Creating an identifying intro trailer

kdi001 wrote on 5/16/2005, 10:03 AM
To all but especially production company/video business users,

Have any of you created your own production company splash or intro? You know---the ones we are all familiar with are the Universal Pictures (spinning globe), or the Amblin Entertainment (boy fishing), The Tri-Star Pictures (white horse galloping), etc.
These are the things you see right before the movie's opening credits.

If so, how did you do it and what is your identifying intro?

Comments

PossibilityX wrote on 5/16/2005, 1:37 PM
I was goofing around with Acid loops once and created some intros.

They're simple visually----just text that zooms into the picture then zooms out again.

I did five, each using a different combination of music loops, but visually identical.

Each runs about 20 seconds and you can check 'em out here if you want:

http://possibilityx.com/openers.htm

Gives you an idea of something simple you can do.

---John
BowmanDigital wrote on 5/16/2005, 8:54 PM
This was done in a dedicated 3D, i originally designed the logo in illustrator.
The sound was done with ACID Pro or Vegas (can't remember), in 5.1 surround- using loops and sound effects purchased of a sound fx site online.. I used Vegas 4 to convert the tiff sequence to video, do the fades and put the domain title at the end. This trailer is now over 2 years old... i have so much updating to do..

http://www.renderpro.com/streams/renderpro_high.wmv

My favourite trailer going around atm is this one- spectacular in a cinema...

http://www.particlefx.com/animation/intermedia/

I felt wet after seeing this for the first time... from the water effects that is...

kdi001 wrote on 5/18/2005, 7:14 AM
That is awesome; I just viewed it. That's the kind of "logo project" opener I'm talking about; of course, it doesn't have to be that involved.

If there's a snippet of footage that someone shot, it shouldn't be that out of the realm to then use a compositor/vegas/etc. to turn it into a nice, if not modest, opener for all your productions---depending on the software one has and the time <<gr>>.