Book Trailer Video Project
Assignment
Create a book trailer video using Animoto. Work from your Storyboard to create your video. The video should include text, pictures, and sound. Later, you will post your video to Google Classroom, a site that will allow everyone to share videos with each other. Make sure your assignment meets the rubric guidelines outlined below.
Creating your Animoto Account
- Go to Animoto
- Click blue “Sign-up” button
- Complete all fields. Use your student Google Apps email address. Use your google password.
- Click Sign Up
Book Trailer Guidelines
- Use at least 6 images
- Use at least 6 brief text slides
- One slide must include title and author of book
- One slide must be an image of book cover
- Beginning – include one or two slides to grab readers’ attention
- Middle – include quotes from book, slides about the story’s action/highlights
- End – teasers/questions that leave reader wanting to read book/wondering what happens
- Include Works Cited (web sites/citations) for all sources
Selecting Images for Book Trailer
- Use Storyboard for image ideas
- Search Google Images – click on Images at Google
- Save images as pictures in Book Trailer folder on Google Drive
- Copy and Paste web sites for all images below in this document, then copy into description for Works Cited (at the end)
Creating your Book Trailer video using Animoto
- Go to Animoto
- Click "Sign In"
- Use your Google Apps Email Address and Password
- Click Create a Video
- Choose Animoto Original
- Click on Create Video
- Click Upload from your Computer (Upload Images from your Book Trailer folder in your Google Drive)
- Add More until All Images are Uploaded
- Add Text (Use Storyboard; insert text before and after images as desired)
- Use Book Trailer Guidelines above
- Rearrange images and text to your liking
- Click Create
- Music
- Click on Music Tab
- Click on Select from our Collection (Avoid Copyright Problems by using Animoto Music)
- Choose a Genre
- Select a Track
- Save and Continue
- Finalizing your Video
- Click on Continue (Do not change length, pacing, or screen.)
- Enter a Title (title and author of book)
- Copy and Paste your Works Cited list of web sites into Description
- Put in your name (and partner, if you have one) for Producer
- Click on Create Video
- Wait Patiently!
- Play Video (Click on Square to Maximize and Play)
- Edit and Remix if Necessary
- Email to your teacher: Miss Barron