How to Use Trailer Title Cards | Video Game Trailer Academy

Here are my tips for writing and using title cards in your game trailers! The tl;dr: Title cards can be a powerful tool to augment the messaging of your game and make the game stand out. If the title cards describe your game alone they're doing a great job! If they make your game sound like many many other games, then they're going to make your game sound very generic. My quick tips! - First try making the trailer without using title cards - See if the title cards work for your game when unstylized - Make title cards SPECIFIC to your game - Avoid listing and quantifying features Don’t List Content Quantities in Game Trailers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cKN_5k9DFM&t=1s Blog post version: https://www.derek-lieu.com/blog/2020/4/19/how-to-write-trailer-title-cards-with-strong-messaging — Video Chapters — Links SUPERHOT Launch Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4LkToI4xzE Heaven's Vault Story Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghsVOE93C9o Afterparty Nintendo Switch Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ya-tWXgyT0 If Found... Release Date Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Qs6CjGeQc The Last of Us VGA 2011 Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWzcYbtZQrk District 9 Trailer #2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BjWEn5yvmw Hades v1.0 Launch Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz8l935Bv0Y Broforce February Update Trailer - www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1DTgY1hqKw Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfeMH60FxzU Neo Cab Story Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzFKrqffkQg&t=3s Sayonara Wild Hearts Launch Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-RyxYcxSQ4 — Dana Trebella Spoke and Wheel Strategy - http://spokeandwheelstrategy.com — FOLLOW ME! Weekly trailer making tips - http://www.GameTrailerTips.com Instagram Trailer Tips: http://www.instagram.com/derek_lieu Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dereklieu Website: http://www.derek-lieu.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/derek_lieu Podcast: http://www.cutdowncast.com Cats' Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uniandebi — ABOUT ME Hi, I'm Derek Lieu and I make indie 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 helped make trailers for games like: Half-Life: Alyx, Firewatch, Dead Cells, Subnautica, Spelunky 2, Ooblets, BattleBlock Theater and a lot more. 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.