Today the promo vid team shot our film (3pm Building 9). We decided to go with Dominic’s idea:

A theatrical trailer in the style as a typical Hollywood blockbuster. Lot of shots fading to/from black, ominous voiceover being all like “This summer…(except it would be like, this September or whenever the seminar is)”, as well as epic music, possibly even the Star Wars theme or something similar. Visuals can be shots of RMIT campus, shots from films by the guests, behind-the-scenes footage of the guests on set, maybe even media students “learning” how to use camera/sound equipment (like how Luke trains with his light saber). It’s all very fast paced and epic, might even be funny if it ends up looking like a parody of proper trailers.

We struggled a little because there weren’t any empty rooms to film in (our pre requisites were simply (we needed a black wall and space enough to fit the camera, tripod and c stand for the light). Once we settled in however, things smoothly progressed. We filmed close up shots of the camera, of Jim rotating in his chair, of the lights being turned on etc. The rest will be stock footage