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Trailer Mash

Time 5.9 hrs

Difficulty Beginner

Prerequisites Basic Video Editing

Departments Human Technologies

Authors Ross Parker

Groupings Individual
Pairs
Threes

Minimum Year Group None

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In this unit you will take some films, and use them to make a trailer for a totally different film. This is called a trailer mash.

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This work is shared under the following license: Creative Commons BY-SA-NC

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The Pitch Why should I bother learning this? Want to experience the strange joy of taking someone else's work and turning it into something new and different?
Resources What is needed to run this unit? ...	Interdisciplinary Links Do not try and force this. What areas of other subjects might this reflect and/discuss language. For IB, links with ToK. ...
Teacher Reflection What was successful? What needs changing? Alternative Assessments and Lesson Ideas? What other Differentiation Ideas/Plans could be used? ...
Credits Any CC attribution, thanks, credit, etc. Isometric retro gadgets thumbnail by macrovector on freepik under Freepik License.

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5 mins

Chromebooks

Warning!

If you are on a Chromebook, you may find this unit difficult to complete
It is doable, but I would recommend borrowing a Mac from the school if you want to fully experience the unit

5 mins

No Creative Commons

Freedom!

Although we generally do not use work that is not under Creative Commons, in this case we will use the following arguments to support our use of copyrighted work:

We will use only a small part of the original work.
The media we create will not compete with or harm the author of the original work.
We are using the original work for educational purposes only.

These arguments fall under a part of copyright law known as fair use.
So, in this unit:

Feel free to use copyrighted material.
Do not apply a CC license to your work (since your source material is not CC)
Do still attribute your sources.

5 mins

Total Remix Freedom

The Pitch

Want to experience the strange joy of taking someone else's work and turning it into something new and different?

30 mins

What Is A Trailer Mash?

Theory

In a trailer mash we take one or more films, and turn them into a trailer that is unlike the original films.
In this unit, you will be asked to:

Choose two or more films.

If the films are on DVD, you will need to rip them into digital files.
If the films are on YouTube, you will need to download them (try savefrom.net)

Cut the films up to take out the pieces you want.
Edit the film pieces into a trailer for a different, imaginary film.
Make the genre of your trailer different from the genre of the original films (this is the fun bit).

E.g. you might take some horror films, and produce a trailer for a comedy film.

As examples, check out the trailer mashes below. The first is made from many films, and is for an imaginary sequel to Titanic. Instead of being a romantic comedy, it is an action film. The second changes a comedy, The Santa Clause into a thriller, using clips from only the one film:

Take some time to watch some more trailer mashes at www.thetrailermash.com.

30 mins

Choosing Film

Hands On

Now you have seen some examples, choose one or more films to make your trailer mash from.
Apply to following guidelines when choosing:

Use films you own (e.g. on DVD or a legal digital download: no illegal torrenting, please) or that can be obtained from YouTube.
Choose films you know well (this will make it easier to find parts to use).
Choose films with enough flexibility to be able to change genres.

DVD Ripping

Optional

DVDs are designed to be impossible to rip (e.g. turn into a digital file).
In America it is illegal to rip a DVD (under a law called the DMCA), but in Hong Kong it is legal for personal reasons.
Under no circumstances should you rip a DVD and then share it, online or in person. This is illegal.
To rip a DVD, we can use some free, open source software called HandBrake.

Handbrake is also useful for converting videos from one format to another.
You might not have a DVD drive in your laptop, or it might not work for ripping: ask Mr. Parker if you need help.

200 mins

Make Your Mash

Hands On

Use this time to produce your mash using video editing software such as iMovie.
Work slowly, and remember that it takes time and effort to get a good result when working with video.
The following steps might help you in making your mash:

Import your movie into your editing software
Use the Split tool to cut the movie into sections, deleting the parts you do not want.
Arrange the parts you do want into the order you want.
Use the Detach Audio tool to remove unwanted audio.
Record any extra audio you need (e.g. a voice over narrating the trailer)
Add in any sound effects (can you make your own? This can be really fun and creative)
Add in any music you want (remember, you can adjust the volume level to vary at different times)
Use audio and video transitions to make the video less abrupt and more polish.
Use intro and outro (e.g. credit) screens with text to add professionalism
Avoid using default/standard styles/fonts/themes to make your work more individual.

Keep showing your work to your teacher, friends and family to get their input. Apply their ideas to make your work better.
Make sure you have closing trailer-style credits at the end of your work, with your names as authors, and then names of the movies you used in your mash.

80 mins

Export, Share & Submit

Evidence

Once your trailer is ready, export it and upload it to Google Drive.
Create a Google Doc, make sure to include:

A brief definition of trailer mash
The names and genres of your original films, and the name and genre of your new film.
Screenshots of your iMovie interface, to show how you edited the work.
A link to your trailer in Google Drive
A brief explanation of copyright and fair use, explaining why you were able to use copyrighted materials in your trailer (e.g. fair use of limited amounts of material for artistic, personal, non-commercial and educational use).

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Unit	Students	Work
	Zach Shared on 23/02/2021	Click to View Work Student Comment I've finished the unit but the file was too large to submit so I just put it on youtube. Teacher Comment HI Zach, This is an absolutely perfect example of a trailer mash, complete with change of genre. It is well paced, and the audio editing and soundtrack work very well. An exemplary submission! Amy
	Martin Shared on 02/03/2016	Click to View Work Student Comment I am very proud of our trailer. This is the best editing me and Ryan have ever created. We got stuck on a very simple part but than we got help from Mr. Parker. I think we did well in putting the clips together and making them come together well. Teacher Comment Martin & Ryan, well done on an exemplary piece of work, on what is generally considered a very difficult topic. You have taken a diverse range of action clips and combined them together to form a trailer for your own film, Nightfall. In doing so you have overcome the difficulties presented by the appearance of many different actors and scenes, and created a fluid and interesting narrative. Having scene your work in production, I can attest to the high number of clips included, and the intricate video editing you used to bring it all together. In collaborating so well with each other, you have created a piece that is much stronger than either of you would alone. You have worked hard, focused well, and engaged brilliantly...and the result is clearly your best ever work. Very well done! Please take a look at your personalised Visual Assessment Guide for an overview of your progress so far this year.
	Joe Shared on 02/03/2015	Click to View Work Student Comment This was a trailer that I made in Spanish Class. I reused it here(with translated subtitles) because I realized it was a trailer mash, and the topics beyond the trailer mash unit look really interesting. Teacher Comment Joe, awesome work: it is well edited, funny and entertaining. The subtitles definitely help. I thought the long subtitles stuck at the top of one scene could have been better done as scrolling subtitles at the bottom. Overall, more excellent work!

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Zach
Shared on 23/02/2021

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Shared on 02/03/2016

Joe
Shared on 02/03/2015

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