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Cutting a trailer for your film or project is a necessary skill in today's media marketing world...whether your product is a short, a game, a slide show...or Flickr pages!

NEW BREED: Cutting an Effective Indie Trailer, by lance weiler gives you some effective tips!

"Trailers can be a real challenge for filmmakers. The tendency is to withhold some of the more dynamic and compelling aspects of the film to preserve the experience of watching the film in a theater, streaming to one’s laptop or on a DVD. And that is admirable, but often lessens the potential impact of the trailer.

I used to cut these things for a living for the studios and I’ve developed the rare ability (for a filmmaker) to be able to shift gears from invisibly revealing the emotional truth of a scene to whipping up a concise, tantalizing preview. And I’ve come to some conclusions that I’d like to share…"

Here are a few of his tips....but read the whole article, it's well worth it and will cut your editing time dramatically:

DO NOT ASK THE FEATURE EDITOR TO CUT IT
GIVE IT AWAY
DRAW FROM THE FIRST ACT
MUSIC MATTERS

... and there are more. Read the article at WorkbookProject.com

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HOW TO ARTICLE:
Host a Successful Screening.