7 Steps to Making a Book Trailer by Mrs. H - Remember Have Fun and Hit Save Often s1

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  10 to 15 sentences 1.  Short sentences – 1 picture , Thinker by Andreas Praetcke  Long sentences – 2 to 3 pictures, T in Trailer … Also get basic book info for title [ spine label Title, Author] Think: Get Your Idea

Make a Folder R  Student folder- save and name on desktop  Title of book- everything gets saved here Find your pictures  Use Google Images at school -advanced  Or see Flickr Creative Commons - home 2.  Search – 640 by 480, reuse /copyright free Camera by Jacobian  right click & save picture on full size R in Trailer …  save to folder , name it , note photographer info for Bib Import your pictures into Photo Story 3 Really Big Pictures  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  Do you have too much words on one picture 3.  Adjust – find more pictures or use less words Microphone by Ryan O’Beirne  Now narrate in one setting- use emotion A in Trailer …  Caution if you rearrange the picture you must redo the Add Narration & Titles 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  Don’t remove black borders Flow by Salim Photography  From Add at Title add an effect to your picture. I in Trailer … 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 your mentor [or Mrs. H] check your work  Don’t be afraid to change things –  you worked hard you want this to be perfect Create your Title and Credit frames 6.  If you have not done so create your titles. - save Evaluate by Mikey G. Ottawa  E in Trailer … Your mentor or Mrs. H can help with this. Evaluate and Redo

Render your story R  Mrs. H does this and then will put it on the book trailer wiki – and set you up for blogging.

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