Book Trailers
What is a book trailer?
A book trailer is the book equivalent of a movie trailer. It is a short advertisement that sells books to others.
Here are some examples of student created book trailers from Diplomat Elementary School:
Here are some examples of student created book trailers from Diplomat Elementary School:
How to Make Your Own Video Book Trailer
Step 1: Pick the right book. It should be a book that you love. Your mission is to convince others to that this is the book to read.
Step 2: Explore other book trailers. There are many examples above.
Print this Planning a Book Trailer Sheet
Write your script as a paragraph on the first page of the planner.
Step 4: Finding your images
Step 2: Explore other book trailers. There are many examples above.
- What did you like or not like?
- Were the pictures fuzzy?
- Was the narration too long or too short?
- Did it convince you to read the book?
Print this Planning a Book Trailer Sheet
Write your script as a paragraph on the first page of the planner.
Step 4: Finding your images
- First, create a folder in your Google Drive. This is where you will save your images for the book trailer.
Watch these videos for help in searching for images that are copyright free or labeled as free use.
Google Images Advanced Search by Richard Byrne
Google Images Advanced Search by Richard Byrne
How to use Flickr creative commons
Here are some other image sites recommended for reuse or public domain:
Libguides with Joyce Valenza
Animal Photos
Pics 4 Learning
Pixaby
Step 6: Making the Video
There are many different resources that you can use for creating your Book Trailer Video. Here are a few, but you may use any video creating resource that you’d like. If you are not sure, come see Mrs. Vickers for help deciding what to use and how to use it.
Animoto
30 Hands
iMovie
Step 7: Share your video! Mrs. Vickers can help you create a QR code link to your book trailer. We can place the code on the library book so everyone can enjoy your amazing book trailer.
Libguides with Joyce Valenza
Animal Photos
Pics 4 Learning
Pixaby
- Make sure that the images you select are BIG. They should be 640 by 480.
- Save your images in the folder you created. Be sure to save them with a descriptive name.
Step 6: Making the Video
There are many different resources that you can use for creating your Book Trailer Video. Here are a few, but you may use any video creating resource that you’d like. If you are not sure, come see Mrs. Vickers for help deciding what to use and how to use it.
Animoto
30 Hands
iMovie
Step 7: Share your video! Mrs. Vickers can help you create a QR code link to your book trailer. We can place the code on the library book so everyone can enjoy your amazing book trailer.