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Want to be a Hollywood trailer editor?

Edit a trailer for a feature-length movie as you compete to win your ticket to the post world’s most prestigious training program at Hollywood’s hottest movie trailer studio, The Refinery.

At the end of the paid 10-week program, you can earn the chance to immediately start as a junior editor, working with the team behind the trailers for Avatar, Squid Game, Avengers, Deadpool, and countless other hits.

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2.5
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Deadline
April 16

3 steps

 

How to enter

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Download
contest pack

Download the contest pack, which includes a professional Adobe Premiere Pro trailer editing template to help you create a real 2.5-minute trailer at Hollywood specs. We will announce 3 major studio films for you to choose from at the start of the competition. You will be responsible for sourcing the footage for the film you choose.

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90MB
Zip folder
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Create your
masterpiece

Burn the breeze cowboy! It’s time to work on your cut!

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Upload it to
your socials

Post your video on Instagram or TikTok.

Tag @train_robber and #trailerchallenge to make sure we include it in our submissions!

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official rules

the dos and don’ts

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Your cut must be two-and-a-half minutes or less using the footage you have sourced based on your choice of one of the three films mentioned in the contest pack email. Use a 1920x1080 aspect ratio.
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To be included as a submission and judged by our panel, your trailer must be uploaded to Instagram or TikTok with the tags @train_robber and #trailerchallenge
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Follow @train_robber on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
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Submissions must be uploaded on April 16th by 11:59 pm PT.

Submit early! Early submissions will be eligible to win additional prizes, including movie tickets, pro editing gear, and The Art Of The Trailer course, and will be announced weekly. Our panel of professional trailer editor judges will review final submissions before winners are announced on the @Trainrobber YouTube channel.
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Enrollment is free but space is limited, so don’t wait to sign up!
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1st place

At least one winner will be invited to join The Refinery’s paid 10-Week Training Program.

In the program, the winner(s) will become familiar with all the departments within The Refinery, from creative to editing to music to graphics, while learning the craft of trailer making from the best in the business.

At the end of the program, the winner(s) may be hired as junior editors working on studio trailers at The Refinery.

Winner(s) may participate in the 10 Week Training Program remotely within the U.S., if needed.

10
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2nd & 3rd place

The Art Of The Trailer 30-day course, taught by The Refinery founder Brett Winn ($497 value).

Pro editing gear.

Movie tickets.

LIMITED CONTEST PACKS AVAILABLE.

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30
day course,
Art of the
Trailer