tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post7731296572205909502..comments2012-01-22T01:13:55.989-08:00Nathan Bransfordnoreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-32510420192054539242012-01-22T01:13:55.989-08:002012-01-22T01:13:55.989-08:00Nathan, great trailer. But I don&#39;t get Wikimedia Commons. I went there and apart from not being able to follow all the legal stuff, it seems to me that it is next to impossible to make a trailer with out attributing. So did you do that? And if none of your pix needed attributing, what is the simple formula for finding pics like that? (This pic stuff is driving me crazy; I just haven&#39;t got ten years to spare to make a 1 min trailer.)<br />Hope you can help.<br />PetePeter Twohighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09739576172321258754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-68903215644269617022011-11-08T15:02:45.591-08:002011-11-08T15:02:45.591-08:00They are very expensive, but I found this guy on Fiverr that&#39;s doing incredible book trailers dirt cheap! you got too see his work.<br /><br />http://fiverr.com/accent/create-a-30-40-sec-book-trailerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-20939374108317403312011-07-22T21:13:43.067-07:002011-07-22T21:13:43.067-07:00Wow, I really appreciated this awesome post! I needed to make a trailer but had no idea where to start. Really appreciated the start to finish instructions! And now I have a trailer. Check it out! http://youtu.be/QdIEDbO0-f4Diane Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08043629150167329214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-66055738160825527162011-06-01T11:27:23.636-07:002011-06-01T11:27:23.636-07:00I think if an author believes in their work, which they should, they should also compliment their book with marketing assets created by experts in their own specific fields. i.e. Video editors have immediate access to royalty free stock music, graphics/images and they are paid to work fast and efficiently. It is absolutely well worth the effort, time, and money to have a professional video editor create a book trailer.Trevor Brownhttp://www.adrenalinefilms.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-10845238402492619122011-04-19T18:33:59.122-07:002011-04-19T18:33:59.122-07:00I just came across this post about book trailers....check out http://www.surreels.com...Syntropy book trailer. Interesting stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-28740883703349776332010-12-23T08:14:47.104-08:002010-12-23T08:14:47.104-08:00Great trailer and nice use of music! As a composer I&#39;m excited that so many new types of artists are using video to promote their work, like book authors. I&#39;ve seen photographers lately use music in multimeida videos of their work. For music, while a composer can be a bit more expensive, the prices for licensing music are coming down, so you don&#39;t necessarily have to go completely free. I always recommend <a href="http://www.sfxsource.com/royalty-free-music.html" rel="nofollow">SFXsource.com Royalty Free Music</a> to folks who need good affordable, and most importantly, legal, music.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-31376695180027016452010-09-19T22:05:09.560-07:002010-09-19T22:05:09.560-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Yolandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00103695647376193357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-11997142724468901372010-09-05T22:15:25.522-07:002010-09-05T22:15:25.522-07:00VERY good advice that writers would do well to follow. You&#39;ve got to be seen, and you&#39;ve got to be compelling. Great work on your trailer too!Susannehttp://www.royaltyfreemeditationmusic.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-82129339612339500352010-07-27T10:45:35.870-07:002010-07-27T10:45:35.870-07:00I liked your trailer, and I think you&#39;ve got some great advice. I like to use Camtasia instead of Windows Movie Maker, &#39;cause it seems to work better for me, plus I can do screen capture stuff with it when I need. I also found this cool site that has a bunch of great royalty free music that I always use for my projects, it&#39;s called <a href="http://www.audiointros.com" title="Audio Intros" alt="royalty free music" rel="nofollow">Audio Intros</a>Bryan Whitinghttp://www.ezicing.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-70033567866533408482010-05-19T07:14:23.981-07:002010-05-19T07:14:23.981-07:00Really interesting post--and what a fantastic trailer! Better than a number of professional ones by major publishing houses. Impressive work.book publishershttp://www.schieldenver.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-32728021369151442742010-04-17T22:14:51.237-07:002010-04-17T22:14:51.237-07:00OMG I want to read this RIGHT NOW.Alyssahttp://www.alyssat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-44557488266317164072010-02-25T16:25:39.260-08:002010-02-25T16:25:39.260-08:00What an inspiration . . . a wonderful trailer! Madly I thought if you can do this, I can too.<br />But the fact is I couldn&#39;t . . . I am a luddite, I knew this from the get-go. So I approached my brother who runs a post-production house and asked if he would help me. <br />I used all your resources . . . Wikimedia Commons for music and images, has to be THE most wonderful resource for struggling writers. Not only that I was able to use the development of the trailer for successive blogs. The trailer was uploaded last night and is on Facebook, Twitter, my website, my blog and finally on YouTube (the YT search engine won&#39;t recognise the tags yet, but it can be accessed inall the previously mentioned ways) and I can only say THE biggest thank you for such massive motivation. Best of luck with your book, I am so looking forward to reading it.mesmeredhttp://mesmered.