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Create Your Own Book Video
Rating: 4.8 out of 5(4 ratings)
16 students

Create Your Own Book Video

How To Film and Edit A Video to About Your Book
Created byAmy Stewart
Last updated 10/2023
English

What you'll learn

  • Develop a script with marketing and promotional talking points about your book
  • Set up and film a professional video
  • Edit and add images to your video
  • Launch and promote your video on social media, alternative, and traditional channels
  • Try a very short explainer video script, step by step

Course content

4 sections • 9 lectures • 52m total length

  • Introduction2:55
  • Equipment and Setup3:05

    I have attached a PDF with links to the types of equipment and software I demonstrate in this class. As I've said, technology changes all the time, so please do your own research to seek out the latest and greatest technology! 

    Also--if you are going to film on a non-Apple device, and edit on a Windows computer, you might take a look at Windows Movie Maker or Adobe Premier Rush. The approach to editing I'm going to demonstrate in this class will still be useful if you're going to use one of those products instead.

    And I do recommend that you seek out other classes right here on Udemy if you're looking for more specifics on your particular software or equipment! You can do this!

Requirements

  • Basic computer skills with tools such as an iPhone, iPad, or similar products

Description

As the author of over a dozen books, both fiction and nonfiction, I've found that book videos can be useful at every stage of the publishing process, including:


  • Pre-publication marketing meetings with the publisher

  • Press kits and media pitches

  • Marketing to bookstores and libraries

  • Lining up speaking engagements

  • Reaching readers and book clubs

  • Promoting backlist titles years after publication

Fortunately, the technology is so easy that anyone with an iPad or other tablet or smartphone can shoot a high-quality video, add photos or video footage, make simple edits, and publish to online platforms.

This class walks through every step of the process that I use to make videos to promote my books. I'll show you all the equipment and free software I use, and walk you through every step of the process I use.

For those of you who have different equipment and software, I'll suggest alternatives. The basic concepts are the same no matter what you use to make your video.

We'll even walk through the creation of a 60-90 second video sample script, line by line.

Finally, we'll talk about what you can do with the video once you've made it, and all the different ways a video can be used to support your book launch.

This class will also work for anyone who wants to make a talking head-style video interspersed with photos and video clips on any subject at all. My examples are all going to be specific to book videos, but this approach will work for any creative entrepreneur who wants to create marketing videos for their artistic work.

Who this course is for:

  • Book authors who wish to make a video to promote their book
  • Creative entrepreneurs who want to create marketing videos to promote their artistic work

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