Book Trailer
The book I chose to do both of my trailers on was The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. I loved this series as a child and knew that creating a book trailer for it would be dramatic, dark, and gave me a lot of possibilities. The first book trailer I did was through Animoto. I really enjoyed using Animoto because it was intuitive and easy to use. I was worried at the beginning because I have never created a book trailer. I have not even really messed around with iMovie. The task was daunting. However, once I used Animoto and saw that they had templates and different songs to choose from, I had a lot of fun. I would definitely use Animoto again and would like to experiment with more video making sites.
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In Animoto, I chose a background that had a vintage feel and that contained various traveling symbols. Since Violet, Klaus, and Sunny travel to multiple places throughout the series and encounter different events, I thought having this kind of background fit really well. I went with a song called “Dracula” because it had a dramatic feel because of the violin. I looked through a lot of pages to find other music, but felt that this song fit best. I chose pictures that would accurately tell the story without giving too much detail. Overall, it was a fun experience.
The second book trailer I did was on iMovie. iMovie was more difficult than I expected and was not very intuitive. I did a lot of Google searches to find out how to execute certain tasks. iMovie became easier the more I used it, but I did not like how limited I was in the process. Since I chose a specific theme, I could not edit font sizes or colors, which made my text a little hard to read. Finding audio for the video was relatively simple, and I was able to find one that matched my book. I felt that to use iMovie, you need a little bit of a video and editing background. When first starting, it can seem overwhelming and arduous. One part of iMovie that I liked was the automatic saving and how easy it was to share with YouTube or save in a file. In the end, I was able to complete the book trailer without too much trouble, but I would still prefer to use Animoto.
