What Does a £3000 Trailer Look Like?
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Motion Design
What Does a £3000 Trailer Look Like?
In this video, I talk about a documentary trailer I edited: the process, my workflow, and also discuss getting notes from a certain A list Hollywood actor.
Full disclosure: I’m not a trained editor. I’m self taught, and trailer editing is something I’ve fallen into alongside being a motion designer.
If you want tips for how to make a great trailer, well, there are hundreds of working trailer editors out there. All I can do is show you how I attempt to create something done by one of them.
But I love films, and as you’ll see when you watch this video this is an important documentary, and I wanted to shine any light on it that I could.
As well as looking at the trailer itself, I’ll talk about:
► My editing process
► Trailer structure
► Ethical editing
► Getting notes from George Clooney
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► Find out more about the film: https://friedrichmoser.com/truth-engine/
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Get $50 off Motion Array [Affiliate link]: https://bit.ly/3Vsv4LV
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The trailer uses stock music and sound effects from Motion Array. This video isn't sponsored but if you subscribe I will receive a small commission.
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The Video Shop Long Play: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWaiSIYnSwxIXmb7MBczaw
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:25 - Trailer
00:02:48 - The director
00:03:02 - First version of trailer
00:03:36 - Choosing soundbites
00:04:06 - Music
00:04:55 - Editing Workflow
00:05:30 - Pulling and categorising clips
00:06:03 - Trailer structure
00:06:33 - Transcript and captions
00:07:07 - Motion design
00:07:40 - Removal of quotes
00:07:52 - Shot choices
00:08:36 - Manipulating footage
00:09:45 - Ethics and transparency
00:10:46 - Scaling up shots for emphasis
00:11:03 - Aspect ratio
00:11:30 - Ending
00:11:48 - With quotes
00:12:29 - Removing quotes
00:13:11 - Feedback
00:13:46 - Quotes in trailers
00:13:59 - Final comments
00:14:33 - Find out about the film
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► Subscribe for more tutorials like this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuJz7_aphxhoq8RdKbFE9Q?sub_confirmation=1
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► If you have any questions just let me know in the comments.
► Find me: https://linktr.ee/TheVideoShop
#trailerediting
#documentarytrailer
#videoediting #filmmaking #editingtips #youtubevideo #videoproduction #postproduction
#adobepremiere
#georgeclooney
In this video, I talk about a documentary trailer I edited: the process, my workflow, and also discuss getting notes from a certain A list Hollywood actor.
Full disclosure: I’m not a trained editor. I’m self taught, and trailer editing is something I’ve fallen into alongside being a motion designer.
If you want tips for how to make a great trailer, well, there are hundreds of working trailer editors out there. All I can do is show you how I attempt to create something done by one of them.
But I love films, and as you’ll see when you watch this video this is an important documentary, and I wanted to shine any light on it that I could.
As well as looking at the trailer itself, I’ll talk about:
► My editing process
► Trailer structure
► Ethical editing
► Getting notes from George Clooney
=============================================================
► Find out more about the film: https://friedrichmoser.com/truth-engine/
=============================================================
Get $50 off Motion Array [Affiliate link]: https://bit.ly/3Vsv4LV
Get $50 off Artlist [Affiliate link]: https://bit.ly/43UKqgU
The trailer uses stock music and sound effects from Motion Array. This video isn't sponsored but if you subscribe I will receive a small commission.
=============================================================
The Video Shop Long Play: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWaiSIYnSwxIXmb7MBczaw
=============================================================
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:25 - Trailer
00:02:48 - The director
00:03:02 - First version of trailer
00:03:36 - Choosing soundbites
00:04:06 - Music
00:04:55 - Editing Workflow
00:05:30 - Pulling and categorising clips
00:06:03 - Trailer structure
00:06:33 - Transcript and captions
00:07:07 - Motion design
00:07:40 - Removal of quotes
00:07:52 - Shot choices
00:08:36 - Manipulating footage
00:09:45 - Ethics and transparency
00:10:46 - Scaling up shots for emphasis
00:11:03 - Aspect ratio
00:11:30 - Ending
00:11:48 - With quotes
00:12:29 - Removing quotes
00:13:11 - Feedback
00:13:46 - Quotes in trailers
00:13:59 - Final comments
00:14:33 - Find out about the film
=============================================================
► Subscribe for more tutorials like this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuJz7_aphxhoq8RdKbFE9Q?sub_confirmation=1
=============================================================
► If you have any questions just let me know in the comments.
► Find me: https://linktr.ee/TheVideoShop
#trailerediting
#documentarytrailer
#videoediting #filmmaking #editingtips #youtubevideo #videoproduction #postproduction
#adobepremiere
#georgeclooney