CliqueClackGravity: How I would have made the trailer infinitely more dramatic
In the case of Warner Bros. recently released teaser trailer, subtracting sound would have added volumes (no pun intended) to the impact of the piece.
Have you seen the teaser trailer for Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, the science fiction thriller scheduled for release in October?
Good.
If you haven’t, take a gander at it above before you read the remainder of this post.
Here’s how it could have been done much better, more dramatically and with greater impact.
Remember, folks: Space is a vacuum. There is no sound.
So can you imagine the sheer terror of being on a spacewalk and witnessing the vehicle that carried you into orbit suddenly destroyed before your very eyes … and in deafening silence? And then, moments later and in the distance, the space station too?
Think about that very scenario as you rewatch the video with the voices of George Clooney and Sandra Bullock the only things you hear. Additionally, if there’s anyone on the shuttle (and there has to be … right?) imagine their horror at realizing something has gone terribly wrong and then … silence.
Maybe we get chatter from Mission Control as the two stunned, now panicking astronauts relay their dilemma back to Earth:
“Remain calm … stand by …” is the only thing a stunned Houston can tell them.
Wow.
That’s what would have really made an impact.
Discuss …
6 Comments on “Gravity: How I would have made the trailer infinitely more dramatic”
You have to know by now that Hollywood thinks people are too stupid to accept seeing a huge explosion in space without there being any sound. Hey, at least there was no gigantic fireball! Think of that as them meeting you halfway.
Chuck Duncan <——– enjoys tossing wet blankets on beach party BBQs among other things
I always wondered about that when we heard all that zapping on the intro to Star Wars.
Nyela:
Author Harlan Ellison said that about Star Wars.
He complained vehemently the film would ruin science fiction on the whole because of that intro
Well, if finally becoming fiscally solvent is ruining an art form, he just might be right. If it pays it isn’t art, right? Ask Andy Warhol. He said he didn’t create art, he created experiences.
Nice thought, Michael. It would have worked well for an arty, teaser trailer, followed later by the full trailer with IMAX-level explosions and debris clouds.