5 Simple Game Trailer Templates | Video Game Trailer Academy

Here are five simple to use game trailer templates! Especially for a first time game trailer maker, these are good ways to start your trailer's structure. Link to blog post https://www.derek-lieu.com/blog/2020/3/1/simple-game-trailer-templates The tl;dr: 1. Tell, Show, Repeat Use a title card or narration to describe a thing in the game, then show a few clips of that thing. 2. Music Video Montage Take fun gameplay footage and cut it to the beat of the music like a music video. 3. Chronological Order If your game is paced in a way where challenges increasingly escalate, why not just show them in chronological order? (Minus the boring bits) 4. Just Explain the Game If your game uses a lot of abstract symbols or is otherwise very hard to decipher from just looking at it, it might be worth explaining with voiceover. 5. In a World... Explain in this order: - What the world or premise are - Who is the character in the world - What the problem is - What they're gonna do to confront the problem — Video Chapters Trailers Final Fantasy VII Remake E3 2019 Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3xSGv3Hfio Astroneer Release Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87V00m2hHCg Alien Hominid HD Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3XXvK_NDAg The Adventure Pals Launch Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpCBxkYmTo Way of the Passive Fist Launch Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lGjbkCwW4o BattleBlock Theater Original 2010 Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxHV5n6AkSI Spelunky 2 Gameplay Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6JVT2Sp8aQ Papers, Please Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QP5X6fcukM Opus Magnum Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj689znjxpg Spec Trailer - Spacechem - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX2DZc8DsaY Heat Signature Launch Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifgjEMIqRO4 Fantastic Contraption Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JRmZdurBaA Timecop Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OPLHgw54h4 Inception Trailer 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiM51gvvW_s Sea of Stars Summer Game Fest Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZVLA08lcR0 The Witness Gameplay Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNEhkcPOcpM Indivisible Character & Combat Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P_3PL7cM-E Haven Gameplay Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ragUUT9bsFQ Starbear Taxi Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXSxG7kGFsg — ABOUT ME Hi, I'm Derek Lieu and I'm a game trailer editor! I got my start in the movie trailer industry as an assistant editor at a house which produced trailers for: The Matrix Trilogy, Spider-Man, Pirates of the Caribbean and many more. Over many years I worked as an editor and started making fan trailers for games, until eventually I got jobs at game trailer houses in Los Angeles where I worked on games like Mortal Kombat X, Shadow of Mordor and lots of LEGO games. Independently I've helped make trailers for games like: Half-Life: Alyx, Firewatch, Dead Cells, Subnautica, Spelunky 2, Ooblets and BattleBlock Theater. I'm using this channel to teach people about the art of making trailers via video essays, tutorials, reviews, and behind-the-scenes looks at my own work. I think about trailers a lot both for work and fun, so I have A LOT to say about them. #gametrailers #gametrailertemplates #trailerediting Website: http://www.derek-lieu.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/derek_lieu Cats' Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uniandebi