Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Blog Post #1: Re-Create a Movie Trailer: Oliver Twisted

Greetings, readers!

In CyberArts Tech our assignment was to take an existing movie or video game trailer and edit it using sound effects and music. I chose Oliver Twist, released in 2005 and directed by Roman Polanski. Instead of just using the clips from the movie trailer, I decided to go crazy and used clips from the entire movie! My goal was to change Oliver Twist from a drama to a horror. Here's a compare and contrast from the original trailer:



And here's the NEW version:





In order to maximize the creepiness and make Oliver Twist look like a psycho, I combed through the whole movie and cut out the creepy bits using MAGIX Movie Edit Pro Plus 17 (editing software). Once I'd done that, I re-arranged all the clips in different orders, trying to get an underlying story for the trailer. When I was satisfied with how the trailer clips were, I edited the sound (that took quite a while since I had to make sure all the sounds faded together nicely). Then I added in the sound effects; some were already in the movie and others I had to record myself. In the end, I think the trailer turned out pretty spooky.

Friday, February 4, 2011

About Myself

Hey everybody

I'm Jennifer E. and I love to draw (that's my main reason for joining CyberArts). I carry a sketchbook with me so I can scribble things down if I happen to spot something interesting in the daily goings on. I also enjoy working in Photoshop and Illustrator (second reason). My goal is to become a computer programmer (and also for video games), an animator, and an excellent Photoshop painter. If we could do lots of drawing in Photoshop, learning how to paint your drawings in Photoshop, using effects to make your drawing seem more realistic (things like that), that would be awesome. I like to swim, play badminton, and bike (stationary and otherwise). My favourite foods include: nachos, lasagna, and Mr. Noodles. I dislike: pickles, politicians, annoying people, eggs, cake, donuts (doughnuts), lobster, veal, the colour pink, live action movies that feature talking animals (the CGI is annoying), and selfish drivers. I'm going to try my best this year so I can get good grades and learn a lot (yadda yadda yadda) and I'd say a lot more things about myself but I'm gonna cut it off here.

Thanks for reading this and have a nice day.