“Tools of Trade” | Halo Reach’s UNSC Weapons

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Here is the official "UNSC Tools of Trade" Weapons trailer for the 2010 game Halo Reach! This was edited by me in Adobe Premier and After Effects with UI effects being assembled in Illustrator. I am a freelance video editor looking to break into the industry in these are my first steps!
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[@inductivegrunt94]

This is so sick! It's like an actual trailer made back in 2010. I really loved the little text boxes for some of the weapons. Couldn't read the one for the Shotgun, but the Chaingun, Rocket Launcher, and Spartan Laser were funny to read.

[@SniperActual]

It said “flood curing zombie killer”

[@EJturtle09]

This is truly amazing. It definitely shows off how amazing theatre mode is, when it actually works.

[@Xenomnipotent]

I still find it hilarious how 343 has never managed to figure out how to implement a functional theater mode, something Bungie was able to do easily.

[@slickcalf985]

seems like an actual trailer for the game, excellent job maintaining the style

[@AppetightNDG]

I cant wait for reach to finally drop!

[@owenlagger]

Really cool editing. My favorite part was the AR reload and then cutting to the DMR slapping its magazine in

[@FyreNano]

Nicely done! The use of occasional match cuts was really cool and not overplayed. If you plan on doing more in the future, I'd just make sure each time a weapon's name is shown it's fully in frame. Some were and some we're (like the AR) in this. Hope to see more of these and similar projects in the future!

[@JeremysFire]

Bro out here making Reach ViDocs in 2023. Love it

[@apae225]

You nailed the footage, the slow-mo, and the overall template for demonstrating every weapon for a weapons-trailer for Reach. You nailed a goal of getting the audience hyped, but I think you need to tweak some things still in order to nail the goal of conveying information concisely. The glitch effect is conceptually fitting decision for transitions, but the one used in this video are distracting and made me think the video was going to introduce a different idea or segment, because of how conspicuous it is. The timing or life-span of the effect works well, but the qualities that make it conspicuous are the big and chunky horizonal bars of the effect, and its position in the center of the screen with a nearly undetectable build up or fade out; it spontaneously appears, breaks the entire image, and disappears. This effect may be better suited for separating chapters in a video, or otherwise bigger segments; such as, in between the end of one weapon's gameplay footage, and the intro of a different weapon. Transitions between different footage and views of gameplay will benefit from a less conspicuous transition effect, so that the idea of a segment isn't disrupted while different footage are chained together. The in-game text edits featuring a weapon's name and a description also need a small, but necessary change. The current effect is aesthetically appropriate and cool; the issue is the lack of hierarchy between the name of a weapon and its description. While watching, I wasn't able to anticipate where to look to read the name of the weapon being demonstrated; I had to sort of look around the screen to find the weapon name and its description. Establishing a pattern for where viewers can look towards to find information would help in that regard. You're doing so well btw, and this is already so close to professional-level quality.

[@LateNightHalo]

I appreciate the feedback, dude. Keep it coming and keep digging deep into what can improve! I’ll be doing another video like this (not sure if covenant weapons or perhaps an H3 video) and I’ll be building it from the ground-up with the feedback in my mind

[@commanderkei9537]

I like how you captured the iconic campaign/multiplayer moments where these weapons would actually be used. And that part of the song goes so hard

[@Ares_gaming_117]

Favorited. This is some trailer-quality stuff. Really reminds you how badass reach was. And in 2010!

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

I was 9 when Halo reach came out. But this is giving me nostalgia vibes.

[@kenja276]

after all these years i still can’t use the grenade launcher well, cool video

[@Versakken]

much much better on the eyes, only complain is still the glitching effect, this time it's because it's always the same, it has the same shape, it has that horizontal lines every time, i know it's supposed to look like an old TV loosing signal or changing channels but it's way too repetitive, i don't know if this can be addressed in any way like creating different variants of glitches. the same way developers try and create different kinds of footsteps sounds for the same terrain so that it doesn't get repetitive you should do with the glitching effect

[@corvusvocatio]

this is fucking awesome! great work LNG!

