gneri ([info]gneri) wrote,
@ 2008-03-06 10:05:00
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Chess Rumble trailer !!
I used to work in the movie trailer biz, doing post production for many studios previews (The Abyss, Say Anything, Dances with Wolves). I've been dying to do a trailer for my first book and I finally convinced my old film school pal Debrah LeMattre to cut it. She nailed exactly what I wanted, something a little more evocative than a book trailer that follows the movie trailer formula. Hopefully, you'll dig the results:



If you like this, I'd highly recommend Debrah to any publisher who wants to do a book trailer (hopefully yours!). Check out her site! The original music is by Chris Hundley and Adrian Boeckeler.


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[info]juliebowe
2008-03-06 03:54 pm UTC (link)
I think it's perfect! Congratulations~
Julie

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[info]eluper
2008-03-06 04:01 pm UTC (link)
That book trailer is HOT! H...O...T... hot!

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Very cool
(Anonymous)
2008-03-06 04:09 pm UTC (link)
Nice work....congrats. Elizabeth Leib

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[info]jbknowles
2008-03-06 04:44 pm UTC (link)
Wow!!! This is really great. Congratulations!!!

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My Bro's Book
(Anonymous)
2008-03-07 03:43 am UTC (link)
When is the movie coming out

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[info]crissachappell
2008-03-07 02:29 pm UTC (link)
love it!!!!

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[info]sarazarr
2008-03-07 03:35 pm UTC (link)
So good. (I love the father's face, by the way. See just how easy it is for me to develop inappropriate crushes on older men?)

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[info]gneri
2008-03-07 04:23 pm UTC (link)
He's available since he ditched his family in the book... :)

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[info]sarazarr
2008-03-07 04:26 pm UTC (link)
Oh, never mind then. "Unavailable" is one of my primary criteria.

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Beautiful!
(Anonymous)
2008-03-07 11:59 pm UTC (link)
G,
This is fantastic -- full of emotion and intensity and a sense of victory. Excellent job!
Sundee

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[info]macmccool
2008-03-09 06:14 pm UTC (link)
Very nice, and the music works great with the images. Does a great job introducing the story and crisis. Hey, I didn't know you cut trailers in your Hollywood days! I teach a class at Calstate Fullerton where one of the main projects is a trailer as an entry for the Key Art Awards student competition (and my students have ROCKED! 12 noms and 4 of the top 3 awards in 6 years!!!). I've been talking to my colleagues about doing book trailers, so who knows what's next (they're excellent storytelling exercises for sure).

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[info]gneri
2008-03-10 02:06 pm UTC (link)
Sounds like a cool class. My thing about book trailers and the reason why 90% of them are badly done is that they are just mimicking movie trailers (and poorly at that) when they should be trying to invent a unique language for what a book trailer should be. So this trailer was a move in that direction...

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Great video!
(Anonymous)
2008-03-26 09:25 pm UTC (link)
Greg,
Your friend did such a great job! It will make children want to read the book! I could not view it from work email, so I finally remembered to forward it to home and watched it that way.
Bart Birdsall

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