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.