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Parmenion



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:50 pm    Post subject: Movie trailer for a book Reply with quote

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0PvdbSvdJ0o

this is an idea that Alex Scarrow has come up with for his book called A Thousand Suns.

Viral Marketing, go have a watch, leave a comment and send the link to others, he wants to see how far this can go, it may be an idea for other authors like James and Rob for future books to boost sales.


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hmmm teaser trailers for books? interesting concept. Checked it out. Not bad at all
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like this idea
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are a couple of media agencies in the US who specialise in putting together trailers for books, either as Flash movies or Apple Quicktime films, often mixing live actors and CGI (albeit with mixed results).

It is a good concept, if only to bring a title to the attention of a wider audience, but it's expensive (thousands of dollars per trailer, iirc) which means that most genre authors would have to have very forward-thinking publicists with deep pockets to take proper advantage.

And for me the acid test is always going to be the strength of the first few paragraphs of the book. There's just no substitute for a good old free excerpt...
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yes but would a trailer make you pick the book up and read the blurb, the idea is to make you want to at least check the book next time your in the book shop.
BTW: this trailer was all done using 3DS MAx
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok based on some of the feedback Alex Scarrow created a new trailer, would appreciate it if you popped along and left a comment

cheers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fUqMw4vYb8
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a very nice bit of CGI trailering, and no mistake...

I think if I was a bigger alt-history fan than I am, and particularly if I was interested in WWII fiction, conspiracy theories and so forth, then that trailer would certainly be enough to get me to click on the author's website and find out more. And so I did...

...but then, that's where the website itself fails to deliver. There's nothing (that I could find) except the cover image and a short synopsis of the book. Where's the free excerpt so I can get a feel for the author's writing, decide whether it's good enough to carry me through the whole novel? Or failing that, where (at the very least) is the link to Amazon so I can see if there are any reader reviews? Hope this will be taken as constructive criticism, but a glossy brochure isn't going to be enough to sway most potential book-buyers.

So, mission accomplished vis-a-vis the trailer itself... but then the trailer is just the attention-grabber, the whole package needs better follow-through; more substance.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cheers ariel that exactly the kind of response he is looking for, you cannot improve if you dont ask the public...
will pass this along Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You're welcome mate. I do this sort of thing professionally, so if you ever need an opinion (I'm good at those, too... Wink)
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