Way back in April I made a fanfic trailer. I wanted to enter it in a video exhibit at my school, because I thought fanfic trailers are notable as a new form of fan creation, and the department that was running the exhibit studies fan culture and such. The exhibit itself turned out to be one of the more humiliating events of my life <g>, but I did emerge with a finished trailer.

The only problem is that the story is not at all finished. Not even close. Maybe years from being done. Maybe will not ever be done. And I don't want you all to think I'm a tease for showing this trailer when I have nothing to back it up, so to speak. On the other hand, I showed it ot a bunch of perfect strangers, so it seems only fair I should show it here to people who might actually enjoy it <g>.

So I debated about it for a few months, and on the advice of some friendly people on IRC I'm posting it today. They said that missing out on the story was better than missing out on both story and trailer, and assured me they'd defend me if anyone called me a tease

The other thing is that it's a really dark story. Really, really dark Superfutures story. So if you don't like that sort of thing, you should steer clear.

If you're still with me after all of that, here is the trailer. Watch it at your own risk, and don't say I didn't warn you.

Finding Noplace
- Large (24 MB)
- Small (6 MB)

EDIT: With all those disclaimers, I forgot to thank the people who helped me with this! A big thanks to LauraU, who's my cheerleader on this story , and to the FoLCwips ladies and gentleman and my LiveJournal friends, who looked at many many iterations of this and picked me up after my school treated me badly

Kaylle

Kaylle, this trailer is beautifully heart-wrenching. The music, combined with the images, made me shiver.

I don't know what went wrong at the exhibit, but well, at least we earned this great trailer

Now have fun writing!

See ya,
AnnaBtG.

That was an intriguing trailer, Kaylle. Very well done combination of images, text and music.

If you ever get around to finishing/posting the story (which I hope you do, just because I really enjoy your writing and have read all of your existing stories a couple of times ), I'll definitely be checking it out.

Thanks for sharing this trailer!

Intriguing is indeed the perfect word. Nice trailer, and now we are all going to have to bug you periodically about finishing the story.

Well, you already know I love it, especially the last line. The title cards are great. The clips perfect. And the music... well, the music is more than perfect. For me, the music is what makes the trailer, and this just fits the story SO well!

Great job on the trailer! I only wish it could have gone better at school, but we FoLCs appreciate it much more than they would anyway.

Sara

Uh wow...

I love the irony of the title and the music. Wonderful job

~Lois Lane Wanna Be

I didn't mean to post this and then disappear, honest It's th ebeginning of term and things are always hectic around here.

But I did want to come back and thank everyone for their comments and praise! I'm glad you guys enjoyed it And I'm sorry I don't have more to offer you in the form of the story If the story were anywhere near being done, I'd be happy to show it to you, but as it is it's about a chapter long <g>. If I ever get it finished, you all will be the first to know

LoisLaneWannaBe mentioned the title. It's a reference to the fact that Utopia translates literally to "noplace," implying from the beginning that such a place doesn't/can't exist. I always thought that was an interesting bit of trivia

Anyway, I'm glad you guys liked the trailer, and I apologize I don't have a story to offer you! I'll work on it, I promise

Kaylle

(As for the exhibit... well, I wrote a very nice blurb for the program explaining that my video was a fanfic trailer (and what exactly a fanfic trailer was), but the people organizing the exhibit lost my blurb and presented the trailer with no explanation whatsoever. So people didn't have any idea what to make of it or understand that it was a trailer for a longer story, and mostly they thought it was freakish and weird.

Anyway, one of my more mortifying experiences But it did produce this trailer <g>