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A creative brief helps a game trailer editor make a trailer which fits the communication and campaign goals by defining the most important parts of the game and the intent behind the trailer being made. Here are some of the most useful things to put on a creative brief for a trailer and a creative brief template you can use for your own projects!
Future of Play is an online gaming showcase put on by GLITCH which features “cosmic bangers” every year. Here’s how producer/editor Alanna Smith and the team’s philosophy for the design of the show!
How do you design an online showcase of video games to stand out from the other shows, hook the audience, build an audience, and give a bunch of developers a chance at success? I interviewed Jenny Windom, the host/organizer of Wholesome Games about those exact topics. Keep this in mind as you watch the Summer Game Fest shows packed with dozens and dozens of trailers!
Where can you get a full-time job making game trailers? Here are the job roles you’ll find in the industry, and a selection of game trailer houses which might be hiring!
A good freecam or marketing camera is one of the most essential tools for capture artists and game trailer makers. Here’s an extensive breakdown of what features make them better for creating more cinematic shots!
The ability to quickly recapture a shot for a game trailer is a super duper valuable tool to have. Here are the tools I highly recommend which have helped me do this the fastest and most efficiently!
If your’e looking to start a career in making indie game trailers here is my advice for the first steps you should take!
A list of the assets needed to start making a game trailer or to start working with a trailer editor!
A list of the different video specifications, and age rating guidelines necessary to get your video game trailers approved by the major consoles and ratings.
Here’s my list of the best debug tools that helped me get great capture for the trailers I’ve worked on. These will save you a massive amount of time, and give you the creative freedom for great shots!
The movie and game trailer industry are something of a black box because they don’t receive awards in the public spotlight, and there are very few places where their names can appear. Here are the best ways to know who made your favorite trailers and TV spots!
For the die hard movie trailer fan, it’s not just YouTube and Apple’s trailer page. Here are the sites for high quality movie trailer encodes for both video and sound!
A quick resource about where to go to learn about trailer music, a few music libraries that have flexible licensing for their trailer music, and YouTube channels that aggregate it all.
Movie trailer sound design is very specific, and not frequently something you’ll find in a typical sound effects library. Here are some good either free or pay-once trailer sound effects libraries to get you started!
Here’s where you go when it’s time to make your game trailer’s end slate and you need to find the right logos for each platform and make sure everything is according to the right specifications so your submission doesn’t get rejected.