How to Make a Movie Trailer - Organizing Footage Like a Professional

To edit a movie trailer you first need to break down your visuals which is a process of organizing your footage into categories which you can easily sort through because they're readily accessible when you're editing and making changes. Here is my system for breaking down visuals, and examples for each category. Read the text of this video here: https://www.derek-lieu.com/blog/2019/5/31/how-to-break-down-visuals-for-trailer-editing Video Chapters Movie trailers (in order of appearance) Fast and the Furious 6 - Trailer B Bourne Ultimatum - Trailer 1 John Wick 2 - Trailer 2 Assassin's Creed - Trailer 1 The Avengers: Age of Ultron - Trailer A Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse - Trailer A Coco - Trailer 3 Bourne Ultimatum - Trailer 2 Atomic Blonde - Trailer 1 Hellboy 2 - Trailer 2 Logan - Trailer A Kingsmen: The Golden Circle - Trailer 1 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Trailer Deadpool 2 - Trailer F Hunt For the Wildepeople - Trailer The Shape of Water - Trailer 2 X-Men: First Class - Trailer 2 God of War - Father and Son Trailer Mission Impossible: Fallout - Trailer 2 John Wick - Trailer Ip Man 2 - Trailer 1 Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - Trailer 1 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - Trailer 2 Mission Impossible 3 - Trailer 1 Get Out - Trailer Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Trailer 1 Children of Men - Trailer 1 Pacific Rim - Trailer 1 The Dark Knight - Trailer 1 Hellboy 2 - Trailer 1 Joy - Trailer 2 Ultraviolet - Trailer The Departed - Trailer The Matrix - Trailer The Matrix Reloaded - Trailer The Matrix Revolutions - Trailer Thor Ragnarok: Trailer 2 Fast Five - Trailer 2 10 Cloverfield Lane - Trailer Furious 7 - Trailer Fate of the Furious - Trailer 2 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - Trailer X-Men: Days of Future Past - Trailer 1 Hot Fuzz - Trailer Ant Man - Trailer B Sherlock Holmes - Trailer 1 Mission: Impossible - Teaser Mission: Impossible 3 - Teaser Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - Trailer 1 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - Trailer 2 — Subscribe to my weekly trailer tips at: makebettertrailers.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/derek_lieu Portfolio: http://www.derek-lieu.com Fan Trailers: http://bit.ly/derektrailers Cats' Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uniandebi — ABOUT ME Hi, I'm Derek Lieu and I'm a trailer editor who makes video game trailers! 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 made trailers for games like: Firewatch, Dead Cells, Subnautica, 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. I hope to shed light on this mostly unknown industry, and gather together a nice community of people who love to watch and make trailers! #trailerediting #videoediting #workflow