Steps to the Ultimate Werewolf Movie: Make a DECENT website!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:40 pm
Hi guys! New to the board...just registered.
I'm sorry, but I HAVE to throw my two cents in here regarding your movie project.
First, I heard about the movie and the website through another forum so I came here to check it out. The first thing I saw here was the ridiculous werewolf pictures posted at the top of the site. That was ALL I needed to realize that this supposedly serious, revolutionary take on werewolves, is in fact not serious at all or at least is only capable of TRYING to be serious. (Trying and failing miserably)
Please, for the love of God, get rid of the two werewolves wearing the shirts. They look completely fake, and just plain stupid!
Second, I think the ability of using your website as a "promotional tool," is being completely wasted. You have a website with a strong community of people all armed with their own input and insights into what they think a werewolf movie should be (I mean, here I am, writing this to you right now!) but the project seems less about making a movie, and more about having fun posting each and every step along the way in the pre-production process. Listing things like "What this movie will and will not be," are completely spoiling any shred of mystery or intrique behind the film.
And the fact that you're about to give your unfinished script out to strangers for their critique and revision makes me want to cry!!!
Bottom line, get rid of ALL the information about what this movie HOPES to be!!! How do you expect do lure anyone into the mysteries and horror of a werewolf movie, when you're already laying out a list of everything they're going to see? I'd have been completely sucked into this film if I'd come to your website and had simply seen a vague splash page with something that "could be" a werewolf. Keep it simple, and don't reveal your secrets before the movie has even been written!!! Create some mystery and atmosphere here!!!
I'm sorry, but I HAVE to throw my two cents in here regarding your movie project.
First, I heard about the movie and the website through another forum so I came here to check it out. The first thing I saw here was the ridiculous werewolf pictures posted at the top of the site. That was ALL I needed to realize that this supposedly serious, revolutionary take on werewolves, is in fact not serious at all or at least is only capable of TRYING to be serious. (Trying and failing miserably)
Please, for the love of God, get rid of the two werewolves wearing the shirts. They look completely fake, and just plain stupid!
Second, I think the ability of using your website as a "promotional tool," is being completely wasted. You have a website with a strong community of people all armed with their own input and insights into what they think a werewolf movie should be (I mean, here I am, writing this to you right now!) but the project seems less about making a movie, and more about having fun posting each and every step along the way in the pre-production process. Listing things like "What this movie will and will not be," are completely spoiling any shred of mystery or intrique behind the film.
And the fact that you're about to give your unfinished script out to strangers for their critique and revision makes me want to cry!!!
Bottom line, get rid of ALL the information about what this movie HOPES to be!!! How do you expect do lure anyone into the mysteries and horror of a werewolf movie, when you're already laying out a list of everything they're going to see? I'd have been completely sucked into this film if I'd come to your website and had simply seen a vague splash page with something that "could be" a werewolf. Keep it simple, and don't reveal your secrets before the movie has even been written!!! Create some mystery and atmosphere here!!!