Pretty awesome trailer. What kind of class is it for?

I think this trailer is really well done (also that is one of my favorite duel songs)

Wow! Cool work!

YamPuff wrote:

I really like it, nice work. Touga's speech is a perfect intro to the series XD

Wouldn't it be cool to make a trailer for SKU making it look like a horror series with clips from the Black Rose arc?

Or make it look like a comedy with just chu-chu clips

Flah wrote:

YamPuff wrote:

I really like it, nice work. Touga's speech is a perfect intro to the series XD

Wouldn't it be cool to make a trailer for SKU making it look like a horror series with clips from the Black Rose arc?

Between the shadow girls, the impossible architecture of the campus, and Nanami's huge list of terror takes, there's no need to limit yourself to Black Rose.

Dang, now I wish I had some decent video editing software.

Yeah, and Anthy gives a particularly good scream in episode 3.
But the Black Rose arc definitely provides some potent material. Especially if you reverse the sword removal scenes.
Some one really slick could make RGU look like a murder mystery with Miki as the protagonist by using that one scene with the magnifying glass from Nanami's Egg.

(( Hey Jacrad,

I hate to echo what's been said already, yet I will anyway.  That's a pretty good teaser-trailer!  Good luck with the rest of your class. ))

Thanks again everyone!

The presentation went over pretty well for the most part. But one thing did happen that I thought was worth discussing a little more in depth.
One student who has seen the show basically summarized their interpretation of Utena in a few sentences and there was primarily one thing I disagreed with. As I heard it, they basically said it was about the roles of women in a patriarchal society and changing the system from within.

I don't really think RGU is about changing a system from within at all. I think it's much more about not playing into the system at all. After all Utena says in the final episode "I really...couldn't become a Prince.  I'm sorry, Himemiya. Sorry for ending up just a make-believe Prince...  Forgive me." Utena may have subverted the system by trying to take on the role of a prince, but the role of a prince was still a part of the system.
I think the opening supports this analysis as well through these lines  "Heroically, I'll throw away my clothes 'til I'm nude, like the roses dancing all around me, whirling free." To me the idea of casting away the clothes is a metaphor for casting away facades and roles and existing free from them.

There was also some disagreement on the marketing of Utena. From what I could tell it seemed like the TV series was marketed towards women more so than men. I think the movie targeted men though. The goal of the assignment was to take a 'product' and market it to the 'opposite' crowd that it is normally marketed to. (This didn't mean the 'product' couldn't be something that can be enjoyed by the 'opposite' crowd, just that the marketing is geared more strongly towards the other.) But maybe I was off base? I definitely think what I made was good but maybe it wasn't on target for the assignment? What do you all think?
(Should I make another thread for this part? I think exploring the marketing could add an interesting analytical angle.)