I've had a few late nights working on the editing of my trailer. Once I get an idea I can't let it go. I think it's pretty much there and I'm really pleased with the result. In the end I decided not to use a Snoopy ring binder. So I was able to let go of that little obsession.
It's raw and minimalist, maybe a little like the book?
I will be revealing all soon. But I need to live with it for a while.
Oh, if anyone has any thoughts on how I can circulate a trailer to as many people as possible, I'd appreciate hearing them. There's the problem, you see. Once you've made the thing, what do you do with it?
In the meantime the relentless plugging must go on. And there's nothing you or I can do to stop it.
Links and thinks.
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- Aliya Whiteley
- Anne Brooke
- Beverly Jackson
- Biroco
- Bob's Books
- Bookworm On The Net
- Cate Sweeney
- Chalk Box
- Charlie Williams
- Claire Cameron
- Clifford Garstang
- crimeficreader's review
- David Isaak
- David Thayer
- Debi Alper
- Debra Broughton
- Debra Broughton interview
- Disgruntled Commuter
- Don Capone
- Ed Touchette
- Ellen Meister
- Fiction Bitch (The Tart of Fiction)
- Ink Pot
- It's a crime... (crimeficreader)
- Jennifer Prado interview
- Jenny Robinson - artist
- John Baker
- JW Bennett
- Kathryn Koromilas
- Kay Sexton (writing neuroses)
- Linda Donovan
- Lucy McCarraher
- Marketing for Autors 2.0 (Kate Allan)
- Matt Curran
- Maud Newton
- Michael Stephen Fuchs
- Moon Hut
- Myfanwy Collins
- New Music Players
- New Tammeny College
- Nik Perring
- Nik's blog
- Paul Campbell - scriptuality
- Rake's Progress
- Rashbre Central
- Richard Allan Cooper
- Richard Lewis
- Robin Slick
- Samantha Grosser
- Shameless
- Siobhan Curham
- Steve Augarde
- Steve Kane
- Strictly Writing
- T.E. Ballard
- The Fertility Diaries
- This Writing Life
- Tim Ljunggren
- To Write Well
- Top Author Blogs
- un-made-up
- View From Here
- watch the book
- writewords interview
About Me
- Roger Morris
- Writer. Author of Taking Comfort, A Gentle Axe (The Gentle Axe in America) and A Vengeful Longing. www.rogernmorris.co.uk
6 comments:
Roger, I've just read a previous post of yours and followed a link and I now have a better understanding of book trailers. Thank you for that.
But I'm not sure that book trailers are a good thing. And that thought has given me inspiration for a post on my own blog. It boils down to this - when you create a visual of the novel/book, you immediately take a chunk away from the reader's own imagination. A reader reads a story and creates in his/her own mind how it looks and how the characters appear. A visual trailer removes a big chunk of that by creating a done deal. If actors get involved, it might make it worse.
I say this as a reader who hates to see something on screen before reading the novel. A novel is pure; a dramatised programme is some others' interpretation of it, from script writer through to director. A trailer seems to me to be a condensed version of the same, unless it stops at the graphics of the cover and a talkover that remains just that.
Ah but the trick is not to give anything away, I think. Though I do agree that there is a danger of influencing the reader's imaginative reactions. But then again even cover art can do that. Especially these days when there is a tendency to use photos in cover art, casting models to represent characters.
I feel that a trailer could be a moving (as in motion) version of a possible cover, not necessarily the same one that the book has. It's interesting though and I think your reservations are valid.
Hi Roger. I think you're doing great. I'm learning a lot from your plog. all the best!
Thanks for looking in, Moni! How are you doing?
Roger, the best way to distribute your trailer is to upload it to youtube. More and more people are sharing youtube videos, I just linked to a Chinese KFC ad that I was writing about. It's amazing when writing about an ad on Chinese TV to just be able to say, look, you can watch it at youtube. A great site.
http://www.youtube.com/
Tom, you'll be getting a look all right! Thanks for the tip, Joel. You reckon youtube is better than the other places? I put it up there briefly, just to check it, but the quality seemed really degraded. I'll have a nother go when I'm ready.
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