7 Steps to Making a Book Trailer by Mrs. H – remember have fun and hit save often

Pick the right Book T  One you love  Movie Rule Watch other trailers and get ideas Write down your narration 1.  10 to 15 sentences Thinker by Andreas Praetcke  Short sentences – 1 picture , T in Trailer …  Long sentences – 2 to 3 pictures, Think: Get Your Idea Also get basic book info for title [Title, Author, Lexile Level]

Make a Folder R  Student File in Novell  Title of book- everything gets saved here Find your pictures  Use Google Images at school -advanced  Or see Flickr Creative Commons - home 2. Camera by Jacobian  Search – 640 by 480, reuse /copyright free  right click & save picture on full size R in Trailer …  save to folder , name it , note photographer Really Big Pictures Import your pictures into Photo Story 3  Begin a new Photo Story and save to your folder Arrange your pictures – save often Import backgrounds for title/credits A  1 green & 3 Black -save Narrate  Skip ahead to narrate your pictures  Place your notes-save 3.  Do you have too much words on one picture Microphone by Ryan O’Beirne  Adjust – find more pictures or use less words A in Trailer …  Now narrate in one setting- use emotion Add Narration & Titles  Caution if you rearrange the picture you must redo the narration for that slide Flow and Focus I  Does it flow, does it make sense – not too much script on one picture, did you end strong?  Hit preview and watch. Enhance & Edit  From Import and Arrange Play edit your pictures. 4.  If you crop make sure it is still 640 by 480-save Flow by Salim Photography  Don’t remove black borders I in Trailer …  From Add at Title add an effect to your picture. Improve: Edit & Enhance

L Create Music  Skip ahead to Add Background Music, click the picture on the timeline &your music will start there  The music goes very low on the timeline.-save 5.  Hit the preview button anytime – did your music usic by labanex enhance the story- do you still have focus and flow? L in Trailer … Lay down the soundtrack

Hit preview button again E  Check your narration – should you redo  If it sounds good match number of seconds to your narration – customize motion- save Have Mrs. Geis and/or other group check your work  Don’t be afraid to change things –  you worked hard you want this to be perfect 6. Create your Title and Credit frames Evaluate by Mikey G. Ottawa  If you have not done so create your titles. - save E in Trailer …  Mrs. Geis or Mr. Jewell can help with this. Evaluate and Redo

Render your story R  Mrs. Geis does this and then will put it on the book trailer wiki –

7. Film reel by Ryan Baxter R in Trailer … Render Your Story

Mrs. H : how to make a trailer www.booktrailersforreaders.com/How+to+make+a+book+trailer