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Trailer For Your Fan Fiction

Drakon

Drakon

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I saw this idea on the Serebii fan fiction forums and I wanted to port it over here.

The premise is exactly as it sounds, write a trailer for your fan fictions as if they were movies

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Here is one for Life of the Legendaries

Narration voice over
Music
Camera

Little Ben - Two Steps From Hell
The Legendaries, masters of time, space and the known world. They live apart from the rest of the world or do they?

Cut to Rayquaza giving a speech in front of the Mossdeep Air and Space Museum

Cut to Palkia and Lugia displaying their art at the Lilycove Art Museum

Cut Little Ben
But an nemesis from the past approaches...

Cut to Cyrus inside his office

Cyrus: Operation Red Dawn is well underway. Soon, I shall rule over this pathetic universe.

Precinct Breach - Two Steps From Hell
Cut to scene of the Hall of Origins being carpet-bombed

Can the Legendaries and their pokémon trainer allies stop the threat to their universe?
Cut Precinct Breach

Arcana - Immediate Music
Cut to scene of Palkia and James and his pokémon fighting off several grunts on board a Team Rocket airship. Palkia is engaged in a "sword" duel with a Rocket Gallade. James knocks a grunt off the catwalk.

Palkia: James! Find Lugia! *Blocks overhead swing from Gallade*

Fade into "Coming December 2009"

Life of the Legendaries. Coming December 2009 to a fan fiction site near you.
 
Cool idea. I'll do a trailer for Encounters (my fanfic).

Not sure what music to use, so I'll just do the Voiceover and Camera Shots.

Camera pans over various locations visited throughout the games.

Thirteen years ago, in Kanto, Team Rocket were defeated by three children from Pallet Town. And in Hoenn, Team Magma and Team Aqua were defeated by three children from Littleroot town.

Shots of Giovanni, Archie and Maxie.

Ten years ago, in Johto, Team Rocket Remnants were defeated by children from New Bark Town, and Team Galactic were defeated by children from Twinleaf Town.

Shots of Cyrus, Charon and Archer.

And now, an even greater darkness is rising...

Cut to a mysterious man with a cape, his face in shadow.

???: Everything is going according to plan...

And it's up to the next generation to stop it.

Cuts to Alfie, Ella and Jacob, Poké Balls raised. They are facing three unknown assilants.

Alfie: This ends here.

But they're not alone...

Camera shots of many protaganists from all generations, including Looker and Eusine.

Something is drawing everyone together.

Camera shots of all of the protaganists together in a ruined temple.

???: Well, well, well...

Something big.

???: Do you really want to try and stop me?

Something bigger than ever before.

???: For I am the great-

Explosion. Words form on screen: July 2010

Encounters: Book One: Blinto. Coming soon to The Writer's Workshop. July 2010.

Just so everyone knows - Alfie, Ella and Jacob are the main characters in Encounters.
 
(The Magic of a Melody, take 1!)

(Hopeful music begins as we see a scene of Ash in his movie 8 costume casting a fire spell as a woman in a similar costume looks on)

Male announcer: He was only a mage's apprentice that dreamed of glory...

(scene of Black Mage Ash listening to a female minstrel singing)

Male announcer: He thought that minstrels that could channel magic through song were only legend...

(sillhouette of Brock in a minstrel's costume for a few seconds as exciting music begins)

Male announcer: Little did he know that he had a role to play in this story as well...

(shot of Minstrel Brock holding a harp against an "icy" background)

Minstrel Brock: Spears of ice, cut through the raging inferno! Frosty Arrow!

(he plays the harp, making arrow-like ice streams appear from the strings and form the title: Pokemon: The Magic of a Melody. After the icy letters fade away, Minstrel Brock plays another chord, which makes more ice streams form the words Coming Soon)
 
Trailer for Wicked comes now.

Voiceover (female voice), Music (Defying Gravity), camera shots
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Idina Menzel, feat. Kristin Chenowith version of Defying Gravity is playing

Long before Lyra dropped in...

Misty (Green-skinned) and Dalinda (Dawn) glaring at eachother

Mistara Waterflower and Dalinda Jenness met in Oz.

An unlikely friendship began,

Misty and Dalinda laughing as Dalinda tries give to Misty a makeover

Misty and Dalinda hugging

'Till things got complicated...

Three-way spilt-screen of Ash, Misty, and Dawn

Dawn watches Ash and Misty run off

Ash and Misty kissing in a forest

Misty and Dawn fighting

Ash being dragged off

"So if you care to find me,
look to the Western sky!"

When one is called Good, and the other Wicked,

things aren't exactly Wonderful.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!"

