Click on the links below for some great resources to help you make your trailers the best they can be:http://filmmakermagazine.com/37093-first-impressions/#.VDt2UNItAdU
http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/editing-a-film-trailer/
http://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/film-and-video-editing/how-to-edit-film-trailers/
Some really important tips from trailer editor, Ross Evison:
1) Remember to keep building the trailer, make the story move forward, running on the spot is a waste of time. The 3 act structure, like the majority of story telling, works great. Set up you place and characters at the beginning, have some fun in the middle then push the turning point into the final act where you either have your final promise of what’s going to happen or throw in some jeopardy. Escalate, escalate, escalate then stop!
2) Don’t let shots and moments out stay their welcome. The perfectly constructed moment you created in your film CAN be trimmed right down in the trailer, don’t worry it doesn’t ruin your film. It will always be perfect in the film.
3) The trailer doesn’t have to be as linear as
the film – often better if it isn’t.
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