Some time ago, my Minions, your Auntie Heather hosted an incredibly successful contest in which Minions created their vision of their favorite scene from The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod (or some such thing – since that time, Auntie’s brain has melted into a pile of goo, so she may not be recalling all of the details exactly. mmmmm…brain goo…). You may recall that the winner of that contest was a fabulous Minion by the name of Shawn Duddridge. Check out his entry.
UNBELIEVABLY COOL, RIGHT?!?! In fact, I was so impressed by Shawn’s work that I decided to ask him if he’d be interested in some work for hire. So…I hired Shawn to create a book trailer for TWELFTH GRADE KILLS. And he did. And it’s amazing. And I LOVE it. And I’m going to debut it now.
BUT FIRST. (Man, don’t you hate it when I do that???) Shawn sent me a few fun facts about the trailer, and I just loved them, so I wanted to share these too.
- The trailer is approximately 2 minutes, and 23 seconds long.
- It has a cast of 13 people, and a crew of 2.
- It has approximately 10 visual effect shots (including eye replacements, sky replacements, glowing stuff, titles, etc.) out of a total of just over 50 shots.
- Many of the events taking place on December 31st in the book were actually filmed on December 31st.
- Vlad can be seen wearing Fang in one shot (though only the top of its head is visible)
- They spent about an hour preparing a shot that lasts about 1 second… and most of what we prepared isn’t even visible!
So now…without further ado…the official book trailer for The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: TWELFTH GRADE KILLS!
AHHHHHHHH!!!! So amazing! What do you think, Minions???
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I totally agree with savannah, meredith is that girl every guy wants, and most of those are to:evil:, but vlad needed somebody who truly understood him
True that Korey, True that
I really hope they make this into a movie!!! (:
And if they make movies will they all be combined in one or seperate? hopefully seperate (like eitgth grade bites part one)so you can fit every scene in the book on the film !! 
and if they do find actors thatt ACTUALLY look like the characters in the book ! expecially Vlad
oh my fang you should make a 6th book i am going crazy i have read all of ur books about 90x
But yea i wanna knw how snow lives as a vampire i also cried when nelly passed away and when vlad thought snow passed away 
i was so upset well yea u should make a 6th book plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 
Meredith should be annasophia robb:)
I AGREEEE WITH BETHANY I WANT MOVIES!!!!!!!!:D
Auntie, all my life I have read, but it was the vladimir tod series that made me want to be a writer. you are such an inspirational icon, and I think I’d cry if I ever met you. your my hero.
ps, you need to write a 6th vlad
book. there’s still colledge, after all.
(I think it’s sooo coll, but all the friends I”ve got hooked on you, all think of me as snow, who I would litterly kill to be)
i luv it i am on the last book
Mkay so guess what band sings this song
One final fight, for this tonight
Whoa
With Knives and Pens we made out plight
A: Greenday
B: Black Veil Brides
C: Bring Me To The Horizon
D: Paramore
C: OR Flyleaf?
Pick!
Omg I saw this on Youtube first then came to the blog and saw it and I just had to watch it again. *Gasps*Auntie Heather! Yuh picked such a great group of minions to do the book trailor:3
But!!! Auntie Heather should make The Chronicels of Vladimir Tod each of the books into movies. I wanna see the books so badly as movies they’d be so great!
I’d even try out for it:3
I blew through the whole series in two days, and it was amazing. Then I come here and see that there’s a trailer for the book…
This has made my day ( even though I’m Chuck knows how late).
I love.
Also- I really appreciated the fact that Vlad’s street was called Lugosi. That just made it perfect, especially since I was listening to First and Last and Always.
I’d ask you to marry me if it weren’t for the fact that you were already taken.
But still.
You’ve written one of my favorite series- you’re right up there with JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien for me. Just thought you oughta know.
@Savvanah. Who doesn’t know that one? It’s belack veil brides! The song is called Knifes and Pens! Duh
omg…MOVIE MOVIE!!!!!man i want a movie it would be soooo better than twilight!
i just read the entire series in two days!
please write more of the series!! like how snow and vlad do in college and if they get married!!
I’d loved the trailer and I re-read the books again and again.
Quiet awesome and wonderful – I really enjoy your story about Vlad.
vlad is supposed to have black hair.
Wow. Not what I expected Vlad to look like. Ah, Otis. I love him. He was my favorite character right up there with Henry, Joss, and the great Vladimir himself. When I found out about his dad, I literally put down the book and screamed. My parents thought I was crazy… So, Vlad + Snow = More Books? Please? BTW, Aunite Heather, I’m reading The Slayer Chronicles and I love it so much. I have one question, who made up the logo??? I want to know so bad and who modeled for Vlad and Joss on the covers? Thanks if you can answer!