HOW TO ATTRACT MORE PLAYERS

[Cannon]

After watching how these trailers were filmed I gain a *tiny* glimpse of the work involved to make a great one.

It is not enough to film a couple of fights.

The whole thing, camera shots, angles, storyline (even a 2 minute trailer has to tell a story) everything needs to be planned, storyboarded, filmed, voice over and music added and edited together.

It could be a very fun project but it is not something that would take a day to do. I suspect in experienced professional could do it in a couple of days but I'm not aware of any professionals that are available at the moment.

For an amature production I expect this would take multiple months to do.

The promo I'd like to see would include the following things - and other things:
- A short story (I dunno, a freelance miner who turns to ore piracy and is later betrayed and then killed by the corrupt LPI)
- Parts of the story are explained by in game chat. Even better would be voice overs - but in game chat would be good enough.
- Carefully planned fights to maximise explosions, effects and numbers of ships.
- A slow bit and a fast bit; scenic parts and exciting parts and a supporting musical score that rocks.

The reason the -nohud option exists in the mod is because I want to see more films.

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