Burhan, In my opinion the true value of the competition or 'challenge' is what YOU get out of it using the source materials to make the trailer. I don't know what people get when they download the zip (source) files because I only have cs6 and can't open the project file(s). Also, it's my belief that making a 'better' trailer rather than a spoof or joke or some kind of whacky alternative is best. Like, imagine you want the trailer to play as a TV commercial of 30 seconds. Make one that is 30 seconds to see if you can do it. That to me is the real value of this whole thing. Actually 'entering' the challenge ( uploading your finished sample ) is not really that important. Sharing what you do HERE is a lot more important, cause then everyone learns from one another what they are doing to solve certain problems. I didn't watch the real trailer until I'd finished mine, and was kind of surprised mine starts and ends like the real trailer. But then again, when you scrub through the stuff, it's hard to imagine starting or ending it any other way. Maybe start with the dialogue of who she is and the aerial shot of vehicle traveling along ridge... The trouble with that is you get into the pickup bed immediately with characters you have no clue about except for Sarah. The sound of my plasma thing was done by recording mylar being crumpled up and the drum hit by using a stock steel door slam ( bass only in the EQ of audition ) ... and stuff like that is fun to share. I think that sort of thing is more important than entering the actual 'challenge'. For one thing I don't want a subscription even if it was a gift. My computers are not powerful enough to use the modern Adobe stuff. And I don't use the internet on my edit computer. So, in conclusion, get the source stuff, make something, post it to youtube or vimeo, and share it with us.. and tell us if you did anything fun to resolve problems etc. The copyright laws and the hoops the people had to go through to just GET this source material to the public is probably way too complicated to simply change what countries can enter the competition. I have no clue. 🙂
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