[@GlitchyGamers18]

Absolutely brilliant. All we need now are the rest of the weapons and vehicles

[@McMingus]

dude you went off with the editing on this one, this is crazy man. I gotta ask what programs you used to put this together cause i'm blown away with this dude also great job on the transition at 0:35 I can only imagine how time consuming that must have been to line up

[@lettinyaknow8631]

Ah yes, the good old Long Night of Solace beach battle music.

[@Fallen-Saint]

this reminds me why i loved reach so much !

[@hiddensynin]

Nice transitions and machinima skill!

[@owenbrandon8370]

This goes super hard

[@mr.balisong5399]

This is awesome!!

[@itsthemumu8585]

I still think some extra theater footage on the mounted machine gun part would be a big improvement, as well as another theater shot on the shotgun section Other than that, great improvements seen here compared to the original

[@zzchief8035]

1:44 I really wish they would bring back the VFD to halo infinite

[@VainerCactus0]

Yeah!

[@theUSpopulation]

Have you thought about applying to Microsoft/343 to work on promotional material for Halo? You have the connections, the passion and the skills.

[@GamerDashYT]

Cool As Heck

[@8instantramen]

Genuinely impressed with your vision however I did fine the constant use of the buffer effect too much, it works when you're transitioning from gameplay and showcase

[@noble7525]

Will there be one for the covenant weaponry?

[@REALMARCHINADER]

Reach isn't really the best times for the Covies arsenal. The Repeater is useless trash, the Plasma Rifle is redundant, the Needle Rifle was a weaker DMR, and the Focus Rifle lacked focus (And damage). The only weapons to thrive was the needler and the plasma pistol. Both are genuinely great weapons in Reach. Another weapon that was supposed to be great is the plasma grenade launcher until it got nerfed in release.

[@AwkwardVertices]

Super Halo

[@robertogonzalez1907]

Come back to us );

[@georgie9303]

Damn…..why the views low

[@kaihamza4710]

Cause he is so inconsistent his last real video was 4 months ago

[@nailinthefashion]

Come back whatre you up to

[@TheRealFrozenFire]

LETS GOOOOOO!!!! This is so hype!!!!!!

[@OfficialREVENGEMusic]

A huge improvement over the original. Not too much not too little.

[@thunderslug1066]

Absolutely amazing work, had me grinning at the Spartan laser bio

[@LateNightHalo]

You and me both!

[@perhaps9457]

One of my favorite tracks in halo reach and it fits so well in this video. I love the style this video shows off the weapons in a raw game play way so we actually learn about the weapons, while still being highly cinematic.

[@BangstaWasStolen]

I really like it though i feel like the glitching transitions happen a bit too often. I would think it would be cool if you added in like auntie dot type transitions

[@Kait0s]

Nice edits! But i would like to give some feedback: Maybe tone down a bit on those glitch transitions/effects, too much of those in quick succesion makes following the action quite dizzying.

[@bestwing8176]

Incredible editing, cant wait to see this years late night gaming

[@everybodysfavoritenobody]

I like how the ar does literally nothing to enemy spartans lol! Its like a mosquito, its just slightly inconveniencing. 😂

[@JoeFilms5420]

This is legitimately fantastic. I'm really enjoying your AfterEffects work, I could actually see this being a Reach trailer.

[@GeoJJx]

Kinda reminds me of the weapons trailers 343 had for Halo 4 that included the dubstep music, was that an inspiration to some degree?

[@LateNightHalo]

100%

[@Skyfoogle]

leagues better than halo 4s official UNSC weapons trailer

[@MechDragon108]

That 3D text UI/border looks sick. Did you make it youself or was it a template?

[@alimation5003]

This is awesome the reduced glitch’s is an improvement

[@m1ghtyboy]

Calm down on the glitch effects

[@mr2meows]

its not even multiple effects its the exact same one

[@alimation5003]

Hi there friend

[@AlkimiusGaming]

I'd love to see your reaction to the new cursed halo update 😁

[@gamecubeslayer]

This was pretty cool Late Night!

[@LtB486]

now i would love to see the sangheili side of things!

