Make a trailer from a book

Adapt a public-domain book → — bring in a classic, re-set it chapter by chapter, and keep a dated record of every decision that is yours.

What makes a trailer people want to watch → — a short guide, worth five minutes before you write your notes to the writers.

Upload the manuscript and say what you want the trailer to do. Several models each read the whole book and write their own cinematic trailer — script, cast and shot list. You read them side by side, mark up the shots you want changed, and let them critique each other before one gets filmed.

1 · The manuscript

The book A Word .docx or a .pdf, up to 6MB. A scanned PDF has no text in it and will be refused — upload the original document instead.

or drag the manuscript onto this panel

No manuscripts yet.

Or film a screenplay you already have

Paste a screenplay for a chapter or a scene, in the usual layout: scene headings that start INT. or EXT., a character’s name in capitals on its own line, and what they say underneath. It is broken into camera shots with every spoken word kept exactly as written — the page will tell you if even one word differs. Pick the book above first. About $2 to break down a chapter; pictures and filming are priced afterwards.

Use the faces and voices already made for this book, so the same people look and sound the same

Make a trailer from a book

Trailers you have run

1 · The manuscript

2 · What you want from the trailer

3 · Who writes it

Or film a screenplay you already have