The Maiden Seer by Tracy Ann Miller - Book Trailer, enhanced

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After I made the book trailer for The Maiden Seer, I went on to make one for Loveweaver, which I felt was more well developed.  Since I had a few weeks left on my paid month of Animoto, I decided to create another book trailer for The Maiden Seer.

Using the same format of still slides, I added addition images to further tell the basics of the story. The main thing I wanted to ramp up was the music. After a good deal of searching through websites that ask hundreds of dollars to license a song, I found Melodyloops. $12?! There I also found the perfect score by Jon Wright for my book trailer.

I fully own the fact that the music is dramatic, but the build was what I was after. And because the beats are per second, it made it easier to sync the music to my slides.

I begin and end with my book cover, keep to one font (except for my book title), and don't make you read too much. It's a minute and a half, which is on the long side, but that was to utilize the score.

See for yourself:

  

The Protector Book Trailer

I make no comments or opinions about the book since I have not read it. What I write is about the trailer only.

At first viewing, the book trailer for The Protector by Jodi Ellen Malpas is exciting and dynamic. Thematically, it is unified in its color palette, imagery, score and the world it creates. The font is great and the captions are to the point.  It seems well edited and is fun to watch.

But on second viewing I realized how generic this book trailer is, almost as if it was chosen from a batch of pre-made videos, and this one worked best for the The Protector. It would fit well with any of a hundred books.

We needed to see something very specific about the hero and heroine, an emotional connection; just one scene with the couple in the same frame would have done it. (Other than a sex scene.)The clip with hands gave me a glimpse of what I was missing.

Clocking in at almost 4 minutes, it is way too long.

As it is, this trailer is all smoke and mirrors.