tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post8003651254641272152..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Trailer Trash - Elen CaldecottUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-78404256501799762892009-12-15T14:15:51.910+00:002009-12-15T14:15:51.910+00:00Good post Elen, and couldn't agree more that t...Good post Elen, and couldn't agree more that the power of the viral video cannot be underestimated. But I don't think this should be seen as something to feel guilty about;people like Charlie Higson (wa-a-ay too long, that video, by the way) get production teams; the rest of us don't, and it's OK just to sit in front of the camera and talk, like John Green does (eg http://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers#p/search/3/rMweXVWB918 ) as long as you can be entertaining. Not something that comes naturally to all of us of course, but let's face it, we get plenty of practice if we do school visits. If anything is going to hone your public speaking skills, that will! (my own video, if you haven't seen it, can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RklBCiKnxcQ ).fionadunbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774780945853573692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-39506962560531198372009-12-14T22:11:33.311+00:002009-12-14T22:11:33.311+00:00Dianne - it wasn't the mispelled name that alm...Dianne - it wasn't the mispelled name that almost made my wine come out of my nose!! It was the idea that I know anything like enough about the subject to run a day on it! <br />If (and maybe when) I do do it, I will be going to the film makers I've met very much as a noobie with my knowledge-cap in hand!Elen Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445201005486291612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-90692190030343407742009-12-14T20:46:14.199+00:002009-12-14T20:46:14.199+00:00oops! sorry about the spelling mistake with your n...oops! sorry about the spelling mistake with your name Elen!Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-3876464266839416722009-12-14T20:44:01.689+00:002009-12-14T20:44:01.689+00:00Ellen together with Sarah Molloy you've starte...Ellen together with Sarah Molloy you've started a whole fresh swathe of things for me to feel guilty about. How many book trailers have I done? A big round 0! Yet in my heart I'm a frustrated film-maker. I love going to 'shorts' screenings and animation film festivals and did an animation course once but it's all 'one day' stuff. Now you've reminded me again what fun it would be. Why don't you run an SAS Book Trailer day/days where we all get to play a bit?Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-72703786954876206032009-12-14T12:04:40.373+00:002009-12-14T12:04:40.373+00:00Hi Michelle,
I had been thinking of using the Noug...Hi Michelle,<br />I had been thinking of using the Noughts and Crosses trailer, but I couldn't find it anywhere! What I did find was fan-made films of the book using free animation software, which I thought was very interesting!<br />I hadn't really thought of trailers as a reward from publishers. I am just quite into the idea of doing something creative, with a GROUP of people, rather than by myself, which is the norm. I just met lots of interesting short filmmakers and got fired up with enthusiasm. Plenty of them make films on an absolute shoestring! It maybe even makes them more inventive.Elen Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445201005486291612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-24823831520149220812009-12-14T11:57:27.210+00:002009-12-14T11:57:27.210+00:00Brilliant post, Elen. It's particularly good t...Brilliant post, Elen. It's particularly good timing after Sarah's yesterday. The whole trailer phenomenon seems to be another stinging curve in the vicious circle - the wildly expensive trailers begin to look like rewards for the writers who are already wildly successful. You and I both saw Malorie Blackman's and Charlie Higson's trailers at the Bath Festival. The effect, to me, was that the amazing trailers somehow gold-plated the already glittering reputations of the writers. The children watched, open-mouthed. As did the adults, though possibly for different reasons. And it was interesting that the trailers were usually shown before the writers began to speak. <br /><br />Trailer-envy seems destined to become a heavy corner of the author's low self-esteem baggage. What to do? You're brave to tackle it head-on, Elen and Anne and Fiona, instead of whimpering in a corner. All the luck in the world! Hope you go viral! Hope Swine Flu is less contagious than your trailers! Keep us posted.michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-71260063518661585782009-12-14T11:06:34.718+00:002009-12-14T11:06:34.718+00:00We can't pull up any of the book trailers at o...We can't pull up any of the book trailers at our school because they are blocked, which is disappointing!Ms. Yinglinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-22894832276302051712009-12-14T10:18:00.159+00:002009-12-14T10:18:00.159+00:00Thanks, Charlie!
And that's a good point, Ann...Thanks, Charlie!<br /><br />And that's a good point, Anne, I hadn't thought of that.Elen Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445201005486291612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-26356617971480431672009-12-14T08:30:40.820+00:002009-12-14T08:30:40.820+00:00I think there's another reason for making a fi...I think there's another reason for making a film for utube. It's not just about promoting the book but promoting the writer. I get emails from teens who read my books and I always send them the link to my utube film of THE DEAD BOOK. It's a kind of 'extra' like in the DVD package you buy of a show your like. If I love something, like THE WIRE say, then i love to see the people who made it talking about it. It's just more of your window dressing.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06677754304058294713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-75562105926206942812009-12-14T08:12:47.716+00:002009-12-14T08:12:47.716+00:00Love the post title, by the way.Love the post title, by the way.Cathy Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838615971611193743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-90928388938705989512009-12-14T08:12:07.390+00:002009-12-14T08:12:07.390+00:00"You mean... I'm not really Victorian?&qu..."You mean... I'm not really Victorian?" *facepalm*<br /><br />Sorry, that bit of dialogue just cracked me up!Cathy Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838615971611193743noreply@blogger.com