A few months ago I blogged about a remixed trailer for The Shinning and how easily our perceptions can be altered by a voiceover, a bit of music and some selective editing. Around the same time I also blogged about how an innocent hug between mother and son could be transformed into an erotic embrace by simply changing the speed and frequency of frames in the Alone. Life Waste Andy Hardy film piece. So naturally I was pleased when I came across the following two trailer mashups for Brokeback Mountain - Brokeback to the Future and Top Gun Brokeback Squadron. Not only are they hiliarous but they also touch on the deeper issues of how editing effects (and potentionally distorts) our percpetions.
I agree, editing does have the ability to distort one’s perception…especially mine!
Check out the Toy Story / Requiem for a Dream mashup:
http://www.simonaut.com/2006/02/24/
Check out this cool mashup between Casablanca and Mars Needs Women! It’s also got a funny site behind it called “The Institute of Questionable Trailer Preservation.”
Thanks for the links Gord and Dan - those are two great mashups!