How do you edit a game trailer at the most basic level? Use this high-level overview.

1. Idea
2. Hook
3. Contents

There is room for flexibility in the first two points, but content should always come last because people don't care about content until they know they like the idea.

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Hi, I'm Derek Lieu and I make indie game trailers! I started my career in the movie trailer industry as an editorial assistant at a publishing company producing trailers for The Matrix trilogy, Spider-Man, Pirates of the Caribbean and many others.

For many years I worked as an editor and started out making fan trailers for games, eventually landing jobs at game trailer houses in Los Angeles, working on games like Mortal Kombat X, Shadow of Mordor, and many LEGO games. Separately, I've helped create trailers for games like Half-Life: Alyx, Firewatch, Dead Cells, Subnautica, Spelunky 2, Ooblets, BattleBlock Theater, and many more.

I use this channel to teach people the art of trailer making through video essays, tutorials, reviews, and behind-the-scenes looks at my own work. I think about trailers a lot both professionally and personally, so I have A LOT to say about them.

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