Filming the Book Trailer

This is part of the Bittersweet Book Launch case study, where Dan Blank and Miranda Beverly-Whittemore share the yearlong process of launching her novel. You can view all posts here.


by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

This weekend my  family played around with a bunch of book trailer ideas we’ve been scheming up. On Saturday, we had a couple of  friends visiting who were perfect for the parts and game to play around with us, so we got out the camera and some carcasses-

 

yes, you read that right, carcasses- and shot some footage!

The crew:

 

The actors:

 

Setting up a shot:

 

In between shots:

 

The director getting a closer look:

 

Take three:

 

Playback:

 

And that’s a wrap!