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What do you think?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IsFEjmiGK4A

Apparently I have scared everyone away?

Very good mood setting piece; I'm looking at setting up my first trailer soon (for a September release book). Which program(s) did you use to create this trailer?

Steven

Thanks guys. I used iMovies on my Mac. The picture quality is a bit poor on youtube, but that's partly because the video file is small. This was the first time I had used the program or even made a trailer, not to mention I have all of $10 and 2 hours invested in it, so I'm pretty happy.

Might work better if the thunder and rain continued all the way through rather than cut in and out. Good job!

Here's mine

http://www.youtube.com/v/qSPS05VCIZY


A friend made it because I'm an idiot at such things, but he's a film maker so it works well.

Pretty damn good Harry! Just curious how much did that cost to produce? Mine was $10, so I'm am happy with what I spent. Now, the trailer I'd really like to make... ;-) .

I created my book trailer on a Mac too.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MVI68-iqE0Q

Made it for free, in twenty minutes, and it has already gotten over 7000 views...

How long did it take to get that many views?

There are good, but I don´t like horror films. On James´my heart was beating faster with those sounds and on the Jhhk´s that awful face made me sick!

I image that make people feel that sense of fear is the whole point, so you are going on the right way...

I was wonder What make people write/read horror? My country is quite unsafe. I go out and I don´t know if I would come back. The hight percentage of crime and cars crash make me feel on that way; some times I can not sleep, thinking that a burglar might break into my house (ones they did, when I was a child, it was very scary!)So, why watch a film that make me feel worst, when I can wath many others that would help me to relax and forget for a moment all my fears?.

Many people feel as unsafe as me and still wath/read horror, can anyone help me to undertand why, please?

My book falls under the horror genre even though it's grounded in religous mythology. I would say, at least for myself, that I write horror not as a way to scare people or bask in it, but to identify lifes fears and overcome them.

James, Harry, Jhhk,

I watched your videos and stealing your idea I also made one for my YA fantasy Two Moon Princess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwtnmE...


Please let me know what you think, and thank you so much for giving me the idea.

Carmen

Well, I'm new here, but I've made four of these trailers so far.

Here's my third:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24g8Qc...

This one's my fourth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUuQSS...

My first two are on YouTube as well. I did them all with a little program from Serif called Movie Plus 5. Didn't cost me any more than about fifty bucks.

Jhhk:
I see why your video has had over 7000 views.

It's hilarious.

These look like very cool books everyone. Daemon looks like my kind of book though. I love horror. I also like The Eye of the storm, and The Implausible hero. Good job everyone.

Great trailers, everyone! I know there's discussion about whether book trailers help sell books, but either way, they are FUN. And more people seeing your cover and having your book in mind can't hurt!

I had a contest on my blog to do a tribute to my Violet series, and some readers acted out a few scenes as a book trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFj1w...


The sound is off in parts, but the makeover scene i just love!

Melissa
melissacwalker.com

Can I add my trailer for my new book Mad About the Boy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvVzXS...

thanx

Here is my book trailer. I didn't make it, but, I'm sure I could've probably done a better job if I had the equipment! lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsD-14...

I've seen some great trailers, both here and all over the web. I am blowing my own horn here, but I also make trailers and i don't charge nearly what the big companies do to make one. My biggest caveat? I HAVE to read the book first. A synopsis just does not do it for me. Some of my work can be seen on YouTube under Whispers Publishing. I wear several hats for them and recently took up making trailers as a side project. I started out with a small program called Photostory, from Microsoft but have recently made the jump to Movie Maker. I'm not a professional yet, but my authors have been happy with what I have done for them.


Lil

Well, I've just made a new book trailer for Brady's Run by Joseph Collum, published by Jigsaw Press.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vq6Kp...

Your feedback welcome!

Mari