Goth Girl Rising Trailer Contest, Barry Lyga Dot Com

Goth Girl Rising Trailer Contest

Posted on: 05/22/09

UPDATE 2: The contest is now CLOSED! Thanks for all the cool trailers, guys! I'll be getting in touch with people soon to get addresses. Everyone who entered gets a Kyra Minimate! Plus, I'll choose the winner VERY soon, probably by the end of the week. Thanks again!

UPDATE: I've decided to extend the contest deadline to August 31. Have fun!

It’s contest time!

As far as contests go, this one requires a little bit of work, but it should be lots of fun. And everyone who enters wins!

Be sure to spread the word about this to your friends. The more people who enter, the more fun it will be!

Here you go:

1) Fire up your creative engines and create a book trailer for any of my four books (yes, that includes Wolverine: Worst Day Ever!). Whether you love Fanboy, Josh, Kross, or Eric Mattias (Nowhere Boy!), go ahead and create a cool trailer for that book. If you want to make a trailer for more than one book, that’s totally cool.

2) Post your video online. Stick it on YouTube or on your MySpace page or wherever you usually post your videos.

3) Now this is the important part! Use the contact form to send me a link to your video!

4) I will link to your video for the world to see!

5) The deadline is ~~July~~ August 31.

6) Everyone who posts a video and sends me the link will win SOMETHING. A signed book. A t-shirt. A cool prize pack from my publisher. SOMETHING.

7) One lucky winner will get a signed ADVANCE copy of Goth Girl Rising...so that he or she can make the official book trailer for the new book!

So start up your cameras or your animation software or whatever and get going! Good luck!

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Expectations
By: Fanboy107 on Sat May 23, 2009, 15:19:54

Is this trailer meant to be like a summary of the book, like the usual movie trailer? Or could it be a scene from the book, like one of the previous three Fanboy videos?

re: Expectations
By: Barry on Sat May 23, 2009, 17:22:14

It's probably best to make it like a traditional movie trailer. If you can make it cool by focusing on one scene, though, go for it! It's up to you.

Time
By: Violet on Sat May 23, 2009, 18:08:07

Even though there's no time limit mentioned, is there a preferred run time?

re: Time
By: Barry on Sat May 23, 2009, 22:26:44

Entries won't be judged on time, but rather on how well they pique someone's interest. As my high school Spanish teacher used to say about essays: "Like a skirt, it should be long enough to cover the topic, but short enough to keep things interesting." :)

sequal to fan boy and goth girl
By: Gabbi on Sun May 24, 2009, 18:26:48

hurry up and get the book out. please!please!please!please!please!please!please!please?please?
pleas e?please?please?please?please? but the book out already.!!!!!!
=] :> ;)

Re: Goth Girl Rising Trailer Contest
By: Barry on Sun May 24, 2009, 19:06:10

@Gabbi: We're working as fast as we can. :)

Fanboy and Gothgirl Sequel
By: Green on Sun May 24, 2009, 22:04:38

THERES A SEQUEL!?!?!?! DUDE THATS AWESOME!!!
Whats the plot this time =))))

P.S. I couldnt think of a good name

Re: Goth Girl Rising Trailer Contest
By: Robin Brande on Tue May 26, 2009, 10:10:55

Great idea, Barry! Can't wait to see what all these creative people do!

hmmm....
By: Rynni on Tue May 26, 2009, 21:00:42

Really?
This makes me want to participate so badly, but I have no time! Ugh...You should have a contest for artists' interpretations of the characters you've created in some sort of anthology. That I would have the time for, Mr. Lyga!

Re: Goth Girl Rising Trailer Contest
By: Barry on Tue May 26, 2009, 21:11:17

@Rynni: I bet you could draw some cool stuff like comic book panels and put it up on YouTube. :)

I had a contest a couple of years ago to have people draw Fanboy and Goth Girl. It was a lot of fun. Maybe I'll do it again someday.

contest
By: Dana Magee on Fri May 29, 2009, 01:02:36

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!! I AM TOTALLY DOING THAT!! AHHHHH!! THIS IS SO FREAKING AMAZING!!

Love Dana : )

Wowzersz :}
By: rebbi on Fri May 29, 2009, 19:57:59

I can't wait to read goth girl rising I loved fan boy and goth girl. It's got a reserved a space in my fave five :D

Whew.
By: Bubbowrap on Mon June 01, 2009, 05:48:02

Caught this at the right time! Randomly decided to check the site after maybe a year, and was shocked out of my mind to see that there'd be a sequel. I can't wait!

This contact has piqued my interest, especially since we can use animation software. I don't suppose you hate any particular drawing/art style?

Re: Goth Girl Rising Trailer Contest
By: Barry on Mon June 01, 2009, 08:31:45

@Bubbowrap: don't worry about the style - just make it cool. :) my tastes are eclectic. I like many different styles and can't think of any I don't like on principle. Have fun!

yay
By: Lucy on Fri June 05, 2009, 22:17:12

Oh, YES.

Question?
By: Dana Magee on Mon June 08, 2009, 16:02:33

Okay so I made a video but I was swearing alot in it lol. Cause I was Kyra, you know? So are we allowed to or should I re do it and make it cleaner? lol

Re: Goth Girl Rising Trailer Contest
By: Barry on Mon June 08, 2009, 16:28:51

@Dana: Well, Kyra swore in the first book, so it seems reasonable to think she would keep swearing. I say send it along.

Comic Book Panels?
By: Rynni on Mon June 08, 2009, 21:05:24

I have the book currently on loan from the library, unfortunately i do not own it :(, and despite how many times I've read it, i can never seem to get Fanboy right...
But I surely will try the panels.
Please have another art contest!

um
By: Liam McCoy on Sat August 29, 2009, 01:16:39

Me and my friend are making the trailer tomorrow (wow, such short notice, biz-nitch.) I wanted to put something before the trailer starts up. I was thinking of quoting Rorschach from Watchmen; "American love. Like Coke in green, glass bottles, they do make it anymore." Does that seem okay, or should I be quoting something by you?

Re: Goth Girl Rising Trailer Contest
By: Barry on Sat August 29, 2009, 09:53:08

@Liam:

First of all, I love that Watchmen quote.

Second of all, it's YOUR trailer. Do what you want to do. Obviously, if the quote somehow ties into the theme of the trailer, it'll make more sense, but it's your call. Have fun.

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