The word "Wicked" appears on the screen
 
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Tarnished Gold Trailer:

A black screen appears.
"Tick."
Cut to Older Cynthia's face, closeup
"Tick."
Cut to Little Cynthia, looking out upon Jubilife City at night, her Pokemon in tow.
"Tick."
Cut to Giratina, appearing from black hole on Spear Pillar
"Tick."
Cut to Garchomp, struggling, bound to a bed.
"Tick."
Cut to Barry, staring into the sky.
"Tick."
Cut to black, title screen appears.

Coming to a fanfic site near you July 2010.
 
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{Cammaren is standing, silhouetted, in front of a table of Team Magnum Administrators and other officers. She is leaning forward with her hands on the table, emphasizing her words with actions and gestures. Epic orchestral music is playing.}

"We are the ones who can seize control, like Rocket had so nearly done fifty years ago. We have everything Rocket has and more."

{Cut to the lab, where Jared is doing something with mechanical stuff}
"We have their resources. And more."

{Cut to Barnabas standing on a building at night. His Absol walks to his side.}
"We have their experience. And more."

{Cut to Elijah walking into a training room filled with grunts. They stand at attention.}
"We have their numbers. And more."

{Cut to Justin, Ken and Caitie walking up a hill. They stop at the crest.}
"Lastly, and most importantly, we have their knowledge, but so much more; and as we all know, knowledge is power."

{Cut to a black screen. A crimson letter "M" is written, then the words "Field Research" appear below it.}
"Reverto Silicis ut vox."
 
Cool idea!

Rival's Story

[Every scene but the one at the Pokemon League lasts less than a second]

Red is seen battling Team Rocket in Mt. Moon.

Cut to Red boarding the S.S. Anne.

Cut to Red pressing the button underneath the poster in the Game Corner.

Cut to Red battling the ghost of Marowak in the Pokemon Tower.

Cut to Red battling Sabrina in her Gym.

Cut to Red running through the Pokemon Mansion.

Cut to Red battling Giovanni in his Gym.

Cut to Red and Blue standing opposite each other with Venusaur standing in front of Red and Charizard standing in front of Blue. They are clearly about to battle in the Champion's chamber.

The two stare at each other, breathing heavily for a few seconds.

Cut to Blue knocking out Brock's Geodude with his Rattata.

Cut to Blue battling Maxwell on the S.S. Anne.

Cut to Blue, dressed a Rocket Grunt, being apprehended by a police officer with an Arcanine.

Cut to Blue and Maxwell battling the Scientist in Celadon City.

Cut to Blue outside Pokemon Tower, crying and batting away something imaginary.

Cut to Blue rescuing Maxwell from bandits on top of Pokemon Mansion using Charizard, Aerodactyl and Pidgeot.

Cut to Blue panickedly backing away from Giovanni's Rhydon while its horn is spinning and pointed at Blue.

The screen turns black and the words 'THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY' flash up on the screen, followed by the words 'RIVAL'S STORY'
 
(The Nemesis, flagship of the Decepticons, floats menacingly above Antarctica, zoom to see Megatron enter the bridge and stride to the observation portal in a Darth Vader-esque manner)

(Cut to: The Stunticons, a sub-group of Decepticons, races down a deserted alleyway, Arcee, and pink and white female Autobot, vaults over them, firing shots from her dual-wield pistols)

(Cut to: The Last Autobot, guardian of the Creation Matrix, awakening from millennia-long slumber. Clumps of dirt and moss drop from his body, and he stares at a group of Autobots)

TLA: "Step forward, bearer of the Matrix of Leadership." (Optimus Prime steps forward from the ranks of Autobots)

(Cut to: Starscream and his Seekers, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Dirge, Thrust, and Ramjet, firing on a Blackrock Industries oil platform)

(Cut to: The Fallen, a thickly-built demonic being from Cybertron's past, raises his hands out in front of him, telekinetically lifting boulders from the base of ancient ruins in a desert, destroying a squad of Raptors)

(Cut to: Spike drops his backpack containing the Creation Matrix, sending out a blue wave of energy)

(Cut to: A large, robotic Tyrannosaurus grabs Megatron's gun arm in his jaws and tosses him like a doll across a clearing)

(Cut to: The same Tyrannosaur, sniffing Spike. A mechanical tongue slithers through its teeth and scrapes against his cheek like a dog.)

(Cut to: A massive Cybertronian cargo ship speeding toward a city under Decepticon siege)

Ship: "Omega Supreme: en-route."

