TRAILER REVIEW OF RAQUEL'S LEGACY IS JUST COMEDIC...SERIOUSLY

🎞 🎥 Trailer Review 🎥 🎞 - RAQUEL'S LEGACY Trailer -

Directed by Sandra DelCid
Starring: Sandra DelCid, John Macaig

Oh my, where to begin, where to begin...

SUMMARY - There's nothing to report as there is no feature film to present after this really BAD trailer.

This is a look into the Houston Film Industries latest movie production which I know for a fact is only a trailer for a film that actress/director, Sandra DelCid wants to bring to life after she wrote a book concerning the sex trafficking epidemic that is occurring in Texas on a grand scale.

At some point during the last year, I was approached about helping to produce a “trailer” for DelCid's script on this particular project, which I only turned down because I don't like working on "trailers," which are actually called "pitch films" or "sizzle reels" in the professional world of film making. DelCid is a woman who is dying to be a leading actress in a film, but she has limited acting skills, never attended acting classes, and shouldn’t expect the world to bend to her desires because she wants to feel famous again. Take note that she's played extra's in some recent feature Indie films and claims to have taken notes on how to produce films professionally.

What's funny is that I'm not sure where this trailer is going or what is intended to be done with it, but it's lackluster presentation and choppy scenes with an apparent amateur camera operator, who doesn't know anything about the “rule of thirds,” failed miserably in capturing any of the scenes with finesse or actual implied professionalism. Most of the scenes look like the camera was set up into position on a tripod and the capture button was activated, having no one behind the camera. The trailers editor had problems [or didn't even attempt to] with killing the sound on the scenes of the trailer while the musical track's volume was raised in an attempt to drown out the sound of the actors.

I will say that there are a few good captures of scenery with different camera angles seen in the trailer; but those are few and far in-between to actually give a better review of what DelCid is trying to sell in this trailer. The rest of the trailer is just a grouping of what not to do when your filming, editing, and presenting something that has not been color corrected for mass effect. One the best kudo's I can give this failure of a trailer is that DelCid did decide to release something that she put together alone with her money; something she truly felt obligated to do since there were very few people to work with her project unless she paid them for their time - and in Houston it's a sad fact that many local "actors" - claiming to be seasoned SAG actors - demand to get paid for shitty performances in "obviously amateur" Indie film productions. Even now, the actors who were paid by DelCid refuse to post her trailer to help support her film project; so much for the team effort!

DelCid's persistence to get her book turned into a movie is commendable, but she should leave movie making to film directors who know what they're actually doing both in front and behind the camera. Once an amateur actor/actress beings to listen to local Houston SAG "actors" about what is the right way to produce a film; i.e. rent cameras, pay actors, etc. - the project will become a lost cause and drama will drown out any chance of success. The producer/director of this trailer should know that there are many talented non-SAG actors in the Houston Film Scene that would have done a better job performing in a sizzle reel and who would have even done all of the work for free. One doesn't always have to pay actors to perform for projects that will never see the light of day; and those that do just burn cash that could have been used for something else.

PRODUCTION BREAKDOWN

← Lighting

↓ Camera Work

↓ Screenplay

↓ Sound

← Use of Visuals

↓ Time Lapse

↓ Editing

← Rule of Thirds
← Locations

↓ Music

↓ Ending/Follow through
 
LEGEND   ↑ Excellent   ← Needs Work    ↓ Poor

POST MORTEM – Since I know that there is no feature film or short film for this trailer, I cannot find it in my time to do an accurate evaluation of a film that doesn't exist. But more specifically, this is a good reason why trailers/teasers/sizzle reels should never be produced unless you have a real project to make into a completed film BEFORE releasing something to preview.

⭐️ 💫 [1.5 of 5 Stars]