My son and I made this for fun (we're both fans of the book). Luckily, it's really short, so if you hate it, you won't have wasted too much time on it.
I consider this a teaser trailer for the book itself. Not a mock movie trailer. If I'm violating any copyrights with this, please let me know.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
Pretty good. Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Hey, that's not bad! Good work!
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
That was really well done! I enjoyed it.
Posted by BandoCommando (Member # 7746) on :
Nice!!!
Posted by JoeH (Member # 5958) on :
Great job!
Posted by Luv2ReadProductions (Member # 11502) on :
Thanks everyone! I'm actually quite relieved at the positive responses.
I can take criticism just fine, but it's my son's face representing this, not mine. So I was a little apprehensive about even sharing it on the net.
Posted by cassv746 (Member # 11173) on :
I think that was pretty cool myself.
Posted by adfectio (Member # 11070) on :
That is really cool. When it was done with, the only complaint I had is that there wasn't more. Great job!
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
*two thumbs up*
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I particularly liked the Battle Room scene. Did you do that on a slide, or something?
Posted by Luv2ReadProductions (Member # 11502) on :
Green screen. "Ender" is actually sitting still while the background zooms out.
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
That was actually pretty good. I was expecting complete garbage to be honest. Good job.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Cute kid!
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
I think we found Ender. Great job.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Nice!!
Posted by Occasional (Member # 5860) on :
Sorry, but I didn't like it that much. It was "super-amateur" in its production. Would have been better with some original or more representative special effects. The narration wasn't too bad. Good job putting it together in the first place.
Posted by Luv2ReadProductions (Member # 11502) on :
quote:Sorry, but I didn't like it that much. It was "super-amateur" in its production. Would have been better with some original or more representative special effects. The narration wasn't too bad. Good job putting it together in the first place.
super... original... special... good job...
Hey thanks man!
EDIT: In all seriousness, I am an amateur and you don't have to apologize for disliking it. Out of curiosity, what sort of original special effects were you looking for, and what do you mean by representative?
[ March 03, 2008, 09:48 AM: Message edited by: Luv2ReadProductions ]
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
I liked it.
Sure, there wasn't big flashy special effects, but I liked the structure and the pace.
The kid did a good job, and I think it would work if you had a movie industry pumping thousands of dollars into it to make it look sharper and prettier.
Good job.
Posted by Occasional (Member # 5860) on :
I would have liked to see a glimps of some real dog fights in space. The space scenes you see are just stand alone ships that don't represent the war that is behind Ender's game.
Put it this way, in relation to another post recently, what is The Last Starfighter without a fight? What is Ender's Game without a game? The narration and the boy's angry expression didn't seem to go with the other clips. The little girl crying doesn't make sense if you haven't read the book. In other words, there needs to be more hints at context and story from a visual point of view.
Posted by Steve_G (Member # 10101) on :
I liked it, though the Space shuttle launch was out of place. Need something more futuristic there. that's the only thing I found wrong with it.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Occasional: I would have liked to see a glimps of some real dog fights in space. The space scenes you see are just stand alone ships that don't represent the war that is behind Ender's game.
Put it this way, in relation to another post recently, what is The Last Starfighter without a fight? What is Ender's Game without a game? The narration and the boy's angry expression didn't seem to go with the other clips. The little girl crying doesn't make sense if you haven't read the book. In other words, there needs to be more hints at context and story from a visual point of view.
It's a teaser-trailer. Not a full blown trailer. Teaser-trailers are like that.
Posted by Luv2ReadProductions (Member # 11502) on :
What Lisa said.
As for full-blown dogfights... You'd laugh at that notion if you saw the production equipment I actually have.
All in all, this cost me roughly $30 - $40 to produce. If it was going to cost any more, it wouldn't exist.
Heck, the doorway to the battleroom is actually a closeup of an Altoid container. Posted by Steve_G (Member # 10101) on :
quote:Originally posted by Luv2ReadProductions:
Heck, the doorway to the battleroom is actually a closeup of an Altoid container.
Your son must be very small. Posted by Luv2ReadProductions (Member # 11502) on :
How else could he fit into those GI Joe clothes?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I just realized that my mental image of the "game" has the kids in what are essentially Omega Race sit-down cabinets, complete with the Omega Race controls.
[Edited because my original post was incoherent]
[ March 03, 2008, 10:20 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
quote:Originally posted by Luv2ReadProductions: Heck, the doorway to the battleroom is actually a closeup of an Altoid container.
That's really clever! Posted by Boothby171 (Member # 807) on :
It's actually a Battle Room for ants!
The real Battle Room will have to be at least three times that size.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
Haha. I liked it. Sure the special effects weren't fantabulous, but they were pretty good for only $30-40. I'm very impressed.
Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
quote:Originally posted by Boothby171: It's actually a Battle Room for ants!
The real Battle Room will have to be at least three times that size.
Boo!
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
quote:Originally posted by Boothby171: It's actually a Battle Room for ants!
The real Battle Room will have to be at least three times that size.
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