How Professional Hollywood Editors Cut a Movie Trailer - Video Editing Tutorial

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Video editors don’t get enough credit for their amazing work!!

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My daughter is a professional film editor in New York. A good editor can make a great actor even better and talk a director out keeping in a scene the director has fallen in love with that is better left out. Starts with being honest and direct with objectivity the director may have lost by the time editing begins. “I’m sorry, I have kill your love child …”

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So true as I have discovered.

[@BoilingHeart]

where was this all of my life??? this is such an incredible in depth explanation - i've tried making fan trailers for stuff to push the boundaries of amv style videos but always felt like i was missing something, like there was something i didn't fully understand, and this really really opened my eyes, thank you so much thank you this is AMAZING

[@FilmEditingPro]

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What app did you use?

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[@ronineditor9920]

Speaking my language. I've been cutting trailers/promos for 22 years, almost all with one of those companies off the top :) There are so many layers to a good trailer but you definitely hit the overview nicely. The story beats are critical... and they have to be easily-digested, assuming someone has no clue what the IP is. This is the world. Here is the protagonist. This is what they want. Oh wait... This is what is stopping them. (Bass hit, stopdown) -- Antagonist states their purpose (Reverse into...) Come on the journey see if they can overcome. Build. Stopdown. Moment to trigger another action sequence. Blam blam blam. Usually one final line. Call to action. You pass all of that out and those stopdown moments are so valuable because it really refocuses the audience. Beginning trailer editors sometimes just go rapid fire where it's like a drum solo on top of a guitar solo and nothing is taking the lead. Sound design is soooo critical. It drives those moments and the pacing, as well as the music. I rarely stick with the same piece of music for a trailer, I try to switch for every act, unless it's some licensed track that the bosses want used. It's super fun leading different parts take the lead... a VO coming forward, letting music play for a some beats, sound design to carve out those changes. Oh, also... if you do a stutter cut... do at least three so it doesn't look like a mistake. Or, if it's just a two cut moment, the sound design has to be obvious so the audience knows it was intentional. It really is like a big musical composition of so many different moving parts.

[@FilmEditingPro]

Very well-put and laid out! Most trailers are definitely a musical composition first with a story attached second. Many of the best trailer editors tend to have some sort of musical background or training.

[@terurehepaki3394]

How long would you typically take to edit a trailer?

[@ronineditor9920]

@@terurehepaki3394 It totally depends on the client's notes but I can sometimes get a cut together in a week but usually the approval can take 1-3 months. One took a year, as the project kept getting pushed, so they tweaked along the way. I usually watch the film, then rewatch and do two select reels; bytes and b-roll. I'll find 'tentpole' moments to set up the three acts. I'll do a loose cut with bytes filled-in... then I'll really get into the music. With the music, I mark the changes, like the verses, stops, bridge, etc. I start with the music and then it's a back and forth with what drives it -- the bytes or the music coming forward sometimes. It's definitely a lot of back and forth before I like it, then off to the client.

[@terurehepaki3394]

@@ronineditor9920 Thank you for taking the time to reply in detail, I very much apprichaited that insight.

[@Ritermann]

So you are the guy ruining movies for us. Thanks, for showing the whole fucking movie in a span of two minutes, robbing us of the fun going to the cinema. :/

[@InfinityShadow20]

This video motivates me. I am obviously no trailer editor, but this video alone has taught me things I never thought of until now. Thank you.

[@FilmEditingPro]

Glad you enjoyed, make sure you check out our latest video series 'What Drives the Cut' kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4GUlq2Hbsabjtk

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[@FilmEditingPro]

Much appreciated!

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Every Job requires a framework to it, and editing has its own framework, it is creative yet it is magic.

[@SimmonsProductions27]

As someone who wants to specialize in editing trailers, this helped a lot! I did a whole four years to get my degree in editing and there were no classes focused on TRAILERS. The only thing I’ve done to really hone this craft is making fan-trailers as well as making trailers for my own films and my friends films. It was a great film program but trailer editing specifically was never really focused on: just making the principal film. Thank you so much for this and I hope I can find more resources for editing trailers! :)

[@FilmEditingPro]

Heya Simscott, we have an entire course all about trailer editing. Email us at [e-mail] for more information. I think you'll really love it.

[@TheGameOverture]

It's very validating as I've sort of developed my own process that I've already been doing a lot of these things with my own flourish. :) Learned a lot from this one.

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I'm gonna save this video and watch again every time I stuck when editing trailer. I've been doing this for years and there are times where I just can't feel or know what to do. These tips are already in the back of my mind but it never clear to me, thank you thank you.

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Very glad you found us!

