Similarities Between Movie Trailers And Open Water Swims
Movie trailers get audiences interested in a film. Film buffs and movie goers love the quick, fast-paced shots enhanced with music of a film being advertised. The trailers tell the condensed story of a film, drawing from the most exciting and noteworthy parts of the film.
The art form is becoming more and more prevalent and important as the trailers are viewed millions of time in the online world before the movies are watched online, in DVD, or in theaters.
The trailers are created to have maximum appeal to the potential audience and are increasingly becoming highly artistic, polished methods of advertising. The trailers, sometimes with voice-over narration, largely tell the story in 3 parts: Act 1 or the beginning lays out the premise of the story, Act 2 or the middle showcases the stars and the story with a dramatic climax, and Act 3 features recognizable music enhanced with a visual montage of powerful and emotional moments of the film.
And that is increasingly the way of the videos of open water swims posted online, especially those that feature open water races, solo channel swims, and charity swims. Videos of open water swims, events that can range from 20 minutes to 20 hours, are ideal for the movie trailer format.
The online swim videos include the following 10 similarities to movie trailers:
1. Voice-over narration
2. Fast-paced shots
3. Recognizable music
4. Range of characters (pilot, race director, support crew, pace swimmer, kayaker)
5. Abridged version of the entire swim
6. 3 acts featuring the beginning of the swim, the middle, and the dramatic climax
7. Showcase of the swim with speaking parts of the stars (swimmer, race director, participants)
8. Viewed multiple times online in video-sharing sites, blogs or the event/swimmer’s website
9. Shared via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the online social network
10. Credits at the end of the video
The open water videos are in all kinds of forms:
Photo shows the Catalina Channel record-setting relay As Seen On TV.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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