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Derek Booooooooo
@derek-lieu.com
🎬 Game trailer editor ✨ TGA Future Class 2021 📝 I talk a lot about making trailers. Among Us, Half-Life Alyx, Psychonauts 2, Spelunky 2 & Firewatch! He/him
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To the folks who push back against the "don't start your game trailer with your logo when you have no reputation": Your game does FAR more to build your brand than your logo does! Pre-Hades 2, Even Supergiant Games started trailers with: "From the Creators of [Previous Game]"To the folks who push back against the "don't start your game trailer with your logo when you have no reputation": Your game does FAR more to build your brand than your logo does! Pre-Hades 2, Even Supergiant Games started trailers with: "From the Creators of [Previous Game]"

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And if you insist on a logo in the first part of your trailer, here are my recommendations! My preferred method is a "logo sandwich" which starts with gameplay, quickly shows the logo, then moves on.And if you insist on a logo in the first part of your trailer, here are my recommendations! My preferred method is a "logo sandwich" which starts with gameplay, quickly shows the logo, then moves on.

Where to Put Logos in a Game Trailer — Derek Lieu Creative - Game Trailer Editor
Where to Put Logos in a Game Trailer — Derek Lieu Creative - Game Trailer Editor

This post finds the balance and some of the best practices for how to cut a logo into a game trailer. A well placed logo is one important part of building brand recognition, but if it’s too indulgent ...

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HFcoreflux.bsky.social

After seeing the quoted all caps post with your picture above it, I now read these PSA's as though they're also shouted at me. Sir, yes sir! 🫡😂

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Pdecisivepanic.bsky.social

"From the creators of _" is 100% the best thing you can say if you've made anything good before.

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WJbywilliamjmeyer.com

do you agree in general the last thing you see carries more weight than the first, or not really

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SKsylverstone.bsky.social

Heh, I remember opening with a logo for the earlier versions of Skator Gator's trailer. The final version had it placed at the end instead. Skator Gator 3D was even more minimal, and the logo is a lot less prominent at the end for the tesser trailer. In the final trailer, it's gone entirely.

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JGguarascia.bsky.social

The push back has been interesting to see! Folks gotta put their ego to the side if they wanna make some bank

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HMhenrique-maia.bsky.social

Remembering that Bastion was a huge game much before Hades

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Derek Booooooooo
@derek-lieu.com
🎬 Game trailer editor ✨ TGA Future Class 2021 📝 I talk a lot about making trailers. Among Us, Half-Life Alyx, Psychonauts 2, Spelunky 2 & Firewatch! He/him
2.1k followers440 following738 posts