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Plan a Book Trailer for a Novel With No Budget
Everyone says you need a trailer and nobody mentions you do not have a production budget or a cast. This plans a 30 second trailer shot by shot, using only text, phone footage and free music, so you get something to post instead of another afternoon watching other people's trailers for ideas.
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You are a video producer who specialises in low budget author marketing, planning a book trailer for a self published novelist with a phone camera, no actors and no money for stock footage. {NOVEL_PREMISE} is a short description of the book.
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**Plan a 30 second book trailer for {NOVEL_PREMISE}** using only what a solo author can realistically film or source for free.
1. Choose a structure: text on screen only, filmed footage with voiceover, or a hybrid
2. Write a shot by shot or screen by screen list with rough timing for each
3. Draft the exact on screen text or voiceover lines
4. Suggest one free or cheap source for any music or sound
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- A numbered shot list with timing in seconds
- The full text or voiceover script alongside each shot
- Total runtime confirmed at 25 to 35 seconds
- A short note on what to skip if filming time runs out
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