Editors Kate Miller and Dan Noall discuss editing trailers, and their role within the promotional campaigns for films, TV shows, and curated cinema programmes. They cover craft and career, from choosing and creating music, how to avoid spoilers, getting the right tone, and managing the client relationship.

Trailers referred to:

Turn Me On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGI5_CLL_kU

Going Varsity in Mariachi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwONHANRjd0

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles and The Apartment trailers: https://www.fadeoutfilms.com/

Kate Miller is a Central Saint Martins Alumni with a degree in Fine Art. She works for both independent film makers and produces works in-house for clients such as Disney, HBO, BFI and Netflix.

Dan Noall is a trailer editor based in London, and has worked on campaigns for Curzon, BFI, Dogwoof, Park Circus and Picturehouse, among others. Recent re-release and film season trailers include Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles and the accompanying Chantal Akerman season at BFI Southbank. In 2024 he set up Fade Out, a boutique trailer agency specialising in independent, art-house and classic film.

Recorded on 17th December at The Garden Cinema