<p>Hey, my sister turned 16 recently and my parents have just started that whole "think about your future" routine. </p>
<p>She is thinking about a lot of things, but has shown specific interest in wanting to go into the business of making movie trailers. She asked me what she should study in order to get into this and I took a wild guess and said advertising, but I have no idea...</p>
<p>She's beginning to research colleges and I would like to find out for her:
what*should* she look for in a college in terms of programs offered, majors, etc.?</p>
<p>I don't want to steer her in the wrong direction. </p>
<p>THANKS!</p>
<p>I was surprised to learn that a film’s director or even the movie’s editor have no role in cutting (editing) the trailer. That’s typically a function of a marketing department and they usually have their own trailer cutters. It is, after all, an advertisement pure and simple. One of my son’s friends was an intern cutting trailers (he’s a film student), so it seems to be more of an entry level job. He doesn’t think that one would be an independent cutter, but rather an employee of the department.</p>
<p>I don’t really know how to get into that “field” but a background in film, combined with a broad liberal arts background would work. Has she made her own trailers yet? There are lots of editing programs that let you play with things like that. Just have her take the DVD of a movie she loves and try to make a trailer (1:30 to 3:30 long) using the music and clips from the film. She could put together a whole demo reel of trailers.</p>
<p>Good insight into the business: Google “Trailer Mixing and Music” (with the quotes) and click on the first link to the mixonline.com article.</p>
<p>Thanks, digmedia!!</p>
<p>Wow, thanks so much. Well, she’s pretty into film at our high school. She edits our morning broadcasts and does video work for teachers, so she has some experience.</p>
<p>Thank you-- you’re tip was very helpful to my sister and myself!</p>