Wednesday 11 January 2017

My 1st Attempt at a Book Trailer

Well, that's it. At 44 seconds it's probably a little too long. Would 30 seconds be more appropriate?

I have to admit that I never really liked the book trailer video idea. Using video to advertise a movie or video game seems entirely appropriate, but advertising something that is text just seems wrong. However, after almost three years of people advising me to give it a go, I have and I'm not too sure how to rate the results. If it was a movie I'd use clips to give some idea of the cast, effects and style etc., but that's not really an option with a novel.

2 comments:

  1. Hey, at least you tried. I'm certainly no expert by any means but it's concise and doesn't seem too long to me.

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    1. I thought short was better. I couldn't imagine anyone watching more than about 1 minute of book trailer and TV commercials are often around the 30 second mark.

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