Re-Cut Trailers

It has always fascinated me how editing and pacing can affect stories.  The first time I came across this was on the Fight Club: Collector’s Edition DVD, which showed alternate editing for several pivotal scenes in the film.  It opened my eyes to how subtle changes in a camera angle or focal point during a scene could convey a completely different message.

The Limey (a completely underrated Soderbergh film starring Terrence Stamp) repeatedly used minor changes in the same scene to elicit different emotional flavors.  Even simple conversations are taken to another level when the dialogue continues but all we see are the emotion ridden faces of the actors involved.

One unique way of playing with theme and tone is by re-cutting trailers to established movies.  YouTube is littered with them, but here are some solid entries.

Scary Mary

A Christmas Gory

Then again you can go in a completely different direction with some surprisingly good results.

Shining

There’s an entire niche community around re-cutting trailers.  I’m all for folks flexing their creative muscles by taking the known into unknown territory because sometimes a little change in perspective can create truly original work.  Just look at Wicked.

WHAT MOVIES OR BOOKS DO YOU THINK HAVE BENEFITED FROM A CHANGE IN PERSPECTIVE?

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