logo Sign In

Sluggo's Star Wars Trailer Contest *Next contest begins April 25th*

Author
Date
Author
Time
Post link
Yes, you read that right.

Thanks to the brilliant idea of GhostAlpha26 and the encouragement of Infodroid, I'm hosting a build your own Star Wars trailer contest.

The gist of it is I want a few awesome Star Wars trailers to put on my upcoming trailers DVD. And since I still have the stack of prizes from the generally forgotten last photoshop contest.

The Contest:
-You create one Star Wars trailer and submit it to me through an upload site such as yousendit or rapidshare. The team of judges will select the winners from the submitted enteries. Winning enteries will be judged on creativity, use of musical score, excitement instilled, etc. The winning enteries will be featured on the trailers DVD.

The Rules:
-The trailer should be under three minutes. Anything longer runs the risk of being boring, but I'd love to be proven wrong.
-The submissions are prefered in 16x9 anamorphic and at least 2.0 sound.
-As I'm keeping the Trailers DVD "non-demoninational", meaning it will have something for the die-hard OT fans as well as those that like the prequels, contest submissions are encouraged to be for the OT, the PT or the saga as a whole.
-Submissions will be accepted until the end of January.



Other notes:
Prizes are negotible. I would also hope to feature the best of the OT and PT trailers on the trailers project disc, even if these aren't necessarily the prize-winning enteries. Contestants may enter multiple enteries, but will only be judged for what is seen as their best entry. This means that no one can snag any more than one prize. Please submit enteries or any further questions to my hotmail addy that is listed in my profile.
Author
Time
Post link
Do they have to be "serious" trailers? I have many ideas for .... let's say non-traditional Star Wars trailers.

To contact me outside the forum, for trades and such my email address is my OT.com username @gmail.com

Author
Time
Post link
Originally posted by: klokwerk
Do they have to be "serious" trailers? I have many ideas for .... let's say non-traditional Star Wars trailers.


I'd prefer serious trailers, but if it is non-traditional, bring it on. I'm toying with the idea of a DL version as well with a bunch of non-traditional trailers on it as well as the plethora of spoof trailers that are out there as well. So, yeah. Go for it.
Author
Time
Post link
I’m really glad you decided to go ahead and do this. Hopefully a lot of members get involved and make this interesting.

If there’s anything you need some help with let me know

"The Empire can't stop us now..now its our turn" -Luke-

Author
Time
Post link
SW trailers for the whole saga or for just 1 movie? Or for only the PT or OT?

Same Make. Same Model. New Mission.

Author
Time
Post link
Originally posted by: Sluggo
contest submissions are encouraged to be for the OT, the PT or the saga as a whole.



Author
Time
Post link
Well, I've just had the first official entry and I've gotta say were off to a pretty impressive start.

Keep 'em coming.
Author
Time
Post link
Will we be able to see the trailers when its over or as they come out ?

"The Empire can't stop us now..now its our turn" -Luke-

Author
Time
Post link
I'm thinking when its over, as not to sway the judging. We'll keep the names of the entrants a secret also until the winners are announced.
Author
Time
Post link
Sluggo = brilliant.

I was actually going to spend a little while on thursday creating a ROTJ trailer and make it an easter egg on my 'Returning to Jedi' project. Now I am going to do it for your competition!

I am really looking forward to seeing what we all come up with.

Great stuff!

Creator of Star Wars Begins, Building Empire and Returning to Jedi
Follow me on twitter @jamieSWB. Please support me at - http://www.patreon.com/jamiebenning/

Author
Time
Post link
Originally posted by: Sluggo
I'm thinking when its over, as not to sway the judging. We'll keep the names of the entrants a secret also until the winners are announced.



Ohhhhh its getting more exciting

"The Empire can't stop us now..now its our turn" -Luke-

Author
Time
Post link
Originally posted by: Sluggo

The Prizes:
-First prize: 50 bucks. (I cleared this with one of the mods, if this is a problem, I'll change it)
-Second prize: A stack of 25 re-writable printable DL DVDR's for your future fun projects (I can provide SL instead if the winner is so inclined)
-Third prize: A stack of printed (with case) Star Wars edits, including the Slumberland prequel trilogy, the ADM prequel trilogy and the OCP Classic Editions.


Hehe, I think 3rd prize sh*ts all over first and second prize (but hey, that's just me).
Author
Time
Post link
At this stage, third place is wide open! =)
Author
Time
Post link
Damn, what horrible timing! I had an idea for a trailer, but my dad practically destroyed the computer over the weekend and all my video editing software is gone!


I was going to take the audio from the "Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase" radio show and synchronizing it with Star Wars footage (such as Earth exploding = Alderaan blowing up with Admiral Ackbar as Prostetnic Vogon Jelts, etc.)

http://i.imgur.com/7N84TM8.jpg

Author
Time
Post link
That would be funny. Don't give up!
Author
Time
Post link
Anybody else finding this harder than they thought?! But ho ho hoooo, this is going to be a great competition. Yes, that's me being excited!

JD

Creator of Star Wars Begins, Building Empire and Returning to Jedi
Follow me on twitter @jamieSWB. Please support me at - http://www.patreon.com/jamiebenning/

Author
Time
Post link
I am finding it harder than I thought - but that's because I've very little hard drive space to work with and I keep crashing my video editor as a result. I need to buy some DVD-Rs and clear out some space before I can continue.

To contact me outside the forum, for trades and such my email address is my OT.com username @gmail.com

Author
Time
Post link
Received any yet Slugs? My trailer is 99% done.

I have always loved the idea of editing trailers. You get to suggest, imply and tease without giving the game away.

JD

Creator of Star Wars Begins, Building Empire and Returning to Jedi
Follow me on twitter @jamieSWB. Please support me at - http://www.patreon.com/jamiebenning/

Author
Time
Post link
I've got one already which isn't too shabby. Remember, when it is done send me a copy of the finished file when it is done. I'll post links to all of 'em when the contest is over. I'd prefer a .vob of course, but anything will be ok.
Author
Time
Post link
For those of you that are out of disc space (but aren't hard up students) - get out there and buy a cheap external drive!

Creator of Star Wars Begins, Building Empire and Returning to Jedi
Follow me on twitter @jamieSWB. Please support me at - http://www.patreon.com/jamiebenning/

Author
Time
Post link
This challenge got me really excited . I'll hopefully have something powerful for you soon enough.
Author
Time
Post link
Nnnnooooooooo!!!!

So many things to work on. So little time. I'm worried about making the deadline as it is.