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I love this breakdown ❤ im ready to take my editing to the next level

[@srihari_karanth]

I am a type of trailer editer. beat-synced short cuts. Loved the video.

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Just watched part 3. And my god. It was so amazing that the first two vids looked like youtube tutorials. All 3 are so good but it was outdone on the third

[@FilmEditingPro]

Excellent!!! So glad you loved it :)

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This video is fantastically edited and looks very beautiful, I have also learnt alot of things

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Excellent video thank you - got the steps and will probably get the course I assume is on the back end! Thank you Ryan

[@FilmEditingPro]

Heya Ryan, yeah there is a whole course! If you need help, contact [e-mail]

[@augustus9953]

been trying to make Teaser/trailers as shorts to gain more traction on my vids and tbh this helps a lot!!

[@FilmEditingPro]

Excellent!

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Thank you for this I've started video editing 2 years ago an making my own fan made trailers this really helped me so much :)

[@FilmEditingPro]

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[@FilmEditingPro]

Keep it up

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[@FilmEditingPro]

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[@veghatilla]

Just rewatched the trailer I'm editing and corrected a few things. Thanks to You!

[@FilmEditingPro]

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Great Analysis Chris, I feel like I’ve learned something

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Thank you much! If you ever want to go deeper you can check out our full course training page here: www.filmeditingpro.com/training

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[@FilmEditingPro]

Hi Prabhat! It’s great to have you with us!

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[@FilmEditingPro]

Glad you enjoy!

[@FilmEditingPro]

Hey guys & gals! Question time --- What type of editor are you? Have you ever tried cutting a trailer? How'd it turn out?

[@sweetlemonadstudios3366]

I haven’t made a trailer yet, but I have made a few music videos. I know that music videos and trailers are not the same thing, and I am far from becoming a professional, but these are fan music videos. I used to make these things called GMV’s (Gaming Music Videos) for a game I played a few years ago. In these GMV’s I’d sometimes have to find a way to squeeze together 2 seasons of a story line into just four minutes or less without the story being too jumpy to understand. Like I said, I made those a couple years ago so they aren’t great, but with the skills I’ve learned from them (and from these videos) I hope to make some trailers soon.

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I tried it once, it was kinda good.....

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Hey , you are doing a great job. Helping editors like us to craft something Great... I have edited a short film , as well as it's trailer.... I am attaching link of the trailer... Could you please see it and give your feedback... Thanks from India vimeo.com/490163423

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What app or website do I use?

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Ver informative , ive noticed some of the techniques used here i alot of trailers

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This is amazing ,i mean i was wondering for a Long time that how they edit the traiLer and weLL now im getting it.thanks

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True and wise words - well put!

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Thank you so much 😊

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[@JazzVincent]

This was such an awesome lesson, thank you so much for this! I personally think some people in hollywood need to re-hear this haha! I don't know how many times i'd be in the theater and the previews come on, some being genuinely entising and intrigue me in the story to actually want to watch. Then there's the ones where it literally just wraps up the entirety of the story into the trailer... like, ok great, I know the plot, antagonist, issue at hand, hero, you asked "will he make it?!" then show a happy ending shot of him making it / winning. that's frustrating to me, especially when i can't look away for if i am actually interested.

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Thanks Jazzi. Check out out full trailer editing course. If you liked this video, you'll love the full course.

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[@FilmEditingPro]

You’re very welcome, Mani!

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Thanks man

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I make trailer re edits when I'm bored and it's so hard but I love it

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Only good editors can make it look easy. So many possibilities.

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So it's a compliment when people think it's easy. It dont feel good though :/ I love the positivity. 💚

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helpful 🙌💖

[@FilmEditingPro]

So glad!

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Very informative even after 3 years

[@humanbeing5529]

When is the 3rd part coming guys? The first 2 are really amazing. So I wanna learn the whole thing

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Excellent!! If you’re signed up with email part 3 will be coming in a day

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Thank you!

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[@FilmEditingPro]

You are welcome.

[@MW-Films]

Thank you so much

[@FilmEditingPro]

Absolutely!

[@pranavpillai3494]

thanks for this

[@daneo617]

On your example of the focal points after the first 2 shots are moving right to left would it really make sense to reverse the 3rd shot to left to right it would seem to contradict your point no 🤷🏻‍♂️ good tips ✌🏼

[@uwaomahlucky2551]

Thank you🙏

[@anshuljoshi]

This was awesome. When are parts 2 and 3 going to be available? When is your trailer editing course starting? Thanks.

[@humanbeing5529]

part 2 is there from the link. they will send you in Gmail. part 3 they will send after 2 days in Gmail. the course I also don't know

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Great video.

[@FilmEditingPro]

Thanks!

[@FilmEditingPro]

Great to have you with us! :)

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