Meany by Peazy Monellon - Book Trailer

Comment by Peazy Monellon on January 20, 2012 at 6:54pm

I would really appreciate any and all feedback on my trailer...

Comment by Peazy Monellon on January 21, 2012 at 9:09am

Also, here's the link to this book on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_14?url=search-alias%3Daps&...

Comment by Victoria Fraasa on January 23, 2012 at 1:24pm

Hi - thanks for sharing. I was very captivated by the opening of the video, but it ended abruptly. The script was very good, which is usually my first complaint about many book videos. People want to write a novel in a promo and that style does not work. Viewers do not "read" videos, they WATCH videos. You had a lot of strong visuals and the use of the still photos was good.

But, I am a little unclear about what the cover looks like. i know it was at the beginning because I watched it again, but I needed to see that it was a book some where else, preferably at the end to understand that you are promoting a book. Most viewers will not watch again to figure that out and you may lose the opportunity to show the viewer at another time.

Also, because the video ended very abruptly it was not "buttoned up" and left me hanging in confusion, not in suspense as I think you wanted it to be.

I hope you don't mind my comments as I think over all your video is very good, but does need some tweaking in just a couple of areas - showing the book as a book and a stronger ending. It could be as simple as a crash sound effect at the end.

The last thing that I also want to address is the singing. It is extremely powerful, but you must make sure you have the copyright to use it. If you created that piece yourself and wrote the music or secured the rights to use it, no problem. But BMI is really cracking down on copyright infringement. My daughter was given ONE illegally downloaded song on a thumbdrive last year from a friend. She put it on her computer and last week we got an email that this song was on one of our computers (they didn't know specifically which computer - but they knew the song) and if we did not remove it they would shut off our internet.

Comment by Peazy Monellon on January 23, 2012 at 2:12pm

Thank you, Victoria. That's helpful. I have a thought or two about how this should end and I agree it's too abrupt. I appreciate your taking the time to view this and offer helpful suggestions.

Comment by Peazy Monellon on January 23, 2012 at 2:42pm

Also, if I could ask one quick question?  I created this video on onetruemedia, through a paid membership I have with them.  That's where the music came from.  I assumed that if they put it on the site and allowed me to incorporate it into my video then I was allowed to use it.  Do you think that's correct, or would this be a copyright infringement?

Again, thank you for your suggestions.  Good feedback is hard to come by and truly a gift!

Comment by Victoria Fraasa on January 23, 2012 at 2:52pm

I just quickly skimmed their terms of agreement and am unsure.  The best way is to go back to them and make sure they own the copyright on the music (or any imagines) and to show you were that agreement is or "lives" on their site.  They do have a copyright section in their agreement, so it would appear that they understand the importance of copyright infringement, but only they could assure you that it is cleared.  It can very well be cleared, which I think it is.  Since I didn't know you used their services when I originally viewed the video it was a "red" flag for me as many authors pull stuff off the internet thinking they can use it for free.  I don't think this is the case with onetruemedia, but I would check it out.

Comment by Peazy Monellon on January 23, 2012 at 2:59pm

Thanks so much, Victoria.  I will do some homework!

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