Well I’ve started work on the first trailer for “Charise: A Portrait of an African American with Albinism” and all I can say is “WOW”. There is just so much to cover. It will be interesting to see the final product of both films for general audiences. I imagine I will have to cut a lot of valuable information out but they will still be great films.
I originally planned to do only one trailer for the documentary on Albinism but there is really two parts to it; the medical aspect and the social aspect. So when I collected clips for the one trailer, I had no choice but to make two instead of one, if I wanted to end up with something that is actually trailer length and not a full hour or so documentary. :)
This trailer was also hard because of the subject and also being limited on B-roll clips as well. But so far I’m satisfied with what I have put together. After completing the first trailer, putting together this second one and working on it in Adobe After Effects has been much faster.
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Tressa Sanders, founder of Three West Creative Development, Asabi Publishing, and Ijaba Films, provides active learning, workshops for business Image, publishing, creative writing, graphics design, and filmmaking. In addition, she has authored the curriculum for the Big Bad Business Image, Concise Publishing, and Creative Writing workshops as well as several literary titles. Tressa also holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Psychology and authored the introduction for a book titled “A Peek Inside the Goo: Depression & The Borderline Personality”.
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