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Book trailers are NOT book reports summarizing the plot and character details. They are more similar to movie trailers.Video book trailers are short, generally a minute and a half to two-minute videos and introduce the basic storyline.The purpose is to arouse your audience’s interest to read THAT book.As the director, look at the different features of your book(characters, plot, themes, settings, genre etc) that make up the book and tell us enough of the storyline to interest us but not to spoil the plot so that we don’t have to read the book. Merging the technology of books with digital tools can be fun and engaging!Instructions for Creating a Book Trailer (Video)The purpose of a book video trailer is to sell a great book, to get others to read and enjoy it.Here are some starting tips for creating one:?Find a book you love and want others to love too.Select a storytelling strategy for sharing your trailer—VoiceThread, Animoto, GoAnimate, ToonDo, xtranormal, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker. ??Think about what you are going to share. Remember you want to share enough information to hook new readers, but not too much. You want to entice. And you don’t want to give the whole story away! ??Will you share a favorite scene, read a passage,?describe a memorable character, tell just enough about an exciting plot? Create a storyboard. Include rough drawings, text, dialog, voiceovers, and description of effects. Set up a folder for collecting all the elements you’ll be using for your video—images, music, video clips.Use the Online Reference Generator in the Library Links for creating a works cited/credits list for your production. You will need to cite every image, sound, media, that is not your original work or clearly designated as clipart. Selectively search for the media elements that you identified in your storyboard, trying to use copyright-friendly materials. Make sure that the media--both visual and audio--you select match the tone of the book and/or represent its characters, theme, plot. When you are searching for music, consider whether you’d prefer instrumental music or music with lyrics. If you choose music with lyrics, make sure the words in some way connect with your book. Check with your digital storytelling program to see if it prefers a particular music file type, for instance, .MP3 or .wavWhen you are searching for images, sometimes searching with adjectives may work better than searching with nouns when you are trying to capture a mood or feeling. Try, for instance, searching the word “lonely” rather than the word “girl.” Check with your digital storytelling program to see if it prefers a particular image file type, for instance, .jpg or .gifSingle words or phrases can function as images. Consider, for instance, the word “stop” in red font on a black background. You may choose to use PowerPoint to create your own “word art” to save as jpgs to bring into your trailer.If you want to add text or thought bubbles or other features to your images. Consider using an image editor or use PowerPoint slides to include more text. Save your slides as jpgs to easily import them you’re your trailer with your other images. Import your images and video files from your trailer folder into your storytelling software. Sort them in the order you planned in your storyboard. Tip: If you hold the “shift” key as you select files, you’ll be able to bring them all in at one time.Create titles and text or text bubbles if your software allows. Make sure that your final slide/slides or frames include your works cited. ?You may choose to use a PowerPoint slide saved as a jpg for this task. Preview your trailer. Does your video tell the story you planned to tell? Does the order make sense? Do all the media elements “fit”? Did you cite all your media and quotes? Did you proofread your text for errors? Does it make the viewer want to read the book?? ................
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