Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Now, I didn't like Cinder as a book, as much as I loved the world and most of the characters. I like the book trailer for the most part. I can't help but think that it would have done so much better with just the visuals and maybe some epic music rather than explaining the whole plot in a voice-over. It would still make me want to go look up the book and read it, but the voice-over adds a bit of a cheesy affect to it all.
The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe
Normally I'm not a fan of book trailers that heavily feature text; this one manages to incorporate it really well, and I liked it. It made me curious enough to look up he book (though I still have little interest in reading it at the moment). I wish there had been more dynamic images near the end, though.
Harbringer by Sara Wilson Etienne
Not gonna lie - I LOVE this trailer. It's a lot longer than most trailers, but it's nearly flawless; the music, the voice-over, the images, the opening scene, it's all done right.
The ONLY thing I wish they had done was leave out the bit about Cal - it seemed off compared to the rest of the trailer and it was a jarring jump from dynamic action to romantic moment to dynamic action. It would have been just as epic, maybe more so, without that moment. Even the voice-over at that part seems out of context.
Which one do you like best? What would you change?
I'm with you on HARBRINGER. The opening scene is amazing, and I could have lived w/o the romantic part too.
ReplyDeleteYou're also right about the text in THE WAY WE FALL. Well done. And I liked how consise it was too.
I actually liked the trailer for Harbinger the best-- it kind of looks like it's going to be a modern-setting "Great And Terrible Beauty", and both the opening and ending scene were freaking perfect.
ReplyDeleteCinder seems to be one of those books that's very divisive, and I feel that it really doesn't help that they had such a terrible voice over in the book trailer. I mean, it looks cool, but the sound is just off-- it would have been better, I think, with some light, chiming, kind of mechanical background music and text ala The Way We Fall.