It has been suggested that I might like to have a trailer (like a film/TV trailer) made for Tempest, Storm, Hurricane (or all three). Well that’s appealing and goes straight to my vanity funny bone. Because it would be great to have a hard-hitting, hooky/eye-catching, explosive (lit and fig), quick cuts away, dark, mysterious, brooding, threatening, perilous, shady, bullet-infested trailer for Tempest, Storm, Hurricane (or all three).
So I looked on the website of the company who was recommended to me and there are a few examples of their work, videos of different length. I watched one.
Yep, it was exactly the kind of eye-catching, explosive (lit and fig), quick cuts away (etc, etc) trailer that had instantly popped into my mind. I watched another.
It too was exactly the kind of eye-catching, explosive (lit and fig), quick cuts away (etc, etc) trailer that had instantly popped into my mind.
The first one… there was a bit of shade over a stand-out piece of text. And there was a misplaced apostrophe on another piece of stand-out text. So, hummm.
The second one… I couldn’t see any issues with that. Except for the length. 1m 17s is an odd length – and slightly long? Or is that just me?
If I went down this road (and that’s a big, big if!) trailer length would have to be thought out carefully. Mainstream broadcast media commercials are usually 30 seconds, but MSM book/film trailers can be minutes long.
I think the trailer length would limit the subject to just one book. Tempest (as the first in the series) would be the obvious choice. There’s a lot of material in Tempest which could sampled. And then what, when it’s done?
Stick it on my (little used) channel on YouTube? And TikTok? And Insta? And FB? And then boost the trailer through paid inserts/adverts?
Hmm.
Anyway, the jury is out on this idea. I mean, I really love the idea, but I’m not sure it’s for me.