New Film Trailer “Sullivan Creek Sasquatch”

[Brian]

Hey all,
I’ve been working on a documentary film all last year and am in the final stages in the editing process. I made an Official Trailer for it:

Please take a look and give me some feedback. I really would appreciate any comments by fellow students of filmmaking.
The film will be done and available to watch by May 2021.

Thank you.

 

[Maura N.]

How long will the documentary be? The trailer looks good. You could make it a bit shorter to one minute to let people want to find out more, to make them wish to see the documentary more. Sometimes, less is more

 

[Brian]

How long will the documentary be? The trailer looks good. You could make it a bit shorter to one minute to let people want to find out more, to make them wish to see the documentary more. Sometimes, less is more

The documentary is 90 minutes. Thank you for the feedback. The trailer was 2 min 30 seconds, but I cut it down. I searched for a standard trailer length and I saw many trailers on YouTube longer than that. Is there a “standard” for the film industry?

 

[Maura N.]

The documentary is 90 minutes. Thank you for the feedback. The trailer was 2 min 30 seconds, but I cut it down. I searched for a standard trailer length and I saw many trailers on YouTube longer than that. Is there a “standard” for the film industry?

It depends where you wish to advertise your trailer to. For social media marketing (Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, it is 1 minute. For YouTube and other places, this is an average duration chart that might help you:

 

[Brian]

Oh my gosh! This is awesome! Thank you, thank you, thank you Maura B. I will use it, and make a shorter version for social media. I'm so glad I posted on this forum for feedback.

 

[Maura N.]

Oh my gosh! This is awesome! Thank you, thank you, thank you Maura B. I will use it, and make a shorter version for social media. I'm so glad I posted on this forum for feedback.

You are most welcomed! Don't forget to use relevant hashtags to your documentary. For most exposure, you can post "making of" short 30 seconds videos from "behind the scenes"