Why oh why do the mod teams lack in the trailer department, your trying to sell your mod not ruin it, Ive seen piles of trailers for mods and not one grabbed my attention to think, man F**K YEH! I want that... Yes a trailer is to show off the content in the mod but when it makes the new content look crap then we have a problem and thats what 90% of the mod teams do.
EDIT:What i have seen in some videos: A Crap choice of music to go with the footage, Clips of the game slapped together making no sense, effects that just purely annoy folk, that are trying to make the video look remotely good.
Q.) Whats wrong with the above?
A.) Everything.
Top Things to include in your trailer:
Ive said this to a few mod teams, they have a brilliant all time great mod and trailers that wouldn't sell heaven to a dead person. You gotta grip the hearts of the fans, most of the time 5 to 10 minutes of nothing, thats what you watch, would i want to download the mod if i didnt already know about it...hmm no... You can pile as much special effects in as you want, the end product will still look crap because theres no heart.
Usually Theres weeks left before the release of any great mod, thats more than enough time to create something spectacular. A Trailer needs a story, when you watch a movie trailer what do you see, you see snippets of the story building into something great and then they leave you on edge wanting more.
The original BF2 and BF2 special forces trailers, what were they? BF2, the PLA taking over the oil fields, thats a story unfolding there, what about BF2 SF, whats that, its the special forces group taking over the stronghold on devils perch, a story right there. Story is what you need, not aload of crap that makes no sense slapped together with some effects thrown in and a poor choice of music.
If mod teams, you just can't pull a good trailer off, let someone else do it, i know i'd do it, loads of good video directors would.
Don't let your brilliant mod look like a rusty shed.
EDIT:What i have seen in some videos: A Crap choice of music to go with the footage, Clips of the game slapped together making no sense, effects that just purely annoy folk, that are trying to make the video look remotely good.
Q.) Whats wrong with the above?
A.) Everything.
Top Things to include in your trailer:
- Good Music
- A Story, all good trailers have a story.
- The Correct Effects For The Correct Scenes (Not aload of crap slapped together)
- Finally some good footage (Properly edited ect...)
Ive said this to a few mod teams, they have a brilliant all time great mod and trailers that wouldn't sell heaven to a dead person. You gotta grip the hearts of the fans, most of the time 5 to 10 minutes of nothing, thats what you watch, would i want to download the mod if i didnt already know about it...hmm no... You can pile as much special effects in as you want, the end product will still look crap because theres no heart.
Usually Theres weeks left before the release of any great mod, thats more than enough time to create something spectacular. A Trailer needs a story, when you watch a movie trailer what do you see, you see snippets of the story building into something great and then they leave you on edge wanting more.
The original BF2 and BF2 special forces trailers, what were they? BF2, the PLA taking over the oil fields, thats a story unfolding there, what about BF2 SF, whats that, its the special forces group taking over the stronghold on devils perch, a story right there. Story is what you need, not aload of crap that makes no sense slapped together with some effects thrown in and a poor choice of music.
If mod teams, you just can't pull a good trailer off, let someone else do it, i know i'd do it, loads of good video directors would.
Don't let your brilliant mod look like a rusty shed.
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