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BOOK TRAILERS

You know how when you go to the movies or watch a movie on DVD they have the previews section? That kind of gets you interested in movies you might want to see. They are a bunch of short clips from the movie - usually some action scenes or a quick piece of a funny or sad scene - just enough to get you interested. Some movies have slightly longer versions of these called "trailers". You need only to search for the movie title and add the word "trailer" to the end of your search and you can find these short summaries of films you have already seen or would like to see.

Now there is a new site for kids that is similar - it is called Book Trailers. People are making the same kinds of short films to get others interested in a particular book. There are all kinds of ways to build a book trailer, but they have several things in common. What are these things?

__**DUE DATES:**__ 4/10/12 - character/setting/conflict page turned in to Ms. Weisz. Title screen in iMovie with book cover set up. Set up a document in Pages called "Trailer Narrative". Begin writing your trailer narrative in the voice of the main character. 4/11/12 - Finish the narrative for your book trailer - print them out and turn them to Ms. Weisz. Book cover should be on your iMovie. Add your first "setting" clip (a background picture). 4/13/12 - Post finished book trailers on blogs