Noticeable differences between a Trailer and the Final Film

[Dynasty]

Ok so the title is a bit 'huh?' but ill explain.

You know when you get really hyped for a movie and you cant stop watching the trailers prior and leading upto that film's release?

For example, The Dark Knight and Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of...***k it.

Now, I noticed that the voiceovers in the trailers from sections of each movie in the trailer differed to the film's.

Still thinking 'wtf?'. Okay. Ill break it down to specifics;

You know that part in The Dark Knight when the Joker and BMan are in the cell...thing either side of the table and basically the best part of the movie takes place in terms of acting by Heath, and he says that 'Youre not like them, youre not' and then 'To them youre just a freak, like me'.
Now, in the trailer (cant remember which one) when the voiceover says 'Youre just a freak...like me', Heath has a higher pitch or tone when he says 'like me' in the trailer compared to when he says it in the movie.

'So?' I hear you say. Well when I went to see The Dark Knight in the cinema, when he started saying 'To them youre just a freak' I was mouthing along (call me sad if you want, I dont care, I wasnt the only one), and was surprised when I heard the difference between the trailer and the film.

Case 2; Indiana Jones.

'I thought you were a teacher', 'Part time'. The 'Part time' line is said differently in the film than in the trailer(s).

I know this is all down to re-editing the film, but how many takes does it take to say one line? How many times do they have to record the lines? Why change them in the trailer compared to the film?

Obviously im not in the film industry so dont know what goes on behind the scenes, im just speaking out loud as ive just finished watching The Dark Knight on DVD and that thought popped into my mind again.

Discuss or flame/lock thread.

 

[PJ]

I find this with porn.

 

[Krynn72]

Shut up nerd. Stop watching trailers so much.

I watch a trailer, and never watch it again, and usually forget what was in it. So I don't notice any differences.

 

[Tyguy]

trailers are made specifically to attract people to the movie but there is nothing preventing them from slightly changing the movie after the fact. I can see how it might be annoying but everyone does it.

 

[Viperidae]

move to film and tv plz

The reason it's different is because teaser trailers are always made before the movie is actually done in the editing room. They usually slap together what they've currently got done and use it as a trailer. If there are changes down the road to those scenes, you'll notice the difference.

As for takes it depends. Conversation scenes can have 10-20 takes, and not necessarily because people screw up, but for filming it from multiple angles.

Depending on the set though, they could be doing a ton of ADR if the sound was bad anyway--sometimes trailers incorporate different sound takes. In movies with ADR, it's always interesting to watch the on-set dialogue of scenes vs. the sound that made it in the film.

 

[V-Man339]

Y'know some old movies shot scenes specifically just to add them to the trailer.

Black Christmas had a trailer with quite a few moments made just for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2q...-need-stop-doing.html&feature=player_embedded

http://www.cracked.com/article_17585_5-things-movie-trailers-need-stop-doing.html

 

[Dynasty]

Its not necessarily 'annoying' to me, its more of an unexpected surprise when you think you know whats coming based on the trailer.

I dont sit watching them every 2 seconds, I tend to watch them a few times, leave it for a while then I admitedly watch it once just before leaving to see the film, but thats just me, so I tend to pickup on things like this, its just how my memory works.

Nerdish? Yeah ok ill take that. Always wanted a different side of the coin.

 

[Ravioli]

I noticed this in the trailer for Punch Drunk Love. In the trailer, when the guy on the phone says "Are you threatening me asshole?" the guy on the other end says "yes". But in the movie, he says "GO **** YOURSELF", and then later the first guy asks "did you just tell me to go **** myself", and THEN he says "yes".

 

[Lobster]

I dunno about this, but somthing I often notice in TV shows, is the Previously On.. sequence often shows alternate versions of scenes from previous episodes, where the dialogue is simplified to summarize more than what they acctully said.

 

[Asknoone]

I do believe they filmed several iterations of each Joker scene.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

I've noticed this with films before aswell, I think TDK is probably the most recent film I noticed it in though.

 

[Rizzo]

Yeah I noticed that movies differ from their trailers.

Give me a medal.

 

[David.Seth2]

ive noticed it before, but it never really bothered me until I saw District 9. In the trailer, you see what appears to be an interview with one of the prawns ("how did you get here" and "how do your weapons work"). It was this part of the trailer that sold me on D-9, especially when it says it just wants to go back home... Yet that scene, or any like it, never appears in the final film. Which is OK, I still really liked D-9, but I was waiting for that scene the whole time.

 

[Cpt Tenacious]

In the trailer for The Dark Knight when the jokester is in the back of the truck trying to stop the swat truck with Dent in it, he fires an RPG and then moves his head away from it and makes a face (like it was loud and disturbing or something) and that doesn't happen in the movie.

 

[Yorick]

How about the Alien 3 Teaser Trailer that claimed the Aliens were coming to Earth? We didn't even get the same movie as the trailer..

 

[Deleted member 56031]

ive noticed it before, but it never really bothered me until I saw District 9. In the trailer, you see what appears to be an interview with one of the prawns ("how did you get here" and "how do your weapons work"). It was this part of the trailer that sold me on D-9, especially when it says it just wants to go back home... Yet that scene, or any like it, never appears in the final film. Which is OK, I still really liked D-9, but I was waiting for that scene the whole time.

Really? Aww that bit was what sold me on the film ;(

 

[swan_song1973]

meh, i dont see what the problem is.