, UK.

http://www.turksworks.co.uk/index.html