Create+a+Book+Trailer



Digital Book Trailers Let's get started! (adapted from Naomi Bates' website: naomibates.blogspot.com, accessed 1/10/09)

1. Word Association - Open the Creating a Book Trailer document below and list the book title and start writing down words that you associate with the story...this will give you image ideas.

2. Set up a new folder in your network student folder and call it "Digi Booktrailer" so that you can store all your images as you find them and your "movie" when you make it.

3. Go to Microsoft Word and start a new document called "Webliography". When you find images, you will copy the whole URL (web address) of the image and paste it into your Webliography document.

4. Use the copyright friendly image sites below to start gathering images that you will use in the book trailer. You have to cite your sources by copying the whole URL of the image and pasting it into your Webliography document. [|Open Photo] Flickrr[|Commons Wiki] Creative Commons

5. Download and store images you find that you think will work for the storyline of your book by clicking on the full image and right click 'save as' and put them in your 'Digi Booktrailer' folder in your student folder.

6. Open up Windows Movie Maker from the Programs menu of your computer. Create a new project and begin work...Import the image files you want to use and just work through the steps to create your "movie".

Be sure to "save project as" into your Digi Booktrailer folder in your student folder several times while working to avoid losing your work if the computer freezes up!

7. Use the copyright friendly sound file sites below. SoundsArtist Server [|Incompetech] Free Sound

8. Download any audio clips you want to use and save to your desktop NOT student folder and import into your project. The last slide before your credits show up will be an image of the book jacket. Searching Google images should get you the book jacket on most books.

9. Once images, transitions, effects and captions have been done, now give credit to all websites you've used by adding the ending credits. Save the completed project (save project as) to your student folder. Then, save the movie file (save movie file) to your student folder. This will create the WMV file that can be played back on any computer and is your finished movie! Note: You are aiming for a completed "movie" that is approximately 2:30-3:30 minutes long. You want to make it intriguing and give just enough information about the book to make someone want to read it!

Examples: [|**How-to Video and 8th grader example**]