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Want to make a great game trailer? Stop pretending it’s a movie trailer

PreMortem.Games

Fine line between flashy and simple editing I think one of the biggest mistakes a lot of indie games make is to chase the editing style of AAA games or Hollywood movies in hopes of looking like a ‘real’ or ‘legitimate’ trailer. Here’s the average shot length for some trailers: Games Baba is You : 4.25 seconds Papers, Please : 2.6

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Hideo Kojima: Influential and Innovative Video Game Director and Writer

Game Designing

As a child, he gained a deep appreciation for film and developed a refined taste in the medium that would inspire his work for years to come. Kojima always had a knack for creating and worked on film and writing projects before deciding to enter the video game industry in the mid-1980s after securing a job at game developer Konami.