Why Does No One Narrate Movie Trailers Anymore?

[@ladyflimflam]

The nuance of too big for a guest spot question reminded me of Shatner hosting Have I Got News For You. He had no idea about the show or British libel law and it was wild.

[@MauriceHotblack]

ILFRACOOOOOOOOOMBE! It's laced with prostitution!

[@christopherflux6254]

In a world where no one narrates movie trailers anymore, one man seeks to change the art of publicity forever. Will he bring back the lost tradition of voiceovers, or will he be defeated by the legions of film executives?

[@jezlawrence720]

Beyond scripts. Beyond cinematography. Beyond IMAGINATION...

[@MoonbeameSmith]

[@DuncanEvans-t7q]

@@christopherflux6254 I'd watch that movie

[@shilowaters6082]

These two seem very knowledgeable about the entertainment industry. Great video!

[@nbell63]

There was a political correspondent in Canberra, for the (Australian) Channel Nine Network, Peter Harvey. Peter was the political correspondent for a long time, in part because of the timbre of his voice. It was so deep and mellifluous, that within the industry (remarkably, a secret kept for many years) he was lovingly known as *Four Balls* . 😊

[@DrCalamityJan]

'Peter Harvey: Canberra' What a guy. Much missed.

[@stephaniepjucker7963]

I'm pretty sure there was a toilet in Steptoe and Son. I remember the dad sitting on it and reading the toilet paper which was made of small squares of newspaper.

[@themattitude]

What I'm taking away from this questions (questions and answers) episode is that Talyor Swift will definitely be on House of Games soon. How exciting.

[@DrCalamityJan]

Hahaha. Me too! How funny would it be?

[@darrylhunt210]

Marina said 'I've written 30 versions of that on a sheet", and I can confirm that's often exactly what happens at many sporting events. I used to sit next to a hockey play-by-play announcer for radio and would use a yellow highlighter to cross off certain phrases he said. When he got to the bottom he'd go back to the top and we'd use pink for the second run-through.

[@County22]

I remember at the height of her Titanic fame Kate Winslet appeared on, 'Can't cook won't cook' or 'Ready steady cook' shows in the afternoon on BBC.

[@DuncanEvans-t7q]

There was a great moment at the Olympics for 1 the BMX events where several of the BBC radio hosts and commentators said they had learnt more in the last hour than they ever knew before

[@Cchogan]

Marina - dead right about character writing. I take it to the extreme of impersonating the voice aloud to get their dialogue right. For instance, people who speak slower will use "I am" more often than a faster speaker who will use "I'm" more often. All kinds of little dialogue quirks can be discovered by a bit of impersonation of someone - famous or just a friend. Don LaFontaine? Redd Pepper? For YEARS, Bill Mitchell was king in the UK. He was a Canadian who came here in the sixties, I think. Remember the deep voice "Capital One, Nine, Four?" That was him. I used to record whole packages for radio stations with him in the 1980s and 90s. He was also one half of the comedy duo Yin and Yan with Chris Sandford. Bill did a perfect imitation of Telly Savalas recording "If a picture paints..." He was also one of the mad lot in the Coach and Horses with Jeffrey Bernard et al. They all drank way too much and Bill had quite a reputation. There was a joke that you could only book him between 11 AM and mid-afternoon. Before, he still had a hangover, after, he would be too drunk. I worked with him lots. He would turn up early in the studio because we had a piano there. I would mess on the keys, and he would sing. He could be difficult, or with some idiot ad executives he was. But I found him charming and fun. And what a voice!

[@michaelrobson3460]

My favourite tube/metro story was an announcement on the metro , where the driver said " we are arriving at st james station, where we have ticket inspectors waiting for you. So, if you could have your tickets, passes, notes from your doctor or your mam, available when you get off, please '

[@jamesadlam9875]

Celebrities playing themselves: a long time ago, but maybe one of the most brilliant was Andre Previn on Morecambe &Wise

[@LucyG3014]

The commentators who do the gymnastics at the Olympics are the best they are so passionate

[@dibdab101]

@@LucyG3014 and also Mark Foster on diving/swimming. Her goes absolutely mental.

[@iainwasson6822]

Can someone be too big for a show? - Agree with Richard, No, and I submit Teri Hatcher on QI as an example. She went for it and was brilliant.

[@simonmeadows7961]

Not sure about the UK TV toilet (never thought I'd write that!) but I do know that the first flushing toilet in film was in the opening scene of Psycho.

[@Buckaroo_Baldwin]

It wasn't in the opening it was when she's at the motel. She rips up a piece of paper and flushes it.

[@rjmunro]

Years ago, someone who works in Formula 1 told me that if what you say on the radio get's broadcast, other teams can hear it. So if you wanted to keep something secret from the other teams, you would include swearing so that they can't broadcast it. I thing they have clamped down on swearing on the radio because of that trick.

[@pretzelhunt]

they can hear other teams unbroadcasted but its delayed.

[@stevenbierman3259]

On the subject of writing a character with a specific actor in mind, that kind of happened in Scrubs. Bill Lawrence was looking for a "John C McGinley-type actor" for the role of Dr. Cox. Then Neil Flynn auditions for the role, and they liked him enough to make him The Janitor, and then they got John C McGinley for Dr. Cox.

[@billswifejo]

The narrative ‘voice’ over lives on in Terry Pratchett’s Moving Pictures, where CMOT (Cut Me Own Throat) Dibbler has ‘In a world gone mad’ on all his posters advertising the films he is making.

[@olgadupreez5145]

Have the utmost respect for Marina's ability to articulate her disdain for certain people. I want her to be my inner voice!

[@TheLoveOfTracks]

The Not Going Out Pointless episode was brilliant!

[@Tozzywozzy01]

It's strange to think something as mundane as a toilet would be a no-no on TV. I do recall an episode of 'On The Buses' was literally centred around the family buying a new toilet and having to try and transport it home on a bus. 😆 But then this is the same world where Fred and Wilma Flintstone were said to be the first married couple shown sleeping in a bed together. 🤨

[@dibdab101]

me commenting on the new discipline of Olympic Podcasting: Yep, yep, very good performance by the british mixed pair here but I fear they will miss out on a medal after falling foul of the no-mentioning Taylor Swift rule. What a shame! (Clare Balding is nodding vigorously to show she's in agreement)

[@rorrt]

A friend at his university hired Don LaFontaine to do voice over for an end of year review. The still had about 5 minutes left of his schedule and my friend's classmate asked "hey, Don... Could you do my phone answer message?" And Don said "Hey, great record guys..." and hung up.

[@JohnDoe-tp8mc]

If Marina played herself in a show she’d get the podcast intro correct every time and we’d all hate it

[@Elitist20]

'Elfin singer-songwriters covering Leonard Cohen songs, between explosions.'😆

[@philanderson5138]

One of the best calls to Lando was the one where they eventually said "Radio Check" to him, which he had to answer after obviously ignoring messages...

[@SimonHeartfield]

"He seems to be frozen developmentally..." brutal Marina 😂

[@philipellis7039]

The Taylor Swift question reminded me of when Corey Taylor of Slipknot was on QI. I assume it was because he was a fan rather than through the usual booking process but he wasn’t particularly good - didn’t have the quick wit that you really need to be a good QI guest (also similar with Daniel Radcliffe who isn’t a typical QI guest and they just pandered to him for much of the episode). So, maybe Taylor on House of Games would just be terrible at quizzing and beaten by someone we vaguely remember from Phoenix Nights. Corey, by the way, has a couple of screen credits for voices on Dr Who. That’s got to come in handy on Pointless one day.

[@Charlieh1989]

Corey Taylor from Slipknot was on QI and he fit right in, no problem.

[@cipherhex]

Pretty sure 21:23 was meant to be left on the cutting room floor 😂

[@Efecup07]

There's a fun film called “In a World”about a lady being selected to bring back the phrase, “In a world”.

[@euansmith3699]

Great questions and great answers.

[@andrewmontague9682]

I think CBeebies Bedtime Story proved there are no bookings that are too big. Just thirsty mums who want to watch Tom Hardy.

[@AndyRossism]

Thirsty Mums are not his only fans , speaking as a 43yo gay man he's pretty much the ideal

[@openquin1]

There is also Honest Trailers on KZbin which basically does commentary about films and games in a similar voice, well worth checking out.

[@garethgriffiths1674]

Larry Hagman, wearing his Stetson hat, looked completely lost on Shooting Stars. Show bigger than any of their guests.

[@PigeonSmythe]

There is quite a sweet movie called in a world (lake bell) about the rights to the phrase, not amazing but worth a watch. Also loved the parody of the style by Hal Douglas in the Seinfeld ‘comedian’ movie trailer where the trailer is basically just a don lafontaine joke but very funny.

[@mattblack6736]

😂 You made Max sound very Eastern block there lol

[@MrDslacker]

Movie trailers voice guy has a new job at HonestTrailers/Screenjunkies and he is great. Other notable voice-over dudes are the one from CinemaSins, Simon Whistler and his multitude of channels and the guy from KurzGesagt.

[@steveb1972]

“Our beloved Aunt” lol

[@shobhitkaul8076]

Love the kayaking commentator

[@michaelrobson3460]

When reading Neil Gaiman, I could see who he was writing for, every time. His master piece, as the show runner was finding the next best person to cast. What makes me pmlfn as someone who might write one day, is Mick Herron wrote Jackson Lamb as Timothy Spall and got Gary Oldman instead!

[@jwolfe01234]

I think the only reason All in the Family got away with the toilet flushing sound was that it was so over the top and played for laughs that it didn't seem quite real. The characters would be in the living room, where most of the show was set, except Archie would be upstairs for some vague reason. Then FLUSH, the reason was obvious. It was absurdly loud, especially considering everyone was downstairs and the toilet was upstairs.

[@julyanjohns1237]

If you were young and were drunk/high whatever, and you saw a person with authority in your life, but didn't want them to realise you were drunk/high whatever, was when we were doing an impression of ourselves. For me it mainly involved looking serious and saying a coherent sentence. Sometimes the ability to walk in a general direction was handy too. You always thought you'd been really convincing, like "yeah, i was really good at being straight me there". I have a feeling the reality was a bit more nuanced. Young me was so naive haha

[@marcusnichols5595]

Steptoe & Son was my choice for 'first flush', or maybe 'Hancock's half hour'?

[@slyasleep]

I love Marina. That‘s all.

[@lisabowenhospital]

In my radio shows, if I need to cover up swearing I'll use a flushing toilet.

[@coinopanimator]

The problem we have now is that with their story driven trailers is that they are too faithful at telling the story of the film to the point that they often spoil the movie experience.

[@affalaffaa]

Me and a mate used to do "scary cinema voice" at each other and in front of friends. Man, we were funny

[@snackplaylove]

IN A WORLD… …THIS YEAR… chop chop chop noises and big words are the new voice overs

[@danadams6439]

Richard are you having a conservatory built with the amount of ad revenue you're getting from the amount of ads I had 😂😂

[@stefan8303]

There's now a trend for trailers that have the actor filmed in a room telling us all how great the film is, what it's about, why they enjoyed playing the part, why we should go and watch it etc. They completely take away from the feeling of escapism.

[@Skiddins]

Whenever I see those sort of trailers, to me, it always smacks of desperation from the promotional depts. ‘We think this films going to stink. Better get our actor to persuade the public to see it 😬’

[@michaelrobson3460]

F1 has a 25 second delay on the drivers live feed to enable the bleeps to be added

[@fwabcaf]

Taylor Swift on house of games would be very interesting. I'd really enjoy that.

[@crocsmart5115]

Neil is actually sat on the toilet when Vyvyan “hassles him”. Demolition. Series 1 Episode 1. 1984 The Young Ones. First time I can remember someone actually “using” the toilet as part of a program.

[@Elwaves2925]

Firefly has one scene early on where Capt Mal is seen finishing up going to the loo. Not the first of course but notable because of it's rarity.

[@dsaltmer]

How about Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em in the '70s where Frank goes to use an automated toilet in his brother in law's home, and loses his slippers down it? Shown in 1973 - I think that predates the Steptoe and Son splitting the home in half too.

[@Elwaves2925]

@@dsaltmer Maybe but I'd argue that doesn't count, seeing as Frank didn't actually use the toilet for it's intended purpose, if I recall the scene correctly.

[@dsaltmer]

@@Elwaves2925 Ah, I didn't realise it was use rather than display of the loo itself!

[@Elwaves2925]

@@dsaltmer No problem. I don't recall what they say in the video, I was going off the OP highlighting the word 'using'. 🙂

[@PaulDee-k4p]

For the Purposes of this question being looked at I am-: Mad hat Mcvitee chocolate hobnob the 3rd . What are your thoughts on colourising old classic movies many people love a wonderful life or an Alfred Hitchcock classic but are they best in black and white or colourised.

[@michaelrobson3460]

I thought there was a guy in the UK called Peter Barratt or he was the voice of Peter Barratt. Who did all of the trailers in the 70's and 80's?

[@derrickmarais]

I think some shows can be changed by having too big a star on, like when Cameron Diaz brought Tom Cruise to Top Gear . Before Tom Cruise was on Top Gear the only Americans on the show tended to be petrol heads, Jeremy could talk to them about cars. After Tom was on it felt like there were a lot more American stars, many had no real interest in cars, Jeremy came across as sucking up to them.

[@MauriceHotblack]

You don't need film trailer voiceovers any more because we're IN A WORLD WHERE the trailers tend to show you the whole film in one minute.

[@billswifejo]

Taylor Swift would be amazed at working without an audience! Although I think having Judi Dench and Maggie Smith as a pair on Pointless would be hysterical! Nothing would get done without them goggling and talking to each other and they would both want comfy chairs with cushions and probably a G&T.

[@ljw5768]

Sorry Richard, Lando’s conversation was conducted entirely with his race engineer. Team boss Andrea Stellar refused to get involved.

[@sockwithaticket]

Those trailer voiceovers were lame even before they were parodied into irrelevance. Hollywood belatedly moving past them was fantastic.

[@JuliaHopewell]

Possibly early Steptoe and Son, for the loo scene??

[@JuliaHopewell]

Oh! I should have let the conversation continue until Richard said the same thing!!

[@MoonbeameSmith]

I would think that the ability to speak to your pit crew and driver needs to be unfettered, as it is essential for their work, It could be dangerous to require everyone to "think first" before saying something that needs to be said (said thinks requirement to be said is up to those talking and not some broadcast or other higher boy) I think it would be awesome if a Star was on one of your shows but you treat them like a complete unknown.. So Taylor, Where are you from? and What do you do? Have you been to London before? etc..

[@Gerry-Hat-trick]

Well I never! The answer to the pixelated cell toilet question has finally been answered. The big question now is, will I sleep as well tonight as I should, with that weight off my mind???

[@alecquail9275]

When are we going to see Marina on HoG?

[@stewartbrodie1720]

A film trailer has extremely limited time to capture viewers' attention and persuade them to pay to go to watch the film, so you can't muck about with flowery language. "In a world where ..." is very short and acts as an alert that that you're about be told the ground rules of the film: this world/another world, past/present day/future, film genre. When you can set expectations in the first 5 seconds or so, it gives much more flexibility for the rest of it. If the trailer loses people's attention at the start, it, and perhaps the film too, are doomed. I expect that a film studio will "invent" it again at some point in the future.

[@dmontes133]

What I don’t like about movie trailers now, is they give away too much!

[@KristineMaitland]

Or they don't tell enough.

[@hadz8671]

In a world in which a cybernetic organism comes back through time and confounds viewer expectations by being the good guy...

[@Elwaves2925]

Yes, that is an issue and something most marketing departments have failed to understand for a long while. What bugs me about current trailers is when they show a couple of quick seconds, telling you what trailer you're about to watch, right before you watch the trailer. It serves absolutely no purpose.

[@jezlawrence720]

This isn't a "now" problem so much as a long standing one: I remember the bad boys two trailer essentially being a plot summary, scene by scene, in running order. I literally decided not to pay to go to the cinema to watch the movie because I knew the plot, and resolved to watch it on dvd or TV sometime. Dear reader... I never have.

[@archwombat9250]

@@hadz8671in a Woorrrld where one man thinks he is being haunted but he is actually a Ghost…

[@stewartbrodie1720]

A brief introduction to Redd Pepper: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH-YnWOpnLWDa80

[@Face2East]

To answer the question, if they have decent editors the trailers don't need them they were always cheesy and awful.

[@abzulooks6012]

Diving commentators? In Australia the non-expert co-commentator is ex-cricketer Mark "Tubs" Taylor. People have opinions.

[@DrCalamityJan]

Really scraping the bottom of the barrel on that one, aren't they? But he's like everyone's idea of a comedy commentator. All we need now is Steve and Craig from the Fitzroy housing commission flats to do some synchro diving and it would be complete.

[@MartySulls]

On The Buses had a whole episode featuring a toilet.

[@GRLintern]

oh my goodness, I never knew Marina Hyde had beautiful blue eyes, the only thing that would make them even more beautiful was if they moved independently of each other, maybe next time she's doing a piece to camera, it would be brilliant to witness if she tried xxx. Outstanding team and thank you for your dedication to working on your holidays.

[@aaronstonebeat]

Max Verstappen does not sound like a Brit trying to do a Russian accent! He's a Limburger.

[@StudioChimiel]

As it was touched upon that the whole "in a world" trailer getting to a parody level; for the trailer of the Comedian documentary by Jerry Seinfeld, the actual voice over actor went all in on it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIenq6iKZcuLqNE

[@johnmightymole2284]

Marina thinks it was "primness" to not show a toilet on t.v. but she is too prim to say toilet.

[@marknewbold2583]

Not prim she's a aristocrat and all that entails, oik

[@talexanderlystad]

The botched intro schtick is getting old

[@all-range-mode]

Agreed

[@Larrydavid89]

I have to skip it every time now.

[@PaulHaigh072]

If someone is being told to slow down, is F1 to car racing what WWE is to fighting?

[@deehultonsmith]

Not Going Out - "Pointless" kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoiaeXWggbOSa6ssi=OgqK9rXsyZSrPnRV

[@OfflineSetup]

Not available in the UK

[@OfflineSetup]

Which could be a question …. Why does KZbin block content based on where you are? I know so I won’t ask