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March 21st, 2009 — In The News, Irene as Editor, Irene as Writer
Been busy busy busy at my new job as creativ director of Book Trailers for BookShorts.com. Just the next logical progression in a long line of association with BookShorts and their book loving ways.
Book videos or video book trailers aim to do what movie trailers do for film, or music videos do for song – aim to get your message out there using video, the all powerful captivating moving image.
With the rise of the video on the web, the Internet is a natural medium for book trailers, and a great way for authors to promote their books, their art, their speaking abilities…and build relationships with their fans.
Book videos can take many forms:
- Author Biographies
- Video Book Trailers
- Themed Book Series
- Book News
- BookShorts Films – fully realized short films meant for the festival and/or TV broadcast.
What do you do with your book video? You distribute it and spread it around. Put it on your author web sites, your Facebook fan pages, YouTube and MySpace pages. Use Tubemogul to distribute to up to 20 other video and social networking sites.
Ask your fans to put it on their blogs.
Put it up beside your Amazon page. Ask your local book retailer to set up a kiosk in their store and play it.
Book trailers can also help you build relationships with your readers, and grow your legion of fans.
In this era, authors are ever more responsible for their own publicity and promotion. Luckily with web tools and social networking this is becoming more and more accessible.
August 25th, 2008 — In The News, Irene as Writer
Yeeha. I’m an Intern at Ink.Canada Facebook Edition – Karen Walton’s screenwriter’s group built to foster and nurture writers, community and a Canadian filmmaking industry.
Check it out. Join. Participate. Make great film.
June 7th, 2007 — Comedy Writing/Directing, Irene as Director, Irene as Writer
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Based on the memoir by Patrick Watson, “This Hour Has Seven Decades” packs 50 years of Patrick’s broadcasting tips and 70 years of an extraordinary life into 5 funny minutes.The film premiered at the World Wide Short Film Festival, which, by the way, is a great festival, and had its Atlantic Premiere at the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, another great festival.
Dir / Writer: Irene Duma
Animation: Darryl Gold
Producer: Judith Keenan / BookShorts
Starring: Patrick Watson and Dave Healy
Music: Whitney Smith
Based on the book “This Hour Has Seven Decades” by Patrick Watson
Published by: McArthur & Company
Genre: Comedy/ Mockumentary
Release: June 2005 Worldwide Short Film Festival
June 3rd, 2007 — Comedy Writing/Directing, Irene as Director, Irene as Editor, Irene as Writer
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Archetype #41: The Expectant Mother: Freaked Out Edition.
Average age: 38. Natural habitat: State of high anxiety.
Overheard: “Kevin, you CAN NOT wear anti-perspirant — the metal in it can seep out of your armpit and into our baby’s brain!”
This film in the Archetypes trilogy, premiered at the “One Minute Film And Video Festival” in Toronto.
Narrated and scripted in the style of school propaganda films of the 1950s, Archetypes animated films, produced by BookShorts.com present minutely observed, caustic commentary with brilliant artwork, so the Archetypes happily but lovingly eviscerate the denizens of the contemporary urban world.
Dir / Writer / Animator: Irene Duma
Based on the Book Archetypes by Mireille Silcoff with illustrations by Kagan McLeod
Pub: McClelland and Stewart
Genre: Humour / Animated Comedy
[tags] funny video, animation, literacy [/tags]
June 3rd, 2007 — Comedy Writing/Directing, Irene as Director, Irene as Editor, Irene as Writer
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Average age: 40.
Natural habitat: on a trip to Bhutan to sample yak butter tea.
Overheard: “You won’t find me in the sort of joint (the Moodie will often use words like “joint”) where it’s two bites of pastel-coloured s— (the Moodie is also fond of profanity) on a plate where some kitchen ponce has made a Jackson Pollock out of coulis!”
Dir / Writer / Animator: Irene Duma
Based on the Book Archetypes by Mireille Silcoff with illustrations by Kagan McLeod
Pub: McClelland and Stewart
Genre: Humour / Animated Comedy
Release: October 2006
June 3rd, 2007 — Comedy Writing/Directing, Irene as Director, Irene as Writer
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Average age: 38.
Natural habitat: Back office, skateboard/snowboard shop.
Overheard: NOBODY thinks you’re too old, honey. If it makes you feel better, you can say its research for the store.You can buy the book from Chapters Indigo.ca or visit BookShorts.com for more information about adapting books to screen.
I animated these 1 minute films in Macromedia Flash.
Dir / Writer / Animator: Irene Duma
Based on the Book Archetypes by Mireille Silcoff with illustrations by Kagan McLeod
Pub: McClelland and Stewart
Genre: Humour / Animated Comedy
Release: October 2006