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tiamy
Rivendell
Aug 29 2015, 2:48am
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BOTFA trailer inspired by ROTK trailer
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I have always been curious how BOTFA would have turn out if it was marketed the same way as ROTK.
Back in 2003, ROTK's trailer was notable in a sense that it avoided showing a lot of action shots. It was focused on character drama. It didn't focus on money shots. The only shot of the mumakil is a foot and only a quarter of Shelob was seen. It totally helped the film by keeping these surprises.
Fast forward to 2014, BOTFA was marketed as the opposite. It was action-heavy. But at least they kept Dain and the Eagles secret.
So what I did is to re-cut a BOTFA trailer using the same philosophy as the ROTK trailer. I used the same piece of music and borrowed a couple of sound bytes and taglines from the ROTK trailer to create a character-driven trailer. Doing this made me realize how few are those character moments in the actual BOTFA film(!) because I have to get pieces of dialogue in those quiet moments and there aren't that many. I was tempted to use Gandalf's quote from AUJ ("Why the halfing?") the same way Gandalf's quote in FOTR was re-used in ROTK ("All you have to decide..) just because I can't find any in BOTFA.
So the trailer that I made is a combination of the BOTFA trailer and ROTK trailer. Some shots intentionally mirror the shots in ROTK. Hope you notice it hahah. My only sin was revealing the Eagles. I couldn't help it since the music naturally calls on it 
Here's the link to my edited trailer:
http://youtu.be/Bm8GCF1cqdk
Here's the original ROTK trailer (in case you might have forgotten):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7YllAOqpF4
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NManfredi
Rivendell
Aug 29 2015, 2:58am
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I applaud you!
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Withywindle
Bree
Aug 29 2015, 4:04am
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Nice job. I think, though, with the name the "Battle of the Five Armies", it does make sense to have a trailer with a lot of action. I do like the trailer you made though, but it would fit more, in my opinion, if the movie had a different title.
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Mr. Arkenstone (isaac)
Tol Eressea
Aug 29 2015, 8:39am
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Works far better than the original but I wouldnt have include some to much spoilery shots like : Eagles, Bilbo Farewell Gandalf and the dwarves
But its a great work specially when Bilbo talks about dwarves being obstinate, brave and kind
GREAT GREAT JOB
The flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true
Survivor to the battle for the fifth trailer
Hobbit Cinema Marathon Hero
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Smaug the iron
Gondor
Aug 29 2015, 8:50am
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But the Gondor them feels out of place here.
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QuackingTroll
Valinor
Aug 29 2015, 12:34pm
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Nicely done. Here's a trailer I want to see...
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A trailer in the style of the LotR EE trailer: https://youtu.be/ddmcFDoCAq8
But using none of the audio from it. Instead of starting with "My precious" start with one of Smaug's lines, maybe "I am fire..." or "...step into the light" then cut to maybe the Ring or maybe the Arkenstone or something similarly significant. And just try to replicate the emotion and source of each shot, using Hobbit footage.
The Misty Mountains theme can be used in place of the Fellowship theme, and when the epic Requiem music comes in I imagine using either the DoS trailer music: https://youtu.be/5mxNlsvy6fw
Or the BoFA trailer music: https://youtu.be/M2ORBqnok4U
And then end, obviously with a similar voice-over and an image of the Hobbit Trilogy EE Blu-ray.
If someone can make that happen, I'd love to see it.
(This post was edited by QuackingTroll on Aug 29 2015, 12:40pm)
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dernwyn
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Aug 29 2015, 1:18pm
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Even the music! Well done!
And it re-affirms why I'm so happy that I've already got my Trilogy EE tickets in hand. 
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
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Elanor of Rohan
Lorien
Aug 29 2015, 1:53pm
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I really like it, it conveys a more intimate feeling... and it is rather dramatic at times.
Well done, indeed!
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Mooseboy018
Grey Havens
Aug 29 2015, 3:27pm
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It's just a trailer, so I think it still works. Now using a random theme from LotR in one of the Hobbit movies themselves...now that would be out of place.
Oh wait.
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