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-10454138965785056192010-01-28T14:14:14.384-08:002010-01-28T14:14:14.384-08:00I&#39;ve seen a lot of book trailers and have not been impressed. But yours is really frickin good. Damn you. Now I have to buy your book.Who is Felicia?http://www.blogger.com/profile/11953710092042796763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-65520739757989152582010-01-27T07:44:36.886-08:002010-01-27T07:44:36.886-08:00Wonderful wonderful trailer! You had me at 1 sec. I made one for my upcoming chapter book PeaceBuilders: Daisaku Ikeda and Josei Toda, Buddhist Leaders (March 2010) using PowerPoint, a free program to turn PPT into video: EM PowerPoint video converter. I found free music online and used a free program to edit it (Audacity). It took hours to learn how to use all this stuff. Got 100&#39;s of hits for all 3 revisions ASAP due to viral promotion. Made 2 versions: 2:57 min and 5:48 min. The shorter one is here bit.ly/pbtrailer. I will probably update now that reviews are coming in. But later. This was very time-consuming. But mainly, I wanted to say, very well done by you, Myrlin. I can&#39;t wait to read THE LUNATIC, THE LOVER, &amp; THE POET.LaVorahttp://www.mlavorapery.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-47444540134875099462010-01-25T15:03:12.279-08:002010-01-25T15:03:12.279-08:00Great job. And thanks for the post. I will definitely pass on.Dayna Steelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03946738989556089344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-61394979210340907242010-01-21T09:35:32.920-08:002010-01-21T09:35:32.920-08:00Wow! That&#39;s great. Very intriguing.Cathi Stolerhttp://www.womenofmystery.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-48626289312948933172010-01-20T12:54:05.263-08:002010-01-20T12:54:05.263-08:00I will second or third or hundredth the awesomeness of MovieMaker for Windows. I did my trailer on it - total cost? $20. http://www.youtube.com/user/GretchenMcNeil#p/a/u/0/yK4giaR4GikGretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09327185025020171674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-74205526565795410932010-01-20T12:51:53.830-08:002010-01-20T12:51:53.830-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09327185025020171674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-11751105547439263862010-01-20T02:09:36.405-08:002010-01-20T02:09:36.405-08:00Many thanks for this, Myrlin! I like the trailer a lot, and I&#39;ve been looking for something to add pan and scan to WMM for ages.<br /><br />Good luck with the new release!Alex Beecrofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846917051472819570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-45288790909558985982010-01-19T21:58:42.144-08:002010-01-19T21:58:42.144-08:00A timely post! I am working on a book trailer right now, so I found this really helpful.Meghan Wardhttp://www.writerland.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-13826407519442592232010-01-19T20:53:14.497-08:002010-01-19T20:53:14.497-08:00@Myrlin—Nope, It&#39;s XP, WMM 5.1, four+ year old computer. Weird.Jordan McCollumhttp://jordanmccollum.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-65889136341298094842010-01-19T18:28:48.642-08:002010-01-19T18:28:48.642-08:00@Ryan and @Keith Popely<br /><br />Hey Ryan :)<br /><br />Actually I don&#39;t know Keith from Adam and really, if he didn&#39;t like the book trailer I linked, that basically just means we have different tastes, which is more than all right. To each their own, they say. The book trailer shown in this post was well made, I just personally felt that posting a link to another type of book trailer (and another one that won&#39;t have cost the author anything but her time) would be interesting. I enjoy her quirky style more than I do &#39;traditional&#39; book trailers (professionally done or not), not matter who the author is, &#39;s all.<br /><br />Cheers!Christine M.http://www.twitter.com/c_morinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-42181524576611305712010-01-19T15:54:10.920-08:002010-01-19T15:54:10.920-08:00Totally awesome... you should know that I&#39;ll be in line to buy you book after that... can&#39;t wait for it to come out. Wow.Suzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06396823287745244542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-34185008099022323662010-01-19T15:05:25.084-08:002010-01-19T15:05:25.084-08:00Thank you, Nathan, for picking this guest blogger! Very nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-26352104278422208502010-01-19T14:01:41.075-08:002010-01-19T14:01:41.075-08:00@Keith Popely<br /><br />Not sure if you were being sarcastic or if you actually know Christine but that sounded harsh. Maybe its a case of the Alaska shack nasties?<br /><br />Nice and easy does the trick...we are here to share,inspire(be inspired), and to learn. <br /><br />We beat ourselves up enough as writers and artists without someone else calling us &quot;Crazy&quot;<br /><br />Cheers!Ryanhttp://thechinproject.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com