{"id":9204,"date":"2017-07-05T17:01:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T00:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lindacollison.com\/?p=9204"},"modified":"2017-07-05T17:01:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T00:01:31","slug":"book-trailers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/book-trailers\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s make a book trailer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Water Ghosts\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xgg6UxlaJ7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if video book trailers sell more books; I rather doubt it.\u00a0 The real value of making a book trailer is for the writer herself. The process forces the writer to condense her novel to an intriguing, concise visual synopsis, sixty seconds or less. The purpose of a book trailer isn&#8217;t to summarize the plot or to introduce characters, it&#8217;s simply to stimulate interest in the story through images and visual effects. Music helps convey the tone and maybe the setting.<\/p>\n<p>Making your own book trailer can be a good exercise if you&#8217;re suffering from writers block; it&#8217;ll help you rediscover what it is that drives your story.<\/p>\n<p>For screenwriters, making a short book trailer is an exercise in storyboarding and building shot lists.<\/p>\n<p>A book trailer might even be an art form in itself.<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, making a book trailer is fun!<\/p>\n<p>You can make your own trailer using apps and programs such as iMovie, Vine, Movie FX Director, YouTube Editor, Windows Live Movie Maker, Animoto and many others.\u00a0 I made this trailer for <em>Water Ghosts<\/em> using Animoto. I made one for <em>Looking for Redfeather<\/em> with Windows Live Movie Maker.\u00a0 I&#8217;m very much a novice, I&#8217;m still learning the ropes and experimenting.<\/p>\n<p>No matter which program you use, make sure you&#8217;ve got a lot of good images to choose from &#8212; whether your own or stock photos. Keep the text minimal. As David Mamet said, &#8220;The job of the film director is to tell the story through the juxtaposition of uninflected images &#8212; because that is the essential nature of the medium.&#8221; (David Mamet On Directing Film). Don&#8217;t ponder too long over that, just jump right in and make a book trailer. You&#8217;ll learn what works as you go.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Water-Ghosts\/dp\/B018T0N1VW\/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1499208460&amp;sr=8-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lindacollison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/WaterGhostsAudiobook-300x300.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.lindacollison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/WaterGhostsAudiobook-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20300%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/WaterGhostsAudiobook-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/WaterGhostsAudiobook-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/WaterGhostsAudiobook-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/WaterGhostsAudiobook-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/WaterGhostsAudiobook.jpg 2400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 626px; left: 368px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1010px; left: 368px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1010px; left: 368px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know if video book trailers sell more books; [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[342,85,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-ghosts","category-writing-and-publishing","category-ya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9204"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9211,"href":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9204\/revisions\/9211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}