[@JohnArceane]

The M45: aka the Flood Cure made me chortle.

[@sofaking1627]

Man, Halo used to look so awesome.

[@MegaNinjaSkill]

Bungie really knows how to show off their weapon trailers. They still do stuff like this in Destiny

[@MegaNinjaSkill]

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[@desert_boong]

Love the assault rifle bit where not a single shield was broken over the 3 clips

[@LateNightHalo]

I actually put a bit of thought into that. It flowed a bit better when it was one-single-stream of bullets rather than the weapon being broken up by deaths

[@mr2meows]

bro is spamming the shit out of that glitch effect zamn bro

[@logan_jp3]

Oh for Covenant weapons, PLEASE have it be player elites using them!

[@HLGmatrix1]

Not sure if it was intentional but the use of 70fov was a nice touch, 100+ for trailers/cinematic stuff takes you out of the moment and it's obvious you're watching a video game.

[@CeZealot]

This reminds me of the weapon trailer videos they made for halo 4

[@thisisntsergio1352]

I legit thought this was made by bungie 💀

[@officialkirbyfan6899]

I think Halo Infinite got him! 😢

[@mo_venegas]

Yeah this is freaking awesome! Nothing else to say, just everything about this video is freaking awesome!

[@roundbrick4890]

What’s the background music at the start of each episode

[@jacobevertson5411]

That was very cool. The distortion/static/degradation or whatever your want to call it, covered too much of the action. Couldn’t see what was happening most of the time cuz of those horizontal line effects covering everything so frequently

[@josiahteller7556]

Perfection my man, you're really flexing your video editing skills lol

[@bens9893]

The blur hurts my eyes a little bit but that could be because I am watching on my phone. I don’t know what “bungie armory” but I do love watching these! Nice job :)

[@Mister_RandomGuychannel]

Plz continue content man this is amazing, especially the evelution series

[@alobowithadhd6191]

You managed to save yourself. Keep the legacy alive.

[@Ryan_attempts_to_do_stuff]

Nice

[@lucasstewart6701]

Looks great!

[@wereitsoeasy5733]

Nice work man! Sometimes less is more with the screen and transition effects though Just imo tho!

[@Qetzl]

Wait, the grenade launcher could emit an EMP?!?

[@KamikazeCarbine]

Bro, this is sick!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Agent_Anderson]

1:21 "DO NOT CARRY", Don't tell what I can or can't do

[@ryanmartin1377]

I like the little "do not carry" you put on the machine gun

[@Cloaker86]

are you gonna do some more CoD stuff?

[@samayoubi3408]

Trailer is awesome

[@-Aniki-]

Actually good, gj

[@Echo1608.]

so so good

[@AdeneTzr]

sick

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

How to destroy the top shooter you no longer control and make room for your own Sci fi shooter (destiny) you own. Grenade launcher was great though

[@LateNightHalo]

Halo reach didn’t destroy anything tho, it left halo on a relatively high note. Nitpicks aside, it was an incredible sandbox shooter with a solid sandbox, great gameplay and excellent community tools. Easily the best shooter of 2010 and one of the greatest Xbox 360 games

[@titansidewinder]

Really good with the theater work and transitions but I think there is just a few to Many glitch effects for my eyes to get used to

[@titansidewinder]

Not trying to be rude just telling you what I think

[@gibraltar4841]

Ja

[@BasementNerdGaming]

Absolutely love this, I'd recommend that you split up the name and descriptions as putting that much text on the screen at once feels hard to read, and splitting up the blocks to show the name first then the description would allow for a better comprehension of each block, even when taking up the same time frame as they currently do I think

[@zachrowe6271]

Excellent work! I especially loved the shotgun showcase

[@ssjcheif]

Very much reminds me of Halo 4's trailers weapon showcase for each faction in the game. Right down to the close up, freeze frame with text providing info. I love it. Keep it up Late Night

[@bander960]

Love this version! It feels far easier to follow than previous. Great stuff!

[@tasque3470]

so sick! this makes me hype for a game that came out 12 years ago!

[@mr.endermen2260]

You know the new version of cursed halo dropped recently