How To Make Blockbuster Movie Trailers

by Tom Getty

"No other book exists that offers in such great detail practical strategies for making a powerful trailer." -SCOTT ARUNDALE, author of Modern Post: Workflows and Techniques for Digital Filmmakers "A practical master class in the basics of effective movie promotion." -KIRKUS REVIEWS The movie trailer is king! As in all fields, the product is secondary; it is promotion that takes center stage. When a movie takes off in its opening weekend at the box office, it is because of the promotion of that movie. A film is not rewarded for its quality. It is rewarded for the quality of its trailer. Making one, however, is a different matter. In How To Make Blockbuster Movie Trailers, trailer producer Tom Getty opens his studio to reveal the fundamentals of making top-flight movie trailers. Never before have the secrets of Hollywood trailer-making been revealed-until now. - The universal appeal of all blockbuster films - The secret ingredient of successful movies - How to sell story with film - Capture the audience's imagination - Examples from popular movie trailers - How to make trailer music - Persuade audiences with images - Capture the imagination with sound - Create blockbuster movie titles - And more!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 099748005X
• ISBN13: 9780997480054
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Acrolight Pictures LLC
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"