I promised some book trailers operating on more modest budgets, but which, I believe, still work to stir curiosity and interest in the book. This trailer uses One True Media, only a few images, and one “video” of the tornado and lightning which is done with digital animation. No use of actors or filming, which helps the pocket considerably.<\/p>\n
The trailer has a few problems. The words go by too fast for me to read. I had to play it twice and pause on the words to catch the second sentence. The pictures are a bit dark and hard to make out. The soundtrack, on the other hand, is kickass, deep and powerful and driving. I liked the single word punches at the end. POWER. IS. BACK.<\/p>\n
Cool.<\/p>\n
Also, the trailer avoids the deadly mistake of dragging on too long or trying to say too much. With book trailers, less is usually more.<\/p>\n
Overall, this worked for me. I enjoyed watching it, listening too it, and was willing to play it two or three times to make sure I caught the name of the author and the book and the publisher. So check out Brian Rathbone.<\/a><\/p>\n An observation. It’s considered less classy to have a trailer with the media production company right up front, but I have to say that personally, I appreciate knowing how the video was made. Video production is an art as well, and I like artists to get credit for their work. I always like to know, who did the cover art, the book design, the book trailer? It if was a production company like One True Media, I like to know that too… maybe I would like to use their services, so why should I object to them advertising themselves? I don’t!<\/p>\n