Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Not Afraid! ? The Art of the Trailer

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Cutting a trailer for your film can sometimes be a daunting task, especially for the short filmmaker.? Your short is already (or should be) a very tight and streamlined story.? How do you distill to it?s most essential elements that entice and beguile potential viewers in less than 2 minutes?

Stephen Garret of Jump Cut (formerly Kinetic) breaks down the guidelines and tropes of successful trailer cutting in his article First Impressions for Filmmaker Magazine.? As a filmmaker and editor it?s a great read, and for me pointed out reasons why you may not want to cut the trailer for your own film, especially if like me, you?re also your own editor.

I previously detailed my process in creating a trailer for The Specimen, but can?t help but wonder now, what someone else may have come up with for the film.

EDIT: I came across a new article posted today strangely enough in the New York Times that also uses Stephen Garrett as a source and visually maps out trailers from this years Oscar Contenders.? You definitely need to absorb this.?

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What?s your process for cutting a trailer?? What do you think of Stephen Garrett?s advice?? Let me know in the comments.

Source: http://www.notafraid.com/2013/02/the-art-of-the-trailer/

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