“Prince of Persia” game creator Jordan Mechner has posted on his Blog the 2-minute trailer he made six years ago to pitch the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie to Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney executives. He writes:
Why did I cut a new trailer, instead of using one of the existing game trailers Ubisoft had already produced to market the Sands of Time game? Because the game marketing trailers were very specific about certain story points that werent in the movie (freeze, fast-forward, sand monsters, visions). Co-producer John August and I didnt want to confuse the execs by showing them a different story from the one we were pitching.
It took me a week to cut on Final Cut Express, in late 2003. Assembling a trailer from existing PS2 game footage was an editing challenge, because key scenes, locations and characters from the movie didnt exist. So rather than attempt to explicitly tell the story of the movie in the trailer, I set out to convey the kind of movie it would be. (Dont worry, there are no spoilers the trailer reveals nothing about the plot of the movie beyond whats in the game.)
The sound mix is rough I didnt have the proper elements or the time to do a professional-quality mix but it served its purpose of selling the pitch. Hope you enjoy it.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, directed by Mike Newell and opening May 28, 2010, stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina and Toby Kebbell. You can watch the video below!
