From the course: Video Post Production for Low-Budget Films
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The importance of editing a trailer early on
From the course: Video Post Production for Low-Budget Films
The importance of editing a trailer early on
- Teasers or trailers? What's the difference? A teaser is a very short clip, typically under a minute in length, edited specifically to generate interest in the movie. A standard trailer is a longer piece, somewhere between two and three minutes, that describes the main plot and characters and ultimately offers a sense of the kind of story we can expect to see once the film is released. For a very short film like ours that is about five minutes in total length, creating a trailer doesn't really make sense. A teaser would make sense. But not having much dialog in our story and having an unexpected ending really limited our options. Regardless which one works best to market your project, having a short clip out as soon as possible offers several key advantages. It forces the editor to go through all the footage and really pay attention to the strongest scenes. It is also a great tool to share with other collaborators, like the colorist or composer that will be part of the project at a…
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