Lead: 39 Amaze: 10 Direct: 22 The book deals with a tough subject, the death of a adult as it pertains to a young child. Like the subject the trailer is gentle and caring. Like the other Strauss House Productions trailer, the images are from the book. Each picture is shown with a Ken Burns […]
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Lead: 10 Excite: 27 Amaze: 27 Direct: 29 This is a richly illustrated children’s book about two boys and their experiences in the First World War. The trailer shows a series of watercoloured paintings from the book always sweeping using a Ken Burns effect to give motion. Strong narrator with background music of a treble
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Lead: 5 Excite: 51 Amaze: 10 Direct: 17 This trailer grabs you from the first sentence. Love the opener! Uses plot line building to the challenge then finish with the directive showing both books in the series and the website. Lead Analysis Lead “All us warm maggots have heard the old stories.” Referring to us
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An Introduction To My Thesis on Rollin White, Smith & Wesson and the American Firearms Industry from Michael Helms on Vimeo. Lead: 5 Excite: 145 Amaze: 20 Direct: 10 This trailer was created to summarize a university thesis for the Society for the History of Technology Three Minute Dissertation Video Contest. The structure is classic
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Lead: 9 Excite: 33 Amaze: 8 Direct: 10 Great premise, an Oliver Twist with time travel. The trailer grabs you with an interesting visual and the lead. My first Fav from the 2015 CANSCAIP trailers. The trailer opens with a video of an older pocket watch interior. If you listen closely there is ticking in
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Excite: 35 Amaze: 9 Direct: 17 One of my favorite examples of a children’s book trailer using misdirection as the approach. No wonder this trailer has been viewed over 78,000 times. This child’s book trailer leads you to believe it is an adult story then presents the preposterous plot. All of the video footage is
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Living Underground – a novel by Ruth E. Walker from Empty Cup Media on Vimeo. Lead: 48 Excite: 19 Amaze: 17 Direct: 10 This literary trailer informs about the time to set a basis for understanding the plot. Strong use of historical footage. Music overlays the narrative. While the trailer has a literary feel, it
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Lead: 10 Excite: 33 Amaze: 6 Direct: 5 This was the trailer that got me interested in analyzing book trailers. A very well done fast-paced cinematic approach that uses all stock video and images. One of the fascinating elements is the spoken narration often does not match the words on the screen. The trailer is
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Lead: 15 Excite: 49 Amaze: 14 Direct: 28 To This Day – For the Bullied and the Beautiful by Shane Koyczan Powerful trailer based on a slam poem by Shane Koyczan who performed at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The original version of the poem is also on YouTube and has
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Explicit language Lead: 12 Excite: 87 Amaze: 35 Direct: 16 This is one of the most effective trailers I have seen, or should I say heard? The trailer is a radio drama to introduce the main character Miriam Black. The visuals are a playing of the dialog in words on the screen in an interesting
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