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Valerie wrote: "Song of the Fairy Queen

The classic fantasy....

Gorgeous music and pictures, Valerie. It was longer than I prefer, but those elements kept me involved.

mountainmama wrote: "A brand new silly trailer for my silly retro cookbook. I'd love to hear what you think: "

Totally cute, Bryan! Perfect for your book."

Thanks Valerie!

Way too long, sorry to say Valerie. The whole thing could've been done in under a minute. Nice pics though, music is fitting, the font choices could've been better but not bad. I would always end with your cover though, leave them with what you want them to remember.

Bryan that was a great trailer. Exactly right.

Athanasios wrote: "Bryan that was a great trailer. Exactly right.

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Hey Thanks Athanasios.

Valerie wrote: "Song of the Fairy Queen

The classic fantasy....



Song of the Fairy Queen"
By the time I'd finished watching the trailer I didn't want or feel I needed to read the book. There is a problem with book trailers becoming like an episode of a tv series - I think the best book trailers tantalise and tease the potential buyer. To the extent that they feel the have to buy it to satisfy their curiosity. After the trailer I feel I know what is going to happen - probably I'm wrong but the emotional need to buy and read isn't there.

Plus did I see wrong or did Morgan age dramatically in the book trailer from a handsome 20 something into a 40+ guy? That was confusing.

The pictures are all lovely and the music suits. As something to watch and enjoy it is great - but it doesn't make me want to move on to the book.

This is a new trailer for The Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer.




I edited that short story collection and wrote four of its stories.

It's a bit rough, but man did we have fun blowing up the dollhouse we'd bought for this trailer:

Bite Me, by Lori T. Strongin
Published: January 2012, Mundania Press




Smiles!
Lori

Lori wrote: "It's a bit rough, but man did we have fun blowing up the dollhouse we'd bought for this trailer:

Bite Me, by Lori T. Strongin
Published: January 2012, Mundania Press

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Ooo no fair! I was waiting for it to blow up and it only burned :(

Duane wrote: "This is a new trailer for The Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer.

Very nice, Duane! Love the special effects.

Lori wrote: "It's a bit rough, but man did we have fun blowing up the dollhouse we'd bought for this trailer:

How funny!

haha, blowing that sucker up was the highlight of my summer! The long shots didn't look so good (since it was only a cheap $12 balsa wood thing we bought on ebay), so we went with the close-up.

After we were done burning it (and *not* setting the grass on fire), we found we had one last explosive left and two boxes of marshmellow Peeps left over from a previous shot (that we later edited out). So we put the Peeps around the burnt-out husk of the remaining first story of the house, doused them with citronella fluid, and set off the explosive we lovingly named the Insta-Crater.

Those Peeps shot Sky High.

We dubbed that section of footage Peepocaust '10.



Smiles!
Lori

Henry Mosquera I'm very happy. The Sleeper's Run trailer has scored over 1,000 views on YouTube! Thank you to all who have watched it.

Henry wrote: "Henry Mosquera I'm very happy. The Sleeper's Run trailer has scored over 1,000 views on YouTube! Thank you to all who ha..."

Good one, Henry!

Thanks, mountainmama!

mountainmama wrote: "Duane wrote: "This is a new trailer for The Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer.

Very nice, Duane! Love the special effects."

Michele wrote: "Lori wrote: "It's a bit rough, but man did we have fun blowing up the dollhouse we'd bought for this trailer:

Bite Me, by Lori T. Strongin
Published: January 2012, Mundania Press

..."

Henry wrote: "Henry Mosquera I'm very happy. The Sleeper's Run trailer has scored over 1,000 views on YouTube! Thank you to all who ha..."

Thank you, Mountainmama. I'm glad you liked it.

Henry wrote: "Henry wrote: "Henry Mosquera I'm very happy. The Sleeper's Run trailer has scored over 1,000 views on YouTube! Thank you..."

Did you make the video yourself? I'm always interested in what programs were used, where you got your clips, etc.

Henry Mosquera @Mountainmama: I did. I used iMovie to edit the images and create the titles. I used Adobe After Effects for the animation at the end and I created the music using GarageBand. The clips I bought from a number of stock image banks online and a few I got from public sources. Most of the sound effects I recorded and synched them using iMovie. A lot of the clips didn't have sound or I didn't like the ones they came with.

Henry wrote: "Henry Mosquera @Mountainmama: I did. I used iMovie to edit the images and create the titles. I used Adobe After Effects for the animation at the end and I created the music using G..."

iMovie must be extraordinary. I've seen several that people have done with it. I use a free program, Windows Live Movie Maker, and it's very limited. Of course, I've never been convinced that trailers sell books, so can't see much sense in putting a bunch of money into them.

mountainmama wrote: "Henry wrote: "Henry Mosquera @Mountainmama: I did. I used iMovie to edit the images and create the titles. I used Adobe After Effects for the animation at the end and I created the..."

iMovie is pretty basic, but it's easy to learn (I never used before creating the trailer) and get's the job done.

That's an interesting question. I don't know how effective a trailer is in regards of book sales. Even though my trailer has generated some sales, I see it as just another marketing tool.

