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Ordinarily I'm not always the biggest fan of celebrities-cum-children-book-writers, but this one is pitch perfect. I'd buy it, oh yeah.
The trailer is a thing of wonder.
I made my first book trailer! I just decided to figure it out, and my friend Gaylon's book is coming out in a few weeks. I was a critique buddy on this novel, and I'm so thrilled for him!
His web site is still in progress (I'm helping him with that next week.)
Oh, if only I could afford a book trailer like this.
(Okay, if only I had a book coming out to make a trailer!)
The book is Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles. I hope it's as hot as the trailer! I put it on my Christmas list. It comes out Dec. 23, so HEY SANTA! LOOK!
The fabulous M2 Productions has created another Class of 2K8 video that is just about perfect.
My So Called Family by Courtney Sheinmel is a story about a girl whose father was a sperm donor. This trailer employs well paced imagery, the excellent text we expect from M2, and exactly the right length (so many book trailers are just...too...long.)
I have a small quibble with the font, as some of the words I couldn't read, but I got the gist. Courtney's book has just been released -- make sure you pick up a copy for the tween in your life, or in you!
Oh, how I love book trailers. This one, for The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas, has the most improbable sound track for a young adult book, like ever. But somehow, it works. Another genius of timing between music and images by m2 Productions, this trailer does exactly the right thing -- gives us what the book is about without confusing us with random pictures and muddy storylines. Hopefully it will hail to success for Freitas' book, which was released last month.
Of course, if I had to choose between sainthood and my first kiss...well, pucker up.
Book trailers aren't as easy as they might seem. An author or uber fan of a book who is seeped in the story isn't always the best person to translate the humor, passion, or intensity of a book into its two-minute visual summary for someone wholly unfamiliar with the plot.
Madison Meyer, the teen video master behind m2 productions, who produced all the of Class of 2K8's book trailers, has a natural talent for the video plot summary. She understands the critical element of music, timing, and placement of well-worded text to create intensity. Her strength is definitely horror and fantasy stories, like this trailer for the 2003 book (now a series) Blue is for Nightmares by Laurie Faria Stolarz . I'm almost too scared to read the book. Now THAT'S a powerful promotional tool and an excellent example for those trying to put together a book trailer that captures the drama of the novel.
A lot of book trailers make the mistake of showing too many images without text. The creator knows the story well and picks art to match, but the viewer knows nothing, and just sits through seemingly unconnected screen shots. I just watched a half dozen of those.
This book trailer for the young adult novel Soul Enchilada by David Macinnis Gill (Greenwillow Books 2009) does none of that. It's quick, fun, and if it can deliver on the killer lines and the extraordinary voice, this is going to be one popular novel indeed.
The title is a clever turn of phrase, playing on the premise where a girl has to keep the devil from repossessing a Cadillac her grandfather sold his soul for. The fresh twist on "hell" and "devil" phrases in the trailer make it funny, upbeat, and promises an excellent read.
This sort of book trailer is something to forward to friends all by itself, but it also makes you want to read the book. It's exactly the right promotional tool.
This novel has two trailers. While I liked this one better, the other one has my personal favorite line: "If possession is 9/10 of the law, meet the other tenth."
Awesome.
I admit to having a book trailer addiction.
And to keep track of my favorites, I'm going to start posting them in my LiveJournal, so on that magical day that I get to make one for a book of my own, I have my own collection to review.
Here's a great home-made one, that makes up for low production value in being very funny and a great sell for the book, "Yes, You're Pregnant, but What about Me?"
