The Secret Weapon of Trailer Editors - Accents - How to Make a Trailer
689Professional movie trailer editors use accents to make their edits punchy and entertaining. This video walks you through what accents are, and how to use them in your own trailers!
Read the text of this video here: https://www.derek-lieu.com/blog/2019/5/15/trailer-accents-and-punctuation
Video Chapters
00:00 - Trailer accents introduction
00:36 - Why having no accents isn't as effective
01:18 - What accents do
01:37 - What are accents made of?
02:11 - Types of accents
02:28 - The Departed as an example
03:35 - Accents are punctuation
04:23 - Cutting in accents
04:59 - The flow of a good trailer
05:29 - Concluding thoughts
06:18 - Thanks!
Movie trailers (in order of appearance)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Trailer 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wd5KEaOtm4&ab_channel=UniversalPictures
Get Out - Trailer 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRfnevzM9kQ&ab_channel=UniversalPictures
Atomic Blonde - Trailer 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIUube1pSC0&ab_channel=UniversalPictures
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__PnD1HWXSo&ab_channel=MovieclipsClassicTrailers
Fast & Furious 6 - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKi5XoeTN0k
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Trailer 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMWQEi8vvto
Fast Five - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcn2GOuZCKI
Hot Fuzz - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayTnvVpj9t4
Shutter Island - Trailer 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iaYLCiq5RM
The Departed - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iojhqm0JTW4
Spider-Man: Homecoming - Trailer 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39udgGPyYMg
District 9 - Trailer 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BjWEn5yvmw
Wonder Woman - Official Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q8fG0TtVAY
Joy - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR-2TiQVY-k
Black Panther - Teaser Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxWvtMOGAhw
Psychonauts 2 - Story Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghO7GcYfrjc
John Wick 2 - Trailer 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChpLV9AMqm4
Mission Impossible: Fallout - Trailer 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb49-oV0F78
The Dark Knight - Trailer 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXAYAN6jO5k
The Matrix Revolutions - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMbexEPAOQI
Thor Ragnarok - Trailer 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue80QwXMRHg
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Hi, I'm Derek Lieu and I make video game trailers! I got my start in the movie trailer industry as an assistant editor at a house which produced trailers for: The Matrix Trilogy, Spider-Man, Pirates of the Caribbean and many more.
Over many years I worked as an editor and started making fan trailers for games, until eventually I got jobs at game trailer houses in Los Angeles where I worked on games like Mortal Kombat X, Shadow of Mordor and lots of LEGO games. Independently I've helped make trailers for games like: Half-Life: Alyx, Psychonauts 2, The Long Dark, Firewatch, Dead Cells, Subnautica, Spelunky 2, Ooblets, BattleBlock Theater and a lot more.
I'm using this channel to teach people about the art of making trailers via video essays, tutorials, reviews, and behind-the-scenes looks at my own work. I think about trailers a lot both for work and fun, so I have A LOT to say about them.
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