My favorite game trailers of 2023 won’t be seen winning awards at ceremonies or even be on lists from other major game news websites, but that doesn’t make them any less interesting, notable, inspiring, or exceptional in one way or another. You’ll find something great in every single one of these trailers!
Read MoreTrailers are just one form of storytelling and there are lessons you can take from the much older storytelling medium of picture books! Here are a handful of lessons which I learned from picture books which can be applied to trailers.
Read MoreBreaking down gameplay footage can be different from breaking down visuals or dialogue for a movie trailer. Here are the considerations to make when selecting footage and my favorite keyboard shortcuts for making this go faster!
Read MoreFinding the right balance of story and gameplay is one of the toughest parts of making a game trailer. This is a simple exercise which can add some objectivity and make this an easier thing to do!
Read MoreI made three trailers for I Expect You to Die 3. Here’s how I made each trailer, and some general lessons in making multiple trailers for a game where you don’t want to show a lot for fear of spoilers!
Read MoreWhy wait until the announcement to make a trailer when you can make one before you’ve even started making the game? This can be a useful tool to assess the viability of your game’s genre and the strength of its hooks.
Read MoreHow do you get people to scream the name of your game in the streets? The new Mortal Kombat 1 trailer featuring Dave Bautista is a rousing trailer which gets the blood pumping in a new audience while also pressing all the nostalgia buttons in the players who are now likely pushing 40 years or older.
Read MoreIf you’re a game developer eager to hire a trailer editor to work on your game, here’s what you can expect, and how you can make the collaboration a smooth and fruitful process!
Read MoreThe Stray Gods Release Date Trailer was one of the most difficult and rewarding trailers of my career. Here’s how I met the challenge and broke down the creative problems one by one.
Read MoreViewfinder is a first person puzzle game where photographs become reality. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how I made three of the trailers in the campaign, and what made it such a smooth process.
Read MoreIt’s really hard to figure out to show in a gameplay trailer, especially because there are infinite possibilities. Here’s the framework I use to answer this questions in stages in a way where the most essential parts of the game trailer are prioritized, and the secondary ones get their attention later.
Read MoreHow do you judge the quality of a game trailer from the least experienced to most? This is my guide for what game trailers’ components look at a range of experience. You can use this to improve your own work and evaluate the work you see around you.
Read MoreMy favorite game trailers from Summer Game Fest 2023! A range of game trailers which are all interesting in their own unique way, from cinematic capture to scrappy indies, unique musical themes, and very expensive AAA game production values.
Read MoreIncreasingly, games have accessibility options for people with various mental and physical disabilities, but what can be done to make game trailers more accessible? Here are some types of considerations you can make so as many people can enjoy your trailers as possible.
Read MoreHow do you even BEGIN making a trailer for a game as huge as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom!? In this post I share the process I’d use to tackle this monster. This may or may not be the ideal workflow, but it’s the best I can think of without having to do the actual work myself.
Read MoreIn 2023 Steam made a big change to how the carousel of each game’s store page displays. Here’s how to make the most of the change and why it’s significant!
Read MoreLength and size of the game is often the biggest decider for what makes a game trailer job big, not the length of the trailer (up to a point). Whether a game is 30 hours long is a bigger factor than if the trailer is 30 seconds long. Here’s are the major factors through which you can gauge the scope of a capture job.
Read MoreIf you’re an inexperienced game trailer editor, don’t chase fast cut trailers made by Hollywood movie trailer editors. In some cases it might be what your project calls for, but in most cases it is not. Here’s my pep talk for if you feel like in your trailer editing you’re chasing legitimacy or the look of “real” trailers.
Read MoreThe third trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a masterfully paced and executed trailer, especially for one which is nearly 4 minutes long. Here’s my shot by shot breakdown for what makes it so good.
Read MoreHere is the second (maybe first?) easiest game trailer template to follow if you’re an inexperienced video editor, but want to make a viable game trailer which gets the job done.
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