So, I'm thinking of making a trailer for an adaptation of Hotline Miami (not a full film, just a trailer to shop around), and I'm wanting to find trailers and films/shorts that would sort of work with the mood.
Also, a stylistic thing I'm thinking of doing is never showing Jacket's actual face. Always show him either in silhouette, in the mask, behind the head, or close-ups on his eyes.
Jason Rogers
that almost feels like a given
Eli Wood
You'd be surprised.
Most of the shorts I've seen doing the same thing show his face outright.
also i'd advise against taking any inspiration from other attempts at the same thing
look at the work that inspired the creators of HM at try to draw the same inspiration that they did
David Lynch, Nicolas Winding Refn, Walter Hill, etc
William Lopez
Wow, this actually references "Drive" quite openly.
Angel Stewart
I've been looking for this one, thanks.
Landon Sanders
yeah, no kidding
didn't the developers directly cite Drive as an inspiration?
Levi Green
They give a special thanks to Nicolas Winding Refn in the game's credits.
Jayden Robinson
Of course. I was still kinda surprised. I mean the four-note motif of the score is even sorta reminiscent of the syncopated motif that "Nightcall" is based on.
Mason Miller
Yeah, Drive was a direct inspiration.
I mean some people took this to a very literal level, I saw a short (that I can't find) that copied the Nightcall opening from Drive shot for shot.
Chase Hall
Oh, just noticed that it was actually the transition-screen music from the game itself...
Julian Gutierrez
That ending theme, the one you get after you win a chapter, side by side works perfectly with Nightcall.
Benjamin Nelson
Yeah yeah.
I'm really wanting to ape Refn's style, but someone I think would be fun to sort of imitate, to work well with this, would be Robert Rodriguez.
Noah Sanders
Dunno who you'd shop it around to.
The people that made the game own the rights and you'd have to work with them to get a movie made if a studio were to want to pick it up.
Camden Sullivan
Yeah, that's probably true.
I still wanna do it, though. Just to prove to myself that I can.