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MAKE A BASIC BOOK TRAILER With
Windows Live Movie Maker
Dixiane Hallaj will walk with you through the basics of using Windows Live Movie Maker to make a book trailer. Your book’s not ready for a trailer yet? No problem—follow along and make a short video of your latest vacation, or invite your friends to an event, or any other subject. When your book is ready, you’ll have the knowledge.
This six-lesson course will share works in progress and we will all benefit from our various points of view as we make suggestions and voice our opinions.
Topics:
- Why should I make a book trailer?
- Basic guidelines
- Goals of your video
- Length, speed, balance
- Sources of material
- Commercial
- Public Domain
- Copyright Issues and cautions
- Using the features of Movie Maker
- Animation
- Effects
- Adding sound
- Timing
- Taking your trailer public
- Publish to YouTube
- Embed on your website
- Add to Amazon Author Central and Goodreads
Dixiane Hallaj is a Pennwriter from Area 7 and the author of
Born a Refugee, Refugee without Refuge, and It’s Just Lola
Samples of her book trailers can be seen on http://www.itsjustlola.com
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