Like I mentioned in my "13 Days to Halloween" Video Advent Calendar post, I don't know why I didn't think to make THIS one the "13 Days 'til..." post/video. Day 11 but 13 books? Insanity.
I've seen a number of these types of posts on Instagram and actually found them extremely helpful in finding new Halloween reads. So I thought I'd give it a try. I picked 13 Halloween books from my extensive collection, arranged them from biggest to smallest, used my 'I'm-so-glad-I-bought-these' bright autumn leaves and set to it.
The books are (and I should note that I may get a small concession from Amazon should you order through these links):
Trick 'r Treat: Tales of Mayhem, Mystery, and Michief
Halloween 3: Where the Hell is Michael Myers?:
It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown: The Making of a Television Classic:
Ed Emberley's Halloween Drawing Book:
Ed Emberley's Big Orange Drawing Book:
Halloween [Short Story Collection]:
October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween:
The Night the Scarecrow Walked:
Something Wicked This Way Comes:
Lastly--- the biggest challenge with this video was figuring out how to make the leaves blow away.
The first unused take is laughable. You should hear me off-camera trying to take a huge breath and blow the leaves away. Mmmmmnope. Not these fabric leaves, my friend. I may have passed out had I tried that a second time.
I didn't have a fan handy, so my solution was finding a big pad of artist's paper (the kind with the heavy cardboard backing and a spiral at the top). Making a single big wave of that pad, sent the leaves in all directions. Those that remained I just put the on-screen font strategically around.
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