BOOK TRAILER EDITING SERVICE

Please be aware: the videos on this page contain fast cuts and glitch effects

Book trailers are a great way to make your book stand out on socials, but it can be hard to know where or how to start pulling one together.

In my day life, I’m a video editor with 15+ years of experience—most of which was spent in the advertising sector—so I’m well versed in creating video for promotional purposes.

My video packages range between £300-£500 for authors, £450-£800 for publishers, and include:

  • edit

  • colour grade

  • sound design

  • graphics

  • 1 library music track (licensed)

  • unlimited stock footage (from a subscription library)

  • 16x9, 1x1, 4x5, and 9x16 versions of your finished trailer

TOP TIPS FOR CREATING A GOOD BOOK TRAILER

If you choose to get a trailer from me, we’ll have a proper chat about what you’re after/what’s possible, but the process works best when you have a vague idea of what you’d like your trailer to look and sound like—so if you come across examples you like, save them for reference! But in my experience, keeping the following in mind will help you achieve the best result:

KEEP IT SHORT

When you’re paying for a video, it’s tempting to try and maximise the bang you get for your buck with a 1-2 minute video, but in my experience, you really want to keep book trailers snappy as viewers’ attention spans are short and you want them to get to the end/see the call to action/rewatch/share. 15-30 seconds is the sweet spot, in my experience. My own book trailer is 15 seconds long for this reason.

VIBES > PLOT

In a perfect world, book trailers would be like movie trailers and perfectly showcase your characters/plot. In reality, when you’re limited to stock footage, that’s almost impossible to achieve. So think of your book trailer as a live action aesthetic for your book. Themes and vibes will translate far better than trying to recreate your novel.

IT’S A VIDEO, NOT A NOVEL

Nothing turns viewers off faster than walls of text. Text does work well in book trailers, but you’ll want to keep it as concise as possible—so more log line than query.

 
 

READY TO MAKE THE LEAP TO VIDEO?

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