For now all we are doing is introducing you to the concept of book trailers in order to provide guidance to the end game. All you need to do at this point is to review this set of readings. we will be providing more information about the project as the semester progresses. Come back here during the cycle when the selection is due to click the link below and make your selection.
Click here to find resources to help you make your book trailer selection
This activity requires that you read a book and then produce a 2-3 minute trailer for it. You may use still images but you need to figure out a way to reenact at least a portion of the story. You may use what ever on screen talent you can find… make it a family affair would be fun perhaps?
Book trailers are short, two to three minute videos that introduce the basic story line and in which the story is re-enacted with similar artistic and creative decisions made by a movie director as to what parts of the story are presented in a film he or she is creating.
In order to get a full idea as to what we are attempting to accomplish with this project, I would like for you to read a couple publications on the research we have done with K-12 students to introduce and validate our assumptions:
- This is the original paper published on Digital Booktalk in 2008
- This is a more recent about to be published manuscript showing how book trailers and other forms of video can increase motivation to read.
Now that you have an idea about things, watching the video will make that much more sense. Here is Part 1 in which I introduce the whys and wherefores:
The next part of the video introduces the lesson activities we use in K-12 classrooms to get kids to produce book trailers of their own:
The last part of the video provides a little input as to how we introduce the videos into the classroom and the lesson sequence. Also a few pointer are provided for you to get an idea as to what you need to bring to the party when you produce your trailers.