My favorite gameplay trailers of 2020!
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It is sometimes more valuable to look at poorly made trailers than ones which are well made. Here are a couple trailers I watched this holiday season for low budget Christmas movies, and the things that made them either difficult to watch, understand, or both.
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Here are my favorite cinematic or animated game trailers of 2020!
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If a game trailer is meant to be an accurate summation of a game, then it needs to also depict the game’s views on representation of different groups of people whether by gender, nationality, ethnicity, age, etc.
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Ssound editing is a difficult but very rewarding skill which can really increase the production value of a trailer. This is a basic look at how I think of sound editing in my trailers via previous works I’ve made from indie to AAA games.
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A trailer edited with good sense of pace and rhythm can make a long trailer feel fast and engaging. Here’s how the launch trailer for Spiritfarer does an expert job of doing that just!
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Breaking down dialogue is another essential step in trailer editing which involves listening or reading through all available dialogue, selecting what might work in the trailer, and organizing it. Here are the types of dialogue you should keep your eyes and ears out for!
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Making a trailer land successfully when it’s posted is an entirely different beast than making a game trailer (which is hard enough as it is). In this post I talk to PR Marketing and Strategy expert Dana Trebella about the factors to consider when deciding when to launch your trailer!
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Here’s a look at two realtime strategy game trailers which do a great job of making complicated games easy to understand and very entertaining to watch. There are a lot of good things to takeaway from these trailers if you’re making a trailer for a realtime strategy game.
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If you can watch a let’s play or Twitch stream, are game trailers even necessary anymore?
Yes.
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If your story trailers are getting lost in the details and minutiae, these two synopses for La Boheme will help you understand what a good story trailer needs to convey the narrative.
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The trailer for Unpacking is simple with subtle storytelling; it’s a great example of how a trailer can have dramatic structure without feeling like an action packed epic trailer.
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Why don’t game trailers share the movie trailer reputation for spoiling the entire game? The interactive nature of video games is a big part of it, but let’s dig deeper.
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To polish up your indie game trailer, check these 10 most common mistakes! If you’re a first time indie game maker, you’re also going to be a first time game trailer maker, so take these to heart and good luck!
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The voice behind a gameplay explainer trailer can significantly affect its feel and how it’s perceived. Do you use the voice of someone from the game development team, a professional voice actor or a character from the game itself?
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Creating an outline is a great way to quickly fill in a blank timeline and organize the story beats of a trailer. For games in particular it can also be a big help to the capture artist so they have some constraints to work within.
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The trailer for Huntdown wonderfully combines the game’s style and story in a cohesive trailer which is tight, punchy, cinematic and fun to watch!
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As a trailer maker, there’s a fine line between making the audience curious rather than confused. The end result seems the same for both, but they elicit very different emotions from the audience. Here’s why curiosity will garner a better response every single time.
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