Why did I cut a new trailer, instead of using one of the existing game trailers Ubisoft had already produced to market the Sands of Time game? Because the game marketing trailers were very specific about certain story points that weren't in the movie (freeze, fast-forward, sand monsters, visions). Co-producer John August and I didn't want to confuse the execs by showing them a different story from the one we were pitching.
It took me a week to cut on Final Cut Express, in late 2003. Assembling a trailer from existing PS2 game footage was an editing challenge, because key scenes, locations and characters from the movie didn't exist. So rather than attempt to explicitly tell the story of the movie in the trailer, I set out to convey the kind of movie it would be. (Don't worry, there are no spoilers - the trailer reveals nothing about the plot of the movie beyond what's in the game.)
The sound mix is rough - I didn't have the proper elements or the time to do a professional-quality mix - but it served its purpose of selling the pitch. Hope you enjoy it.
It took me a week to cut on Final Cut Express, in late 2003. Assembling a trailer from existing PS2 game footage was an editing challenge, because key scenes, locations and characters from the movie didn't exist. So rather than attempt to explicitly tell the story of the movie in the trailer, I set out to convey the kind of movie it would be. (Don't worry, there are no spoilers - the trailer reveals nothing about the plot of the movie beyond what's in the game.)
The sound mix is rough - I didn't have the proper elements or the time to do a professional-quality mix - but it served its purpose of selling the pitch. Hope you enjoy it.
Click below to watch this two-minute trailer he used to pitch the film to producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley, Toby Kebbell and is set for release on May 28, 2010.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was released May 28th, 2010 and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Steve Toussaint, Toby Kebbell, Richard Coyle, Ronald Pickup. The film is directed by Mike Newell.
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Marcus-07
Wow...It has been 5 or 6 years since I finished this game. Then the second one (Warrior Wittin-the best POP game) and then the third one. (not so good...) So now when I look at this cuts from the first game from triology all I think about is how I enjoyed this game and thought back then that this grapic is so f*cking great. Now when I look at it it's kinda crapy and old when you look at some new games graphic like Assassin's Creed. I know that this is normal thing becouse games are improving but it just makes me think that 5 years later I'll be saying the same thing about the latest video games so far.
2 years agoby @marcus-07Flag
Diaigma
NO SAND MONSTERS!?!?!? :(
Fail :P
That was a pretty sweet recut Trailer from the game, though.
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
-comrade-
meh.
2 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
Newkill3000
It'll be sad if this will be the first movie adapted from a game that will not insult it's huge fan base, because I have no interest in this game or movie.
2 years agoby @newkill200Flag
Mutant
This is the one of the games of which I have.
2 years agoby @zenderFlag