Trailers
Movie & Game Trailer Audio Post-Production
A trailer has to establish a story, build momentum and leave an impression in about two minutes. Mix My Spot provides audio post-production for movie trailers, teasers, game trailers and cinematics — mixed in our Los Angeles studio for theatrical, broadcast, streaming and digital campaign placement.
We balance dialogue, voice-over, music, effects and transitions so every element contributes to the campaign without turning the soundtrack into uncontrolled noise.
Selected Trailers Work
Impact With Clarity
Trailer mixing is a constant negotiation between scale and intelligibility. Dialogue must cut through dense music and effects; impacts, builds, drops and transitions must support the edit rather than swamp it; and the final title, branding moment or call to action must remain clear.
Dramatic pacing drives every decision — quieter setup passages are shaped so the biggest moments land harder without breaking the loudness specification.
Projects We Mix
- Movie trailers
- Teasers
- Game trailers
- Game cinematics
- Alternate trailer lengths and campaign versions
Where Trailers Play
- Theatrical
- Broadcast
- Streaming
- Online
- Social and digital campaign placements
What a Trailer Mix Requires
Trailer sessions move fast and the source material is rarely uniform. Dialogue and voice-over are edited and cleaned so lines pulled from different scenes sit in one world. Music is edited and prepared around the cut's turning points, and sound-effects editing with supplemental sound design gives transitions, hits and whooshes the weight the picture asks for.
Theatrical playback is kept in mind throughout: a mix that only works on small speakers is not finished.
Formats and Delivery
Stereo 2.0 and 5.1 surround are the principal trailer formats, with downmixed and alternate versions prepared from the approved mix. Other surround or immersive formats are available when a placement specifically requires them.
Campaign Versions and Deliverables
Trailer campaigns ship in families: full trailers, teasers, cutdowns, social versions and international or textless variants. Depending on the agreed scope, deliverables can include print masters for each version, dialogue, music and effects stems, and alternate lengths conformed from the same approved balance. The version list is confirmed before mixing begins.
A Simple Workflow
Send the current or locked picture, the audio turnover and the delivery requirements. We review the materials, confirm the scope and prepare the first mix. You review it and send consolidated, time-coded notes; we complete the agreed revisions and deliver the approved masters.
You work directly with the mixer handling your project from start to finish — no handoffs, no account layers.
“John is my all-time favorite audio engineer and there's no one I would trust more with the projects that need an expert hand. I really appreciate his musicality, attention to detail, and he is an absolute pleasure to work with!”