When Does An Intro Become A Trailer?

Lurch

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Thinking about posting intros on here and a recent thread on an "epic" intro got me thinking.

Some intros are like channel trailers, when does an intro become more suited as a trailer? Mine is fairly long at 10s, but it's definitely an intro, but some are editing masterpieces that are a video in themselves as much as an introduction to a video.
 
I think anything over 10 secs becomes a trailer. Was watching a vid yesterday that I thought the video had started, but was apparently still part of the intro. Can say I didnt finish watching that one, put me right off.
 
If it's long enough to start being a trailer then it shouldn't be an intro.. Trailer is what you use as a "preview" for those that have no clue about your channel, those that already are your subs or know your channel (does not necessarily be your sub), don't need to see a trailer on every one of your videos. That's where an intro comes into play. Something short and brief that shows whose video it is, and get straight into the video, without being annoying.

That's my take on intros and trailers anyway. Heck, I don't even bother to make a decent trailer. LoL.
 
If it's long enough to start being a trailer then it shouldn't be an intro.. Trailer is what you use as a "preview" for those that have no clue about your channel, those that already are your subs or know your channel (does not necessarily be your sub), don't need to see a trailer on every one of your videos. That's where an intro comes into play. Something short and brief that shows whose video it is, and get straight into the video, without being annoying.

That's my take on intros and trailers anyway. Heck, I don't even bother to make a decent trailer. LoL.
I agree with this 100%
 
Intro to me is less than 20 seconds - I have seen some that hold my interest for that long but if I watch a bunch of vids on their channel it gets annoying as hell but still not long enough to be a trailer...

Trailer I think would have to be 30 seconds+ to provide enough info to entice people to look at full videos - but I am sure there are better editors than I that could make a really short teaser trailer and have it work way better than my 1 min trailer lol
 

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