I think it'd be important for the industry. The movie industry is in trouble. How do you change that? Trailers. I don't know how many times I've looked at a poster or seen someone recommend a...
I think it'd be important for the industry. The movie industry is in trouble. How do you change that? Trailers.
I don't know how many times I've looked at a poster or seen someone recommend a movie and hastily say "It's nothing like (or way better than) the trailer" or "don't watch trailers. It'll spoil the movie".
There's so much room for innovation with trailers, and that could transform the movie industry, much like shorts were a huge part in revitalizing animated movies.
I'm much more apprehensive about the idea of any sort of award regarding stunts. Stories of things like Tom Cruise's airplane/skydiving stunt in the latest Mission Impossible and how those reports all fetishize how daring and risky it is, how it pushes the envelope for stunts.
It just seems like a recipe for injuries and disasters irrespective of how you couch the stunt award in planning, stunt safety or whatever. The award will always boil down to being a spin on "You won't believe this sick new stunt!" in some form or other.
This alone. I was sitting in the theaters watching a trailer for some film (I think the new Matthew McConaughey movie) and just straight up had to shut my eyes and plug my ears half way through so...
don't watch trailers. It'll spoil the movie
This alone. I was sitting in the theaters watching a trailer for some film (I think the new Matthew McConaughey movie) and just straight up had to shut my eyes and plug my ears half way through so I didn't see more. It spoiled a ton of it. And a lot of films do this.
I still feel like trailers have a place somewhere, even if it's not in advertising. Recently, I saw this trailer for the first mission impossible. It was genuinely exciting, maybe even more...
I still feel like trailers have a place somewhere, even if it's not in advertising. Recently, I saw this trailer for the first mission impossible. It was genuinely exciting, maybe even more exciting than the movie itself. Yes, it spoils almost the entire thing, but it feels like a medium in its own right. Almost like how opening titles can be so artful while being so insignificant to most viewers.
They do defend it in the article: And honestly, I buy it. There was a time that I was all about getting to the theater early so I wouldn't miss the trailers. And then I was all about avoiding...
They do defend it in the article:
Hear us out. At this point in the zeitgeist, trailers can often have as much cultural impact as the films they are made to promote. The best of them can spawn entirely new trailer sub-genres and continue to impact the cultural conversation years later.
And honestly, I buy it. There was a time that I was all about getting to the theater early so I wouldn't miss the trailers. And then I was all about avoiding trailers about because they gave away too much plot. There's definitely an art to it, that I think deserves some recognition.
That one is a bit silly but the production and background people that make movies possible really don't get enough recognition in Hollywood, IMO, so Best Stunt Coordinator, Casting & Mocap...
That one is a bit silly but the production and background people that make movies possible really don't get enough recognition in Hollywood, IMO, so Best Stunt Coordinator, Casting & Mocap Performance are good suggestions. Best First Film is also a pretty good idea as well since it can help more indie and small releases get some much needed attention. Best Voice performance is a bit weird though... are there even enough movies released per year where that would apply to make it competitive?
I skimmed the list, but "Best Trailer" for an oscar?
I think it'd be important for the industry. The movie industry is in trouble. How do you change that? Trailers.
I don't know how many times I've looked at a poster or seen someone recommend a movie and hastily say "It's nothing like (or way better than) the trailer" or "don't watch trailers. It'll spoil the movie".
There's so much room for innovation with trailers, and that could transform the movie industry, much like shorts were a huge part in revitalizing animated movies.
I'm much more apprehensive about the idea of any sort of award regarding stunts. Stories of things like Tom Cruise's airplane/skydiving stunt in the latest Mission Impossible and how those reports all fetishize how daring and risky it is, how it pushes the envelope for stunts.
It just seems like a recipe for injuries and disasters irrespective of how you couch the stunt award in planning, stunt safety or whatever. The award will always boil down to being a spin on "You won't believe this sick new stunt!" in some form or other.
This alone. I was sitting in the theaters watching a trailer for some film (I think the new Matthew McConaughey movie) and just straight up had to shut my eyes and plug my ears half way through so I didn't see more. It spoiled a ton of it. And a lot of films do this.
I still feel like trailers have a place somewhere, even if it's not in advertising. Recently, I saw this trailer for the first mission impossible. It was genuinely exciting, maybe even more exciting than the movie itself. Yes, it spoils almost the entire thing, but it feels like a medium in its own right. Almost like how opening titles can be so artful while being so insignificant to most viewers.
They do defend it in the article:
And honestly, I buy it. There was a time that I was all about getting to the theater early so I wouldn't miss the trailers. And then I was all about avoiding trailers about because they gave away too much plot. There's definitely an art to it, that I think deserves some recognition.
That one is a bit silly but the production and background people that make movies possible really don't get enough recognition in Hollywood, IMO, so Best Stunt Coordinator, Casting & Mocap Performance are good suggestions. Best First Film is also a pretty good idea as well since it can help more indie and small releases get some much needed attention. Best Voice performance is a bit weird though... are there even enough movies released per year where that would apply to make it competitive?