Thursday, October 17, 2019

Make Your Own Video Book Trailer with Rebecca Grabill, Plus Upcoming SCBWI Learning Opportunities


Rebecca Grabill created her own book trailer for her picture book, Halloween Good Night (which got a starred review from Publishers Weekly!) and she shared a step-by-step guide so other authors can give it a try themselves. A typical book trailer often consists of a slow pan of a book cover, followed by an image or two from the book. But Rebecca's videos go a little beyond this format by using iMovie and photo editing software. Rebecca says she's not a video expert by any means, but here's a brain-dump of everything she knows about creating a video trailer yourself (for free!). Watch the video below and find Rebecca's step by step guide on her website here:
https://www.rebeccagrabill.com/blog/make-your-own-video-book-trailer-for-a-childrens-picture-book




If you're looking for more examples of book trailers and other step by step guides, see these previous posts:

From Supriya Kelkar: https://scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-making-of-book-trailer-ahimsa-by.html

From Deb Gonzales: https://scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2019/02/painless-self-promotion-book-trailer.html

Deb has also been teaching Book Trailer Basics at some of our SCBWI-MI Shop Talks. If you're looking for an in-person tutorial, come to the Lansing Area Shop Talk on Oct. 27th.
1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Biochemistry Building at MSU
603 Wilson Rd. Room 208, East Lansing, MI 48824
Parking is free on weekends. Lot 46 is a lovely place to park.
Here's the interactive map https://maps.msu.edu/interactive/
Doors will open at 12:30. Email Ann Finkelstein with questions.

Thanks to our generous and hard-working SCBWI members, we have more learning opportunities ahead:



This Sunday, Oct. 20th: 

KAST a Spell: Create Spell-Binding MG and YA Literature. 

Learn more here: https://scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/kast-spell-what-makes-spell-binding.html



Monday, Oct. 21st and 28th: 

The SCBWI webinar series continues with Be the Perfect Panelist and Social Media for Authors and Illustrators. 

Learn more here:
https://michigan.scbwi.org/2019/05/17/the-buzz-about-the-biz-preparing-yourself-for-success-webinar-series/









Save the dates for 2020:





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