(Cut to: The Tyrannosaurus transforms, and brings his flaming sword down on the Fallen, who catches it easily between his hands)

The Fallen: NO! (The Fallen snaps the sword in half with a twist of his wrists.)

(Cut to: Decepticons are swarming a city in Africa. Optimus Prime jumps from a cargo plane, fires several shots into a flying Decepticon, lands in his vehicular form, and rams another.)

(Cut to: Spike is cornered in the city by Megatron)

Megatron: "Give me the Creation Matrix, and we will leave your planet." (Optimus Prime appears behind Megatron, and tackles him away.)

(Cut to: Megatron scores a direct hit to Optimus Prime's back from his fusion cannon.)

Megatron: "Surely, Optimus Prime, you know you are doomed."

(Cut to: Optimus Prime is conversing with Emirate Xaaron via hologram)

Emirate Xaaron: "Your time is ending, Optimus Prime."

(Cut to: Billions of Decepticon drones of two body types fly through a portal in the desert)

(Cut to: A massive stampede of helpless humans run for their lives between towering skyscrapers in Tokyo. A massive, purple saurian Decepticon, Trypticon, roars and appeares from behind the buildings, his footsteps sending out shock waves that set off car alarms. A massive black and white Autobot hovering fortress approaches the city from the bay, and begins to transform.)

(Cut to: The Nemesis fires on the new Autobot ship, the Ark.)

(Cut to: Shockwave beats Megatron senselessly.)

(Fade to black)

Optimus Prime: "So long as Energon courses through my circuits, Megatron, I will defend this planet from all who threaten it."

Transformers: Legion
 
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All right, I guess I'll do this.

A special boarding academy for trainers that want to become better

Cuts to a scene showing a group of students dressed in their respective dorm uniforms walking.

One boy will have to make a difference in his life and everyone's

Cuts to Reggie falling looking down at the floor while rain falls all over him.

By holding the key to the legends

Cuts to Chigon wagging its tail and smiling at Reggie, while Reggie is staring at it in confusion.

The road won't be easy

Cuts to Chigon and Reggie falling off a cliff with a Gyarados roaring at them.

But he will have to endure if he wants to unleash the power

Cuts to Reggie standing behind Alagon.

While also overcome the evil in his heart

Show Reggie being surrounded by a dark aura while grinning maliciously.

Pokemon Academy: Dragon's Roar coming to Bulbagarden in June 2010
 
Trailer for Pokemon GK volume one


He was the son of a hero...

(a shot of Gary and Ash looking at the sea.)

(Cut to an image of nero julian piloting the R-Bird towards the Indigo Plateau)

...And now he will get a chance to become one.

(Various shots of Gary and leaf battling)

Can he and his friends fight their way towards victory...

(a shot of Gary staring down Nero)

...And defeat the forces of evil?

(Gary, Leaf, and Kitty sit on a hill)

From the writer of 'It's The Quenchiest' comes an adventure story that will enrapture you in its fantastic world.

(The logo)

Pokemon GK, Volume One: Kanto. By Jabberwocky.

(Rated PG-13)
 
Cool! Lemme try, the story is over and the sequel is in the works but what the heck?
________________________________________________

When a young boy...

*cuts to picture of the main character *

Saves the life of a Pokemon

*Cuts to picture of the character standing over Treecko*

and witnesses shouldn't have been witnessed

*Cuts to scene of the character staring at the villian standing over a dead body*

Their fates become intertwined like never before.
Now they are on the run...

*Cut to scene of Villian smiling evily*
*cuts to scene of the character running away from the villian*
* cuts to scene of the character hiding in the grass while the villian looks for him*


can they survive long enough to fight back?

*Character standing behind Grovyle aginst Pinsir*

Twins of Fate
Summer 2010
___________________________________
Whatda think?
 
8 years ago…
(A young Aqua Marina walks in the Game Corner basement.)

Aqua: This place is…

(A Rocket grunt appears behind her, making her scream)

(Flash forward to all of her pokemon fainted after battle, and a rocket grunt grabs her from behind. Just then Red appears; hat covering his eyes.)

Red: Let go of her….Now!

Grunt holding Aqua: And who are you?

Red: I’m Red, The pokemon Champion.

Aqua: Red…

The present

(Show Aqua sitting on her bed with her eevee, staring at her pokegear.)

Aqua: They’re back…and this time I will…

(Cut to Aqua in a Team Rocket uniform.)

Aqua: Do everything you say.

Taking Over a Trainer’s Heart and Soul (The Remake) Coming Summer/Fall 2010
 
Trailer for Generation 2021:

*Eerie orchestra music starts playing*

Clip 1: In the darkness, Diabla's lower face is revealed, smiling. She then throws back her head in laughter, as she presses a button starting a countdown.

