Creating Book Trailers in iMovie Alicia Hodak At the end of this past

Creating Book Trailers in iMovie Alicia Hