Feature: The Best Unofficial New Moon Trailers

Twilighters come from all walks of life; there are screaming teenage girls, worryingly obsessed film journalists and all the people in denial…

No need to guess which category we fall into (Hint: We’re screaming teenage girls… er… we mean the film journalists one).

It has also become apparent that there are many skilled and talented Twilighters out there who aren’t satisfied with waiting for creaky old Hollywood to offer up Twilight Saga-based delights for them, no, these folks are too impatient for that.

The fanmade trailer has become the badge of honor for those wishing to demonstrate not only their love of The Saga, but also their bad-ass iMovie skills.

Join us as we take a look at the best of the fanmade fare, ranked in a top 5 based on the number of views they have received on youtube.

5) Edward/Bella & Jacob by BurningBarbie

Click here to view the trailer.

Views: 1,640,000 and counting

The Trailer: A decent effort, but lacking in real trailer potential.

Around 30 seconds is spent counting down the months from October-January, then telling us ‘Time pass by’, which just wouldn’t fly in any Hollywood promo.

The fact that this trailer was made in May 2008 is more than clear, as there isn’t any footage of Edward, even though the title clearly promises Edward!

Mostly, this is a bunch of title cards, some shots of Kristen Stewart from her various movies and a few snippets of Steven Strait from The Covenant – whom she has cast as Jacob.

The music works, but there is no excuse for a lack of R-Pattz.

Best Bit: Er… the music?

Worst Bit: We were gonna go with the text overlays – “Edward thought Bella is dead”, “Bella must be Superman and save Edward” (Fox News wouldn’t get away with that grammar), but it has to be the complete disregard for Sultan of Swoon™ Robert Pattinson.

Footage from The Goblet Of Fire would have done!

Rating: 3/10

Music: “Immediate Music” by Serenata

Clips From: Blood and Chocolate, The Messengers, The Covenant, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, In The land Of Woman, Vanity Fair

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4) New Moon trailer with Kristen and Robert by Linzellovestwilight

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Views: 2,590,000 and counting

The Trailer: Another trailer from 2008, this gets full marks for invention… and Robert Pattinson! Swoon!

The poster has managed to use footage of our Edward from every available source, and thrown it in willy nilly. It doesn’t look like movie footage, but as long as it’s Rob, who cares!

Another trailer that follows the trend of casting Steven Strait as Jacob, this also features former ‘next big thing’ Rachel Leigh Cook as Alice Cullen.

The music is the very famous theme from Requiem For A Dream, and we’re not entirely convinced it works here, though it does give events a dramatic feel, it hardly screams Twilight.

(For an idea of what does scream Twilight, come and hang around the trailbait office when we’re debating what DVD to watch…)

There isn’t much sense of what is going on. In essence it’s a lot of footage, cut together by an MTV junkie into a faced paced music video featuring two of the cast of Twilight.

Not relying on title cards to tell the story is a good thing, but without any title cards, those unfamiliar to The Twilight Saga will be up Crap Creek without a canoe.

Best Bit: R-Pattz – swoon!

Worst Bit: The footage from the Zathura premiere, clearly showing the banners for that movie in the background.

Rating: 5/10 – Good effort for 18 months ago.

Music: “Requiem For A Dream”, Clint Mansell/Kronos Quartet

Clips From: “Lithium Music Video” by Evanescence, “Make Up Your Mind” by Theory of a Dead Man, The Messengers, She’s All That, Blow Dry, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, In the Land of Women, The Covenant, Blood and Chocolate, Kingdom Hospital, Robert Pattinson Goblet Of Fire interview and Premiere, Kristen Stewart Paparazzi video, Alley in Volterra with Stephenie Meyer.

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3) New Moon Trailer (2009) by smileyfacebecca

Click here to view the trailer.

Views: 2,629,000 and counting

The Trailer: Finally, a trailer that has made an attempt at a narrative!

Using footage from the Twilight trailer, and some original footage and dubbing, smileyfacebecca has managed to give a realistic portrayal of the events of New Moon.

Points too for syncronising the footage with the music. As the music builds to a crescendo, so does the video, with slow, lingering shots at the start becoming frenetically paced cuts, with title cards used in brilliant harmony with the beat.

Having been made in December 2008, this trailer has the obvious advantage of footage from Twilight promos, and is the first on this list to cast Taylor Lautner in the role of Jacob.

This uses the same wolf scenes from Blood and Chocolate as the previous entries, along with footage from other films, but it cuts in with such pace and purpose that you’ll forgive any borrowed ideas.

On the downside, the cut finger looks like someone has just dipped a digit in the ketchup.

Best Bit: When Jasper’s eyes go red… Awww Shit! It’s on!

Worst Bit: The overdubbing is very clunky and badly mixed with the score.

Rating: 8/10 With better sound editing this would be a most professional effort.

Music: “The Sacrifice”, “Rising Empire”, Immediate Music

Clips From: Not specified, but not difficult to work out.

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2) 2009 New Moon movie trailer (fanmade) by kpfan124

Click here to view the trailer.

Views: 2,700,000 and counting

The Trailer: This loses marks for stealing a lot of ideas from “Linzellovestwilight”, but gets them all back again for being a much better made trailer!

The same music, many of the same title cards and even the count down from October-January, all present, but with much more pace. More than matching the speed of the music, kpfan124 isn’t wasting a moment of time.

This was made around the time Twilight was released in November, which means plenty of shots of Edward (Yay!), and none of the obvious interview footage in lieu of movie scenes.

Strangely, the poster does cast Steven Strait as Jacob, even though footage of Taylor Lautner was available – but in the video info side bar they explain this is simply because Steven Strait is “hot”…

Overall, this is more of a polish of a previous post than an original job, and though it succeeds on that level, the views this video has received don’t necessarily reflect it’s quality or place on this list.

Best Bit: The shot of the map of Italy, thrown in to let us know that at some point, people go to Italy. Thanks for the heads up.

Worst Bit: A big blow for Team Jacob, as Lautner is overlooked for Steven Strait. Bet kpfan124 wouldn’t do that again now we’ve all seen how ripped Taylor is!

Rating: 6/10 For a video with this many views, it isn’t quite the masterpiece the pervious entry managed, but is a solid effort nonetheless.

Music: “Requiem For A Dream”, Clint Mansell/Kronos Quartet

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1) New Moon Trailer by Tiffanyd666

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Views: 9,000,000 and counting

The Trailer: Everything about this trailer is a level above, from the music to the editing, to the shot selection and narrative, it is easily the best fan made trailer on the net – a fact reflected by the ridiculous amount of views it has received.

Not to mention the fact that this video was made in July, 2008, which really leaves no excuse for the other trailers made before Twilight was released.

The trailer uses music brilliantly, along with efficient title cards (and a good, bold font) to build the story, drawing us in to Bella’s anguish at Edward’s departure…

Then at the minute mark, everything is cranked up and all of a sudden we’re on a thrill-ride, as Jacob appears and his secret is revealed. Again, footage from Blood and Chocolate is used, but it is used far more effectively than other posts, along with the footage from several other sources.

Okay, so tiffanyd666 uses Steven Strait as Jacob, but concedes she wanted to use Taylor, and would have only for a lack of footage available at the time, but this is a minor flaw in a brilliant product.

The level of editing skill on display is on of the biggest factors, matching music and video for pace, using title cards sparingly and effectively (when the word ‘secret’ is singled out and turns red it is truly impressive trailer making).

Understanding the key to a good movie trailer, which we all should know by now is in giving just enough information to tease, and leaving more questions than you answer, Hollywood would do well to make promos as effective.

Best Bit: The wolf howl over the final title. Really sends a shiver down the spine.

Worst Bit: If we’re being picky, there is a slight sound glitch at the start, oh and no Taylor!

Rating: 9/10 As near an official trailer as the amateurs have given us, and made a full year before the New Moon teaser trailer premiered.

Music: “Red Mist” by Jim Dooley, “Blasphemy” by Immediate Music

Clips From: Blood and Chocolate, Interview With The Vampire, Twilight trailer, Speak, Day Watch, Gabriel, The Covenant, The Messengers, “Make Up Your Mind” by Theory of a Dead Man, Twilight: Behind the Scenes Footage

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There you have it folks, the best unofficial New Moon trailers on the internets.

All deserve merit, but all have overlooked a glaring error… no cake!

Which is your favourite? Leave us a comment!

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