[cut to black, pause.]

*Mezase [Whiteberry 2001] starts playing*

Clip 2: A shot of Spectrum town's daily living routine, and a shot of Rachel running with Suigun.

BGM: Tatoe hi no naka, mizu / no naka, kusa no naka, mori no naka...
/Rachel (concurrently to BGM above): Hello, my name is Rachel Palton.
BGM: / Tsuchi no naka, kumo no naka, ano ko no sukatto no naka...
/Rachel: It's the year 2021, and I'm about to go on my Pokemon adventure--

*sudden cut, right as the girl is about to scream in the BGM. Music suddenly turns tense again.*

Clip 3: Fade from black to a shot of Rachel in The Dark Maze.

Rachel: Where am I?
Suigun: I don't know either.

*cut to black*

Clip 4: Fade from black again revealing Rachel in her Blaziken costume, about to punch the Alakazam.

Rachel: You're toast.

*cut to black, fade quickly back in*

Clip 5: A dolly shot of Rachel and Phoenix surrounded by Team Yin members.

Rachel: You think we can take them?
Phoenix: I know we can.

*cut to black, fade quickly back in*

Clip 6: A Lugia is shown flying over Japan.

*cut to black, fade quickly back in*

Clip 7: The Lugia flies in the face of Diabla's secret base, and aims a Hyper Beam or something of that sort.

*cut to black, fade quickly back in*

Clip 8: The following text is shown:

Pocket Monsters
Generation 2021

Clip 9: Cut immediately to a shot of Rachel and Ken in the about-to-detonate base beneath the Mizuki Building, with the release date in front.

January 1, 2010.

Any line with a / in the middle means that the next speaker starts speaking at that / concurrently to the same line.

Note: all the scenes above are meant to be played by Japanese voice actors, so get into that mindset.

I play on the idea of movie trailers not really showing all the contents that will actually be in the movie.

Approximate time lengths (at 24 FPS):

Clip 1: 12:18 seconds (pause: 2:03)
Clip 2: 12:02 seconds
Clip 3: 4:02 seconds
Clip 4: 3:12 seconds
Clip 5: 4:21 seconds
Clip 6: 1:17 seconds
Clip 7: 5:19 seconds
Clip 8: 2:18 seconds
Clip 9: 1:12 seconds

Total length: about 49 seconds

Probably could be a little longer.
 
Some of these trailers are awesome and they make me really want to read the fan fics (Especially the ones for Encounters and The Magic of a Melody).

I may try to do a trifecta trailer for the Poké Wars series (1 for each book).
 
Begin music-"The End" by The Doors. Note, when you see bolded text, that is what you would be hearing, not text on the screen.

We see a jeep rolling through the jungle in slow motion.

CUT TO-A Tropius soaring above the jungle.

THIS IS THE END. BEAUTIFUL FRIEND.

CUT TO-The man in the passenger seat looking at said Tropius.

CUT TO-A man atop the Tropius. We hear him whisper "Razor Leaf"

THIS IS THE END.

Cut to-Hundreds of leaves flying down towards the men in the jeep, killing them.

CUT TO-The jeep crashing into a tree, exploding.

MY ONLY FRIEND, THE END.

CUT TO-A group of men fighting on an elevated road over the desert. An explosion tosses several of them off the road.

OF OUR ELABORATE PLANS, THE END...

CUT TO-Four Dragonair gliding through the water.

OF EVERYTHING THAT STANDS, THEN END...

CUT TO-The Dragonair wrap themselves around four steel columns in the water.

NO SAFETY OR SURPRISE, THE END.

CUT TO-A closeup of a man's face. He says "Dragon Rage"

I'LL NEVER LOOK INTO YOUR EYES...AGAIN.

CUT TO-The Dragonair using the attack on the columns.

CUT TO-An oil platform crashing into the sea.

CAN YOU PICTURE WHAT WILL BE?

CUT TO-A man dressed in tattered scientist's clothing standing at the rim of a volcano, looking into it, the wind fanning the lab coat out behind him.

SO LIMITLESS AND FREE...

CUT TO-A young boy looking at a Pokeball.

DESPERATELY IN NEED...OF SOME...STRANGER'S HAND...

CUT TO-Two jeep shooting through the jungle, a Charizard chasing them. It is using FlameThrower behind them, leaving a huge trail of fire.

IN A...DESPERATE LAND...

SERIES OF SHOTS-We see first a massive explosion in slow motion, then a Blastoise using Hydro Pump and tossing men and vehicles off a road, then a boy and an Infernape surrounded by Pokemon, battling them, and lastly, an wall of fire in the jungle. Suddenly, an Arcanine bursts through it and slides in the dirt before coming to a stop.

CUT TO-An aerial shot of a small tropical island, a volcano near the center belching smoke.

LOST IN A ROMAN...WILDERNESS OF PAIN...

The screen fades to black as the song continues playing.

AND ALL THE CHILDREN...ARE INSANE...

ALL THE CHILDREN ARE INSANE...

We at last see a massive "2010" appear on the screen.

WAITING FOR THE SUMMER RAIN, YEAH...

The music fades out slowly as the trailer ends.
 
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Okay, so I just started a new fic, and maybe posing a trailer will get it more views. Narrator voice will be in bold.

Suspenseful music begins

A young Pokemon,

Close-up of a Mijumaru swimming.

His baby sister,

Close-up of Egg hatching.

And a terrible storm.

Shows young Mijumaru holding an egg escaping a submerged hut while the first evoltution of Mijumaru drowns behind him. Screen cuts to black.

But a great journey is approaching these two Pokemon, a journey that will take them farther than ever before . . .

Shows Huin City Harbor, with various ships docking and setting sail.

Straight to him.

Hopeful music begins to play.

Close up of a young male Pokemon Trainer, smiling as he holds the two Mijumarus.

What will happen?

Screen cuts to black, and words appear on the screen, spelling "A Wottery Story: The tale of a young Mijumaru"

The letters fade away, and are replaced by new ones, spelling "Coming August 2010."
 
All right here it is, trailer for Cornova's Poké Wars: The Incipience

Narration voice over
Music
Camera

The Legendaries. Guardians of the world and humanity.

Cut to scene of Latios and Latias stopping the tsunami that threatens to destroy Altomare

Cut to scene of Darkrai stopping Palkia and Dialga from destroying Alamos Town.

Fade to black

But now one Legendary has turned his back on humanity

Cut to profile of Ho-oh

Cue Absolute Anthropoid - Pfeifer Broz. Music

Fade into scene of Ho-oh hovering in front of Mewtwo. Below them is a smoldering crater that used to be a city.

Mewtwo: Surely there are good hearted humans?

Ho-oh: In my journeys I did indeed come across humans that could be considered pure of heart, those that I considered ideal for coexisting with humans.

Mewtwo: Then you seek to damn the innocent for the transgressions of the majority that do wrong in your eyes!

Fade into Raikou standing atop Goldenrod City radio tower. A fierce thunderstorm rages and a good portion of the city is in ruins. The citizens of the city are gathered at the radio tower.

Cut Absolute Anthropoid

Raikou: I am Raikou, Emperor of Storm Clouds and emissary of the Lord Ho-oh. I have come to deliver his message. For decades, he has watched your pathetic race defile our homes in the plains, forests and oceans! He has watched as you tear apart our families, enslave us and use us as nothing more than living weapons in these so-called 'tournaments'! For decades he has waited for your race to rise to his standards! For decades he has hoped that your race would coexist with ours. Those decades have passed and what does Lord Ho-oh see? Nothing! The same defilement of our homes! The same brutal enslavement and battles! No longer! We overpower and outnumber you and we will take back our world from your race! Your race will pay in blood for the miseries you have inflicted on us! Heed my words; the reign of Ho-oh shall soon begin!

A lightning bolt "whites out" the camera

Cue The Sorcerer (Remix) - X-Ray Dog

Cut to a scene of Lugia, Silver and Silver's mother inside a large underground garden with a large lake in the center and several streams fed by waterfalls flowing from the walls. A large crystal chandelier dangles from the ceiling along with many smaller crystals jutting from the rock. Everything is bathed in a blue glow. Regigigas, Registeel, Regice, Mew, Mesprit, Darkrai, Latias, Groudon, Articuno, Moltres and Zapdos are around Lugia, his son and his lifemate.

Lugia: I had hoped this could have been a battle of ideas, without needless bloodshed, but I realize now that words cannot stop the battles that are to come.

Fade out into "Poké Wars: The Incipience" written in heavy silver text on a black background.

Poké Wars: The Incipience. Whose. Side. Are. You. On!

Cut The Sorcerer (Remix)

Lugia fires an Aeroblast at the camera, causing it to "white out".

Cue Lachrimae - Audiomachine

Coming to Fanfiction.net.

Fade into "Coming to Fanfiction.net 02-13-10" written in heavy silver lettering on a black background.
 
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I'm not good at making trailers, would someone who is good at them and has read my fic be willing to do one for me?
 
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