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Behind the Scenes on the IGN Legend of Zelda Trailer
Published by Matthew Jeppsen April 7th, 2008 in Art, News, Web On April 1st, gaming megasite IGN released a “World Exclusive Trailer” for The Legend of Zelda movie. It was of course an elaborate prank, but the trailer was very convincing and effective. The project was produced by Rainfall Films, Pre-Production began last summer and post took 3 months.
Filming took place in September. The trailer was shot 720p HD on two Panasonic’s HVX-200 cameras, one with the Redrock Micro 35mm adapter to achieve a film-like look. Footage was transferred via P2 media cards to a MacBook Pro laptop and 1TB LaCie firewire drive. A wealth of footage was shot, well beyond what was needed for the trailer (the entire three minutes could have been made from Link and Ganon’s swordfight). In the end, no one wanted to leave Hyrule - but after three days of filming, production wrapped.
You can watch the trailer and behind the scenes video below.
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Impressive ! How much did they spend ?
Of course, I would never think that it could be the real thing: a franchise like Zelda is too huge to become a movie without any big stars, but it has nothing to do with the production value of the trailer. Makes me think of the “Batman: Dead End” short from a few years ago. Great great work !