Esi and I were sitting together and editing our game trailer, she has Sony Vegas Pro on her computer plus she has already done first few second of it so she will be doing the editing.
I am writing a script of the flow and also providing some sound effects I found on my video editing app.
I was researching indie games studio’s game trailers on YouTube, I concluded a few points that we can take reference from
Video length: 30-50 sec
Characteristics :
Fading in opening,
5-8 secs game play clips with a short sentence in the middle of the screen introducing the fun part of the game
Plot twist at the end (this could make audience curious what is going on in the game and willing to play with it )
Something that they do not include but I think is important:
Sound effects for atmosphere/ emotion for the narrative, just like usual movie trailers but less exaggerated (no loud noise, no drum bass)
This is a draft, it was a reference as we would add on new ideas while we are editing it.
BGM: Karimah’s Parascom theme
Opening scene:
Idea and editing by Esi: Similar as our game’s opening, having credits of Esi and I
First scene:
*Makenah fades in*
Makenah with a sad face asking “you seem sad”
*Water drop sound effect*
Makenah happy/default face“Why don’t join us in the paracosm?”*Reversing piano effect*
*Theme song starts playing*+ *Bright environment fading in*
Second scene:
Start introducing our game—-
Camera running through the environment + Origami animals animation x 2 (game play clips)
Narrative: “2.5 D crafty environment!”
Third Scene:
Drag and dropping Ines and still animals gameplay clips
Narrative: “Drag and drop interaction with dolls and animals!”
Forth Scene:
Spinning around 3D models + Object collecting clip
Narrative: “3D object waiting for you to play with!”
Fifth Scene: (plot twist)
*Reverse sound effect*
*Reverse BGM*
*Opening rubbed paper (have the words blurred for not spoiling)*
Narrative: “Discover Karimah’s story….”*Karimah’s portrait fading in*
*Door knocking sound effect*
*Shining fades out effect*
Sixth scene:
Game title entering
*2D craft world as background fades in*
Credits appear last
When we were editing, Esi found out there were still lots of time left from 30 seconds, so we were adding 2 game play clips, which are interacting with doll characters and painting mini game before the plot twist scene. For the painting mini game, both of us drew one and Esi chopped those clips into 6 to match the beat of the BGM. I think it was really cute and creative
Just my little drawing
For the fifth scene (plot twist), instead of just showing the diary paper, we also included the “negative’ part of our game, Parents arguing in the opening and negative bubble animation ending
The final product looks like this!
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