Booktrailer Resources

Booktrailers are similar to movie trailers- they are a short video that give you a preview or commercial for a book and get people excited about reading it.

General instructions on creating book trailers

Extensive how-to site for Booktrailers

Using video in the classroom- Edutopia article
Lesson plan from Read Write Think

Links to sites that allow you to search for an use images with ATTRIBUTION.

http://morguefile.com

http://www.commons.wikimedia.org

http://pics.tech4learning.com/

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

photopin.com/

Find additional sound effects and music on YouTube!

Storyboard help

Basic Storyboard
Basic Storyboard- longer video
Descriptive Storyboard
iPad Storyboards

WeVideo for Storytelling

YouTube tutorials on creating trailers within iMovie

http://youtu.be/yT9V2aN8OYQ

http://youtu.be/mXW2jQZwAng

Understanding Copyright

http://fairusetube.org/guide-to-youtube-removals/3-deciding-if-video-is-fair-use

Help with iMovie trailers on iPads

http://jgregorymcverry.com/ipad/book-trailers-on-the-ipad/

Rubric Examples
Rubric 1
Rubric 2
Rubric 3
Rubric 4
Rubric 5
Rubric 6


Examples of WeVideo Booktrailers
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Balloons over Broadway by Melissa Sweet