Book Trailers: How to Create Them and Capture Attention

If You Build It.

If You Build It.Understanding the process of book trailershttps://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/3943074133/in/photostream/

Key Componentshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/3943074133/in/photostream/

Key ComponentsImaginationhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/3910725477/

Key ComponentsMovieprograms

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Key ComponentsCreativeCommons

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Before You Create

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Professional trailers that look like moviesDifferent Types of Book Trailers

Different Types of Book Trailers

Narrated book trailer

Different Types of Book Trailers

Trailers with text

Find a bookMake a list

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Voice

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Objectshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/3907497655/in/photostream/

Colorhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/3924642107/in/photostream/

Symbolismhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/18668478@N00/6216520648

Font

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Placeshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/3910733891/in/photostream/

Emotionshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/3935867880/in/photostream/

Personality

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Rules to Writing

Write like Youre Telling A Story

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Leave some places blank --let the images tell the storyhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/sets/72157622789451266

Too many words will lose an audience

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Plan it Before you BuildWith rubrics!!https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/3936202780/in/photostream/

http://learninginhand.com/blog/2014/8/6/plan-a-better-imovie-trailer-with-these-pdfs

https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/4009811917Other Details to Make Your Trailer Audacious

Create a cliffhanger ending

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Keep the trailer short

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Use different points of view

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Adding Images, Music and VideoThrough Creative Commonshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/4173194266/

What if Google and Creative Commons started dating?

What if Google and Creative Commons started dating?Five Steps to Responsibly Search Google Images

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Creative Commons Friendly Sites

Music

Images

Video

Tools to Create Book Trailershttps://www.flickr.com/photos/29069717@N02/13028251095

Online Sites

Online ResourcesImages: http://list.ly/list/hhh-creative-commons-friendly- for-digital-projects-images

Video: http://list.ly/list/hhm-creative-commons-tools- for-digital-projects-videos Music: http://list.ly/list/hhn-creative-commons-tools- for-digital-projects-music

Editing Tools: http://list.ly/list/hi0-creative-commons-tools- for-digital-projects-edit-tools

Video creators: http://list.ly/list/lGk-ten-webtools-for-digital- storytelling-and-book-trailers

Comprehensive Book Trailer site: http://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/booktrail erresources