| Author | Message | ||
     Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.249.146 |
Those zany guys over at Humdrumming Books have put together the following book trailer for my debut novel: http://www.humdrumming.co.uk/blog/announcement/rain-dogs-video-trailer-now-playi ng/ I love it: 1970s tower blocks, faded victim photos, ominous voiceover and the constant sound of rain... :-) | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.100 |
Impressive. | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.92.216.182 |
Nice. Who cut the trailer? Looking forward to reading this Zed. Alright today is the first day of a two day Copenhagen Comic Book Festival. I'm going to blow way too much money there today...And Paul Auster signs in Copenhagen and is doing two events next week. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.145.131.242 |
Pity about the voice, though. He sounded like he was taking the piss. | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
Creepy. I may have to dismantle that rainy alleyway in my flat. | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.100 |
In the library on a Saturday, Albie? | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
 Why not? I always am. | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
Better than sitting at home looking at that boot. | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.100 |
You're an interesting chap, Rob. | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
You have to be with boots like that. | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.100 |
Do much hiking? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.249.146 |
Pity about the voice, though. Yeah, Ian went overboard with the reverb, methinks - he was going for one of those movie voices, slightly tongue-in-cheek. Still, I've grown to love the slight cheesiness of it. | ||
| Lincoln_brown (Lincoln_brown) Username: Lincoln_brown Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 121.220.31.146 |
Have pre-ordered 'Rain Dogs', from Camelot Books - looking forward to reading it. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.249.146 |
Cheers, Lincoln - I'm pleased you manage to track down someone to get you a copy! | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.22.226.245 |
Is it becoming a trend, this book trailer thing? This is the first example I've seen. | ||
| Lincoln_brown (Lincoln_brown) Username: Lincoln_brown Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 121.220.31.146 |
It also took a long time to get 'Rough Cut', but I managed to track down a copy! It was excellent,btw. It's a shame British small press won't ship to Australia. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.249.146 |
Hubert - it seems that book trailers are the latest thing in indy publishing. Just another method of trying to get the word out... Lincoln - thanks, mate. Glad you enjoyed it. I'm surprised Brit small presses won't ship to Aus; I'm almost certain Humdrumming would, mind you. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.24.122.40 |
I'm happy to. | ||
| John_l_probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.155 |
The voiceover sounds like the one from the original theatrical trailer for The Evil Dead, so bravo! The music and imagery feel modern and the voiceover old-fashioned, which I also think works nicely (although seeing as I practically live in the 19th century but without the same diseases, thank heavens, I wouldn't know modern if it was tap dancing on a table and singing 'I'm SO modern, oh yes I am') | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
Aw, I can't see it on dial-up . . . Unless I stay online twenty years to download it. I'll be sure to have a look when I'm on broadband PC next. Mind if I make a susggestion? I'm assuming it's not been posted on YouTube. Ignore me if I'm wrong, please. But how about hosting it on there too? Can't harm. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.249.146 |
Good isea, mark - I'll see what can be done. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.249.146 |
idea, even... | ||
| Griff (Griff) Username: Griff Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.100 |
You on the pop again, Zed? | ||
| Lincoln_brown (Lincoln_brown) Username: Lincoln_brown Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 121.220.31.146 |
'I'm happy to.' Your (GFP) service has been first rate, Gary - sorry to lump you in with the others. To be fair, it's only two publishers I've had trouble with, but they both have a lot of books I'm interested in. | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 85.82.192.98 |
While I think that the book trailer for Rain Dogs is effective and imaginative, I think book trailers are mostly terrible. Book trailers often end up looking like corporate power point presentations You know you can put a decent book trailer together with a hd camera, final cut pro, Protools, flash and photoshop. You could also just have some bloke standing on a hill and waving for thirty seconds and shoot it with an early nineties hi-8 camera and hand draw a title and release date and you could still get 20,000 hits on youtube. Quite surprised that people aren't using new media more to spread the word on books actually. |