Jumping into the deep end. :) Here's the book trailer for my young adult novel, BY THE PALE MOONLIGHT:

Jennifer wrote: "Jumping into the deep end. :) Here's the book trailer for my young adult novel, BY THE PALE MOONLIGHT:

Good one Jennifer - suspensful music, great pictures. Did you do it yourself?

(loved your book cover too!!)

mountainmama wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Jumping into the deep end. :) Here's the book trailer for my young adult novel, BY THE PALE MOONLIGHT:

Good one Jennifer - suspensful music, great pictures. Did you do it your..."

Thank you! :) No, a friend of mine put it together (the cover was yet another friend) for me. It was her first attempt and I think she did a fabulous job. I did find all of the elements for it, though... the music, pictures, etc. But even my small attempt at the technical end was disastrous. :) Glad I have friends willing to take the reins.

Jumping right in after Jennifer, here is the trailer to my novel, The Wedding Shroud. It's an historical novel set in early Rome and Etruria



My friend, Rod Crundwell, composed the music especially for it.

Elisabeth wrote: "Jumping right in after Jennifer, here is the trailer to my novel, The Wedding Shroud. It's an historical novel set in early Rome and Etruria

What great artwork! And you're so lucky to have music composed especially for it. Great job.

mountainmama wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Jumping right in after Jennifer, here is the trailer to my novel, The Wedding Shroud. It's an historical novel set in early Rome and Etruria

What great artwork! And you're so..."

Thanks!
Lisi, the art designer, spent hours with me to find the images. So much fun:)

Athanasios and MM, thanks for the comments, I appreciate it!

I used MS Windows Movie Maker to make that so I don't know if it'll allow me to add a dark glow around the text, but I'll have a look.

I used MS Windows Movie Maker to make that so I don't know if it'll allow me to add a dark glow around the text, but I'll have a look."

If that's Windows Live Movie Maker, you probably won't be able to add any glow, but you can at least make the font a little bigger.

Ok, will give that a crack :)

Here is the trailer of my historical mystery set in India

Priya wrote: "Here is the trailer of my historical mystery set in India
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Priya you have some compelling music and great pictures, but most of the text was difficult to read. It was either too small, blurry, or had too much other stuff happening to read it. It runs a little long, so you might want to simplify a little.

Well, here's the one for my co-written Urban Fantasy, The Apocalypse Gene.

We kinda like it for the price. What do you think?

Suki wrote: "Well, here's the one for my co-written Urban Fantasy, The Apocalypse Gene.

We kinda like it for the price. What do you think?

Suki, I like it for any price! Perfect length, great clips, very readable, music matches the mood, etc.

Did you make it yourself?

Thanks M-Mama! We used Ghostwriter Extraordinaire. It was $50.

I tried one myself with Windows Movie Maker, but no matter how menacing and intense I tried to make it, the more hilarious it turned out.

I've never heard of Ghostwriter - I'll have to look into that. I've just used Windows Live Movie Maker because it's free, but you're really limited. I can usually make it look pretty good, have most trouble with fonts - theirs just aren't very readable for some reason.

Here's an example of one I've made for The Hunt by Linell Jeppsen (totally free):

That's amazing! It looks really professional. Damn!!I put a "like" on it.

Thanks! I think I've milked just about every good quality out of that poor little program though. I want some of the WOW special effects I see in other videos!! I can't really justify spending any money on them though, because I'm not sure they ever sell the first book!

Here's another favorite I made for a friend for Blank Slate by R W Graves:

I'm getting ready to redo mine due to a typo. Comments would be appreciated.

H.H. Laura

Henry wrote: "Henry Mosquera @Mountainmama: I did. I used iMovie to edit the images and create the titles. I used Adobe After Effects for the animation at the end and I created the music using G..."

Very nice, Henry. I would imagine it took some time to complete. Good job!

Suki wrote: "Well, here's the one for my co-written Urban Fantasy, The Apocalypse Gene.

We kinda like it for the price. What do you think?

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Definitely looks like a great story - love the title and the trailer gives a great "teaser" to the book. I certainly want to know more...

My book trailer for 'Right Now Is Perfect' was the Nov winner of the 'You've gotta read' contest.
You might want to enter yours.

I've enjoyed watching some of the book trailers others have created. Here's a link for mine:




Allie Thompson is torn from her life and boyfriend when teen violence causes the government to house everyone under 22 in a militaristic, public school system.

Amy wrote: "I've enjoyed watching some of the book trailers others have created. Here's a link for mine:


Beautiful, Amy, but I wish you had put your blurb over the pictures because I had no idea what the book is about.

mountainmama wrote: "Amy wrote: "I've enjoyed watching some of the book trailers others have created. Here's a link for mine:


Beautiful, Amy, but I wish y..."

Good suggestion. Thank you for the feedback.

How expensive is making book trailer? If it would help me get my book out, I would like to try it, but I'm on a limited budget.

You can make a book trailer on your own. It doesn't cost. My husband made mine for me. Here it is if your interested

Suki wrote: "Well, here's the one for my co-written Urban Fantasy, The Apocalypse Gene.

We kinda like it for the price. What do you think?

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I enjoyed it. Good images and concise format. I think most trailers are way too long. One minute is a nice length.

Kathleen -- thank you! I will start working on it!

The cinematic trailer to my award-winning Christmas fantasy, The Kringle Chronicles: Catching Santa is live at