Wow i wanna watch/play that

That's what we always say after seeing a trailer.Trailer: a preview of a movie/game that shows selected shots to attract audiences. In that way the trailer shows scenes that are particularly not in order in which they appear in the final product. Usually shown in trailers are the exciting ,noteworthy or funny parts of the film\game, that way it won't show spoilers. Why talk about trailers.... well this was one of our assignments in our video editing class, since i am in game design we were told to make a trailer of a game, and we have to make this trailer really good...really good that our professor will be forced to buy the game(so he says). I started doing this project last week and the game i decided to put was uncharted 2: among thieves.


Lots of reasons why i decided to put uncharted. One the game is truly fantastic, its a masterpiece,its a game that can make people...well start playing video games, its the game where you want to play the game but you wont mind watching the other person play it because you are too busy watching the environments. Two the game has a movie atmosphere in it, the voice acting is top notch, the story is unbelievably epic and the dialogue was not written by a college drop out who i believe was hired to be the script writer in that Clive Barker game that i wont even mention.

After choosing the game i started with my storyboard(with a bunch of stick figures in it),next i booted my PS3 and started recording gameplay clips, dialogues and cut scenes from the game.
After i got all my clips,dialogues and scenes i was off to do it in premiere pro and it would be smooth sailing from here on out................or so i thought



I always thought that everything that was shown that lasted for only 2-3 minutes would be very simple to make...i was wrong...DEAD WRONG, what started as a fun project for me became a nightmare of epic proportions, when i edited out my trailer i realized i had to put in mind the background music, the scenes, the dialogue that can fit in other scenes, transitions,cuts and so much more..... Last night i was finally able to finish 75% of it and just today i finished it. When i reached to the point that i was almost done i realized that though not perfect. i believe i have created a visually exciting trailer for the game, a trailer that if it was perfect(some really small noticeable mistakes in sounds and transitions) it could have fit as a REAL trailer for the game.


I am very proud of the trailer i made. I believe my video shows the real definition of trailer, a preview of scenes that shows funny,noteworthy and exciting parts of the game that won't show any spoiler and make the audiences want more.(currently uploading it in youtube i will post it when its done)

Current situation : burned out...but happy :)