February 09, 2005
Last week when I mentioned that the solution to that confounding Deadroom trailer was probably right in front of me, I was right - as soon as I posted that, I went and spent the whole night cutting together a spot based around our key marketing image, which is probably the best stand-alone image in the entire film. That trailer is pretty much the same one that we shipped off to SXSW yesterday, for them to put on their online program. It turned out beautifully, I think (and I think we all agree) - and once again we're stuck with a trailer that's probably better than the actual movie.
Over the weekend, Yen cut a second trailer that felt much darker and more intense than mine. Although it turned out great, and although it was the same length as my cut, it felt more like a teaser trailer, and that was something we were trying to get away from. Incidentally, neither of them feature a single line of dialogue.
So the official version will be premiering on the SXSW site, and then both of them will be available on the Deadroom site after that. Although I suppose there's a chance that one or both of them might get leaked online beforehand...
Posted by David Lowery at February 9, 2005 01:06 PM