Building the campus, part 4

Yesterday, I showed you how my brother Bruce took my original Excel spreadsheet and converted it into a 3D layout which is rather amazing. But more importantly, once he had the campus of the University of Deucado inside his 3D modeling program, he was able to use it create the entire book trailer for The Ark Lords.

Here is just one frame from the trailer. If you click on the image, it will take you to the full-blown YouTube book trailer for The Ark Lords.

The book trailer for The Ark Lords is pretty incredible. Bruce created all the animation and scored it himself using Apple’s Garage Band application. I don’t know what happened to the one person’s comment but it was something to the effect that this wasn’t just a book trailer, it was more like a mini-movie. Nice to hear but the reality is book trailers serve no purpose. They are a lot of work and simply don’t entice people to buy the book.

Bruce and I actually started a book trailer for Rome’s Evolution but once we realized it had no value, we stopped. If you want to see the preliminary trailer (and it is pretty cool), you can go to michaelbrachman.com and find the link and still view it or click here.

So all this is wonderful but now it is time to build the campus. At least within the confines of the novel.