View Full Version : Night of the Driller
531productions
01-09-2009, 03:14 PM
A few months ago I found this trailer in the film archive warehouse where I work. It's for a movie that has been long out of print, it's called "Night of the Driller". I transferred the 16mm film and put it up online.
WARNING: THIS CONTAINS NUDITY AND VIOLENCE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Ln_EJ02JY
neverending
01-09-2009, 05:45 PM
Well, here we go again. Another indie filmmaker who has so little faith in his own abilities he has to try and pass off his efforts as a "lost film."
Get some balls dude and admit this is your own work. We'll respect you much more if you're honest with us.
Well, here we go again. Another indie filmmaker who has so little faith in his own abilities he has to try and pass off his efforts as a "lost film."
Get some balls dude and admit this is your own work. We'll respect you much more if you're honest with us.
way to tell him Ne.
but I'm still gonna watch it.....he did say nudity & violence .
Angra
01-09-2009, 07:30 PM
he did say nudity & violence .
Really?
Sounds like it really gonna stand out.
Really?
Sounds like it really gonna stand out.
ya know.....I don't mind your sarcasm when its pointed at someone else....but when you direct it at me, it makes me cry a little bit. :mad:
531productions
01-11-2009, 07:25 PM
Of course it's not real, I just think it's a lot funner to play it off as vintage. It's actually part of a feature I'm working on, it's a movie within a movie that a few of the main characters are obsessed with. Thanks for the negative comment though...
neverending
01-11-2009, 10:06 PM
It's just not fun to us any more- EVERY indie filmmaker that comes in here does the SAME THING. It's so last century.
Three or four times a week for years, it's just so old hat. It's hard to get excited about your project when you use the same tired gimmick every other filmmaker uses.
531productions
01-12-2009, 07:46 AM
Wow. I didn't know so many people made fake vintage horror trailers. I guess I'm just horribly unoriginal.
urgeok2
01-14-2009, 07:31 AM
I guess I'm just horribly unoriginal.
well that doesnt bode very well for your film does it :)
531productions
01-14-2009, 07:39 AM
Just to verify, "Night of the Driller" isn't a movie I'm working on, it's a fake vintage trailer that goes within a movie I'm working on. You're telling me hundreds of filmmakers a year do this exact same thing and post it on this site? Sorry to keep up with this, I just hate elitist sites that rag on anyone who actually makes movies. People can sit and criticize all hey want as they sit in their bedroom online 16 hours a day, bravo.
urgeok2
01-14-2009, 08:17 AM
maybe this was presented to you in a bad way
here's the deal ...
most people are happy to see filmmakers come into the forum and let us know what they're up to ...
its just that MANY people came come in here and either pretended to be asking information about a film (yet providing links and details) or other ruses that become insulting after a while. once or twice is no big thing but after so many it is natural to feel that it's an insult to the intelligence.
but i must say - after your last email ... you're calling criticizing forum folk elitists, while out of the other side of your mouth acting like an elitist because you make movies.
so you make movies - great for you ... i work in IT. looks like we both made a choice.
the difference is that unless you want to make movies for just other filmmakers ... which would seem more like a circle jerk than a career - then you need the people who care enough about movies (let alone indie horror films) to participate of a forum about it.
we'll always find other films to watch - we're the audience ... i think you need us a fuckload more than we need you.
thats the bitter reality.
sorry to come off strong but no offence to your self proclaimed lack of origionality - it is often the thing people like yourself shoot back back with and i think its a horrible arguement.
try to understand that everyone doesnt want to be a movie maker or directer,,etc.
yeah - its great that its what you do ... more power to you if you're happy doing it .. but dont look down on people who dont make movies and expect them not to have a voice.
anyway - there's always time to clean the slate and start fresh.
it's happened before - some folks even stayed as contributers.
and we have at least 2 people in the business here and they'll be just as hard on you if not worse as the origional guy who give you grief.
531productions
01-14-2009, 08:49 AM
I totally understand what you're saying and don't want you to think I'm coming off as someone trying to get a cheap watch of a trailer or that I think I'm better than others because I make movies. I just don't like my work being judged by the way my video is marketed.
I'm not trying to scam my way into some views, I just think it's funny to play the trailer off as real. And most people believe it. That's why I'm not posting my website under it and also why there's no credits on it. I also don't want anyone to think I'm ripping on non-filmmakers, that's just ridiculous. I'm just saying don't judge any artist too quick without at least checking out their stuff.
Lastly I enjoy the site and have read a handful of threads, I just don't like people judging me based on a post that wasn't meant as malicious or deceiving. Just kinda thought it was funny. Thanks for your response urgeok2.
neverending
01-14-2009, 10:52 AM
If you don't want your film to be judged by the way it's marketed, don't market it in a deceitful way.
It's great you are having fun pretending the trailer is real. Is the goal of your marketing for you to have fun? For people who've seen that dozens of times before, it's not so much fun... it's just boring.