A book trailer is a short film created to introduce the audience to a story, offering only enough information to spark the audience's interest. Much like a movie trailer, the audience should not know the resolution to the story after watching the book trailer. This means that the trailer should not "spoil" the experience of the story itself.
Your group's book trailer should be between 1 and 2 minutes in length. You can create your book trailer by either filming it or using an online animation program. If you do not have access to a program or do not know how to create a book trailer, be sure to speak to your teacher.
Your video (mp4) must have:
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Title Screen
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Title of the book
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Author’s name
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Names of all group members
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10 Images
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Each slide should show an image and a short sentence (1–2 sentences) explaining its importance to the story.
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Citations
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Top line:
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Image & Sound Credits
This project was created for educational purposes under the Fair Use guidelines (U.S. Copyright Law, Title 17, Section 107). No copyright infringement is intended.
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A list of where you got your images and music (website names or links).
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Example: My full citation list is at the bottom of the page.
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Soundtrack
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Add a sound clip that will play in the background as your trailer runs.
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Here is my example for the book Lord of the Flies byu William Golding.
Not So Good Trailers
Example 1
Example 2
Ex 1: Has some cool effects and great music, but 1/3 of the video is just a page with words. It does not begin with a title slide, there are only five images, they are blurry, and there's no citation page.
Ex 2: Also missing the title slide, has random images that (1) don't have an explanation and (2) don't relate to the book; rough audio cuts; and an incorrect citations screen. It looks like two projects stuck together.
This is what your final screen should look like.
Image & Sound Credits: This project was created for educational purposes under the Fair Use guidelines (U.S. Copyright Law, Title 17, Section 107). No copyright infringement is intended.
Image 1: Leventze Szabo, https://vocal.media/education/the-controversy-of-lord-of-the-flies
Image 2: Aimée de Jongh, https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/25/lord-of-the-flies-graphic-novel-william-golding-aimee-de-jongh.
Image 3: Aimee de Jongh, https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/faber-scoops-lord-of-the-flies-graphic-novel-illustrated-by-de-jongh.
Image 4: from the Lord of the Flies film adaptation, https://raywilliams.ca/lord-flies-myth-false-representation-humanity/..
Image 5: Aimee de Jongh, https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/lord-of-the-flies-graphic-novel-competition/
Image 6: Imogen Foxell, https://www.imogenfoxell.com/?p=2300.
Image 7: The Gamer, https://www.thegamer.com/classic-books-better-games-dantes-inferno/.
Image 8: sketch-mutt, https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Lord-of-the-Flies-Pig-by-sketch-mutt/49463430.1G4ZT.
Image 9: “The Littluns,” https://intotheflies.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/the-littluns/.
Image 10: Allen Collins, https://www.bulbapp.com/u/lord-of-the-flies-analysis.
Sound track: “O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.
