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Heavy Silver Book Trailer (Help Wanted!)
🕑 Added 2024-02-26 17:01:48 +0000 UTCDear Patrons,
I've gotten word back from my editor that they're working on the final pass. I already paid a few thousand for a developmental edit and now we're doing a final copyedit (prose, grammar, polish). This is draft 14 (yes FOURTEEN drafts) over the course of five years!
As part of the launch, I'd like to create a book trailer - just like a movie trailer but for a book!
And here's the next part - I'd like your help! I'd like to build a small team from my Patrons and we'll need a few things. This includes a video editor, a whiz with text-to-image and text-to-video (anyone have access to SORA???), or maybe even someone good with 3D engines like Unity or Unreal. We'll also need some voice talent to do a few short clips of character dialog. Also, if anyone has experience with storyboarding this kind of thing (I've never produced a trailer before) that would be good.
If you want to see a similar project, here's Peter Hollens' Patreon Chorus: https://youtu.be/7k8PFMQQIxI?si=WqukaOHp23nn9wXT
So I know this kind of thing can be done!
It might be that the most important thing I need is just help understanding how to do this, as I would not ask for dozens and dozens of hours of free help from my supporters, that's just icky. But, what I will do is make sure if you participate you get full credit in the trailer, plus a signed copy of the book.
The music will come from StoryBlocks - I just checked and there are all kinds of royalty free epic trailer scores available.
TLDR
I'm making a trailer for the book! Need help! Comment here or DM me here on Patreon. Types of talent below:
- Video editor
- Animator (3D engines?)
- Voice talent
- Generative AI (text to video)
- Storyboarding
We'll need to brainstorm and I fully anticipate I'll do most of the work, as it wouldn't be fair to ask one of you to do the heavy lifting. But in return, I'm offering:
- A signed copy of the book
- Full credit in the book and on the trailer
- Mad bragging rights
- My eternal gratitude
- A huge discount on your membership (I'll have to work with Patreon to figure how exactly, but like probably a year free?)
Here's a bit of a sneak preview of the characters I posted on YouTube:
Queen Sophia Drake (Charlize Theron)
Admiral Tarsus Carandini (Josh Brolin)
Admiral Cannetia Drake (Gal Gadot)
Captain Derniamus (Henry Cavill)
Kendra Devereux (Florence Pugh)
Keldan Marenco (a young Malcolm McDowell)
Marcus "Mack" Vincent (Michael Clarke Duncan)
Comments
Hi David, I have been working on the same thing. You can see the concept at TheDarwinCurve.com I have a couple of vids there. Of course I did them a few months ago and the ai has lept forward but you will see my thoughts. Also on IG @mbdx
David Shapiro
That sounds reasonable. I'll probably do like a giveaway or raffle or something
Just two days ago I thought about messaging you for a progress update. Damn David, let's go. Unfortunately I don't have sufficient skills to help here. Wouldn't wanna miss out on that signaturetl though, perhaps us Patreons can get that as an addon (if that's not asking too much)?
