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Book Trailer (Deepest Roots of the Heart)

by Chautona Havig · 22 Comments

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Deepest Roots of the HeartWhen I first started to work on the trailer for Deepest Roots of the Heart, the title was still Casa de Sueños, and I was still trying to remember to hit Alt+164 to get the ñ in the word.  I found the grapes right away–perfect.  But finding other videos proved difficult.  They were either too modern, too “Italy,” or too uninspiring.

I tried so many things to give it oomph. 

Then I learned how to make “writing text” in Adobe Photoshop.  This video has almost 300 frames in it, and about 250 of them are just tiny little changes to the words and scrolls–each one increasing by less than 1/4″–to make the word “write” across the screen.

It’s amazing how many hours it took me just to write “Legacy of the Vines” and create the scrolls on each side of the ever-darkening bunch of grapes.

One thing I finally did was decide to work with a voice-over artist to mix up my usual text-driven trailers.  I think Troy Hudson did a FABULOUS job. I asked him to try to capture the feel that Thom Rivera (the audio narrator) used.  I didn’t want him to imitate Thom.  Rather, I was looking for something complementary.  I think Troy nailed it.

What is a trailer without music?

Image courtesy of Amazon

The music is “Romance Anónimo” or “Spanish Romance” (Romanza).  I fell in love with this song when I was a girl in Ventura. My parents bought a cassette of Bert Lucarelli on the oboe,  The Sensual Sound of the Soulful Oboe, and I fell in love with it.

In fact, I walked down the aisle to the version of “Barcarolle” on this CD (but it was a cassette back then!) I actually wrote the book with “Cielito Lindo” in my mind and words from the song mentioned a few times.

Although it was written in the late 1800’s, the publisher felt I should write my own song to inspire the book, so I did.  I used this music in the back of my mind to have an inspiration for the tune of that ballad.

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  1. Carolyn G. says

    January 21, 2015 at 3:20 pm

    shared on facebook

    Reply
  2. Tristan says

    January 21, 2015 at 1:14 pm

    Shared it on Facebook today. Thank you!

    Reply
  3. Carol Paine says

    January 21, 2015 at 2:55 am

    On facebook last night

    Reply
  4. Deborah G says

    January 20, 2015 at 7:07 pm

    The music is beautiful! I shared on Facebook.

    Reply
  5. angel says

    January 20, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    Shared on Pinterest

    Reply
  6. Brenda says

    January 20, 2015 at 3:35 pm

    Pinned in Pinterest and shared on Facebook

    Reply
  7. Ava says

    January 20, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    I shared it on Facebook. Lovely trailer!

    Reply
  8. Lois says

    January 20, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    I shared the trailer on Facebook. So excited to see this long-awaited book. You have put a lot into it.

    Reply
  9. Joan Jones says

    January 20, 2015 at 2:44 pm

    Shared it on facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/joan.c.jones?fref=nf

    Reply
  10. Hannah says

    January 20, 2015 at 2:14 pm

    Shared on FB!

    Reply
  11. Jessica S says

    January 20, 2015 at 12:45 pm

    Shared it on FB! Thanks for the work involved in making just the trailer!

    Reply
  12. Lucinda says

    January 20, 2015 at 11:33 am

    Shared it!

    Reply
  13. dhbarbara says

    January 20, 2015 at 11:29 am

    shared on all above social media 🙂

    Reply
  14. Dell says

    January 20, 2015 at 11:25 am

    Beautifully done! Shared on Facebook!

    Reply
  15. Morgan M says

    January 20, 2015 at 10:57 am

    Shared on Facebook

    Reply
  16. Susan says

    January 20, 2015 at 10:51 am

    Shared on Facebook. I am excited to read it.

    Susan

    Reply
  17. April says

    January 20, 2015 at 10:40 am

    I shared it!

    Reply
  18. Alicia says

    January 20, 2015 at 10:34 am

    Trailer on FB page.

    Reply
  19. Sharon B says

    January 20, 2015 at 10:33 am

    Shared it. Fabulous job!

    Reply
  20. Brenda says

    January 20, 2015 at 10:19 am

    Shared the trailer on facebook..loved it!

    Reply
  21. Jen Harris says

    January 20, 2015 at 10:16 am

    Shared it! Love the trailer. The music is perfect!

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  22. Cathe Swanson says

    January 20, 2015 at 10:06 am

    Shared it on Facebook

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