Why Turning the HUD Off Makes Game Trailers Better | Video Game Trailer Academy

If you think you need to leave your game's HUD or UI turned on for game trailers, think again. This video explains why the Game HUD or UI is important for game players, but distracting for game trailer audiences. The tl;dr: If your trailer is about presenting the premise of the game (the idea, the elevator pitch, the message) to a new audience turn the HUD and UI elements off. If your trailer is for an audience who is already intrigued by your idea and wants to know specifics about the game mechanics and how it plays when it's in there hands, you'll want to turn the HUD on! If your game absolutely cannot be understood without HUD and UI turned on, show only as much as needed per each shot. Weekly trailer tips: http://www.GameTrailerTips.com Support on Patreon - http://www.patreon.com/dereklieu Video Chapters Games shown (in order of appearance) The Wonderful 101 Remastered Fights in Tight Spaces Void Bastards Way of the Passive Fist Predator Hunting Grounds Final Fantasy VI Into the Breach Dead Cells Crystar Prey Tools Up! Mark of the Ninja Remastered Thimbleweed Park Paper Mario The Origami King Subnautica Tacoma Spelunky HD Heaven's Vault Hollow Knight TIS-100 Flotsam Lonely Mountains Downhill Company of Crime Snow Runner Manifold Garden Ooblets Neo Cab Trailers shown (in order of appearance) Wonderful 101 Remastered Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvlcVFLdEFk Fights in Tight Spaces Announcement Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFvirN-0ync Into the Breach Launch Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaiFvuWsfy8 Crystar Gameplay Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwocxuSf4YI Prey Mooncrash E3 2018 Launch Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUJqMiUPTFM Tools Up! Reveal Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us2G3QF1930 Mark of the Ninja Remastered Release Date Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGITjo1yVxY The Wonderful 101 Launch Trailer (Wii U) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDKZOQwNeT8 Dead Cells Brutal Update Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpvSOxQ_orA Thimbleweed Park Ray Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnjqcITQ6wY Paper Mario The Origami King Announcement Trailer - Subnautica Console Launch Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX6DTLcWUdY Tacoma Launch Day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osgba8G_LWw Spelunky Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSycvOCEOVg Heaven's Vault Story Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghsVOE93C9o Hollow Knight Release Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAO2urG23S4 TIS-100 Teaser Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkUHGvy2pNU Flotsam O-Fish-ial Release Date Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj4Mq8rNn7A Lonely Mountain Downhill Launch Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfJxYa3kt5U Company of Crime Launch Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oejJSgSII0s Snow Runner Overview Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1_ty7esAnI&t=97s Manifold Garden Release Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ_yxZwAoCg Ooblets Teaser Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duXhOOSP7Ak Neo Cab What is a Feelgrid Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKqHTCtr0Bo Music: Intro Movie - The Wonderful 101 OST CH4 - Run from Rapture - Way of the Passive Fist OST (https://oriefalconer.bandcamp.com/album/way-of-the-passive-fist-official-soundtrack) Lineland Road - Super Paper Mario OST Into the Unknown - Subnautica OST Antiquity Row - Into the Breach OST(https://benprunty.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-breach-soundtrack) Manifold Garden Release Trailer - Larissa Okada (https://twitter.com/laryssaokada) Paper Mario text from: https://www.deviantart.com/fawfulthegreat64/art/Paper-Mario-Logo-Font-PSD-537756362 — 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 #indiegametrailers #trailerediting Website: http://www.derek-lieu.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/derek_lieu Cats' Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uniandebi