Links for Book Trailer Talk

Sample Book Trailers:

- Teaser for a novel:

https://youtu.be/TsLEGobQTps

 

- Non-fiction: Dolly Parton book

https://youtu.be/swIvBXcbvO8

 

Cautionary Tale on Hiring a Book Trailer Contractor

https://charlottedune.substack.com/p/i-paid-three-fiverr-artists-to-make

 

Some DIY Content Sites

- search.creativecommons.org

- Pixabay.com

- Pexels.com

- Freesound.org

- Freemusicarchive.org

 

DIY Lighting tips:

https://www.wikihow.com/Use-Three-Point-Lighting

 

webcam/mic I’ve been happy with $120.

https://www.logitech.com/en-us/shop/p/c922-pro-stream-webcam.960-001087

 

Video Editing Programs:

 

Windows: Microsoft Movie Maker: old but still good, part of Windows Essentials 2012

https://archive.org/details/wlsetup-all_201704

Online manual:

https://www.scribd.com/document/491205621/Windows-Movie-Maker-2012-Notes

 

Canva.com

 

Capcut.com

 

https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/plans.html

 

Other useful free tools:

Image editor: irfanview.com

Audio editor: https://www.audacityteam.org/

Download Youtube videos: clipgrab

 

My trailers for my author talks:

https://randyrossmedia.com/shows-1/

https://randyrossmedia.com/new-show/