Jul 5, 2016 – 271,385 views (Aug 29, 2021) I realized I had not posted a new book trailer so I set out to find a good one. This trailer starts with a catchy title, a novel premise and a well acted cinematic trailer. Salem, Massachusetts, is the site of the infamous Witch Trials and […]
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Blood’s A Rover by James Ellroy I love a good thriller trailer. This one is well done. As the trailer was created for a contest, it lacks a directive at the end. The Book Video Awards is a joint initiative run by Random House and The Bookseller Magazine. Now in its third year, the objective
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Lead: 6 Excite: 14 Amaze: 10 Direct: 5 Strong cinematic trailer for the prequel to the Maze Runner series. Short and punchy. Uses sound effects rather than music. Final scene is provocative then the website directive stressing prequel to the series. Lead Analysis Lead “Before Thomas entered the maze… Sun flares seared the earth.” Excite
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Lead: 7 Excite: 69 Amaze: 10 Direct: 11 The joke is that most people go to YouTube to see puppy and kitten videos. Now we have a trailer with cute white bunnies. The images are all bunny shots in various positions while yawning and such. Quite cute. The narrative weaves from general discussion on babies
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Lead: 18 Excite: 46 Amaze: 13 Direct: 11 Book 6 in the Iron Fey series. Interesting use of special effects over stock video footage to create the look of a custom video shoot. This trailer builds on the series but introduces enough to entice the viewer to explore the series if they are not familiar
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Crearted Mar 15, 2010 – May 2021 – 702,691 views Lead: 45 Excite: 73 Amaze: 6 Direct: 14 notes Lead Analysis Lead Cliché soldier recruit pep talk building up to the line “Are you ready?” Excite [interest] Then the reveal that the students are girls with absolutely no fighting prowess. Build as the girls progress
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Lead: 30 Excite: 80 Amaze: 5 Direct: 18 Strong cinematic trailer for an “out of the box” book. The co-author Marcus McSorley is the protagonist’s son and a professional actor. His screen experience shows in the trailer. Marcus is confident and interesting. Although a non-fiction biography, the book is pitched like a novel. The
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Lead: 7 Excite: 47 Amaze: 5 Direct: 6 This is a cinematic trailer for a dystopian novel. It leads with a Shakespeare quote, then takes the viewer through a cloud metaphorically entering a world to see a chained, handcuffed and caged young man. The narrator is the protagonist, who explains the setup of the
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Explicit language Created Sep 26, 2014 – May 2021 2,353,591 views Relabeled later as “Bad Manners – The Official Cookbook” Lead: 18 Excite: 75 Amaze: 13 Direct: 7 This is a cookbook trailer like none I have ever seen. It is a cinematic humorous video using misdirection. It starts like a typical US pharmacy ad,
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A serial trailer is done in parts released on a schedule like old Flash Gordon films. One of the best serial trailers is The 5th Wave. The installments were released from Mar 28 through May 8, 2013. A serial trailer gets it name from the old Flash Gordon Serial Films.” The trailer is done in
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