Just briefly letting all my avid readers know that I have decided to add a voice-over (VO) to the trailer, after all, despite my earlier rejection of such an idea.
Since I didn't really know what to try next, I decided I might as well try a VO, and see how dumb I thought it was. I could immediately see that it helped. The next question was the approach -- Explain the plot? Be mysterious and alluring? Hey - how about BOTH?? That is, I'm using plot-relating rhetorical questions (for now):
"What if you remembered something
That you didn't want to remember
Because you met someone
Who was there?"
That's Larry's half; I'm still working on Marissa's.
This will mean less dialogue in the trailer, more images. I am leaving in some of the "Remember that game?" exchange because I feel that it is quintessential.
A byproduct of deciding to do a VO has been that I am now very aware of how few female VO's there are! Like - none! Sucky!
Unfortunately, I am no VO artist (it's harder than you think), so I am unlikely to change this gender imbalance.
I might do it anyway. For now, at least, I will use myself for timing and planning. Then, we'll see.
I definitely feel more positive about things since making this choice, which feels like a mini-break-through.
No comments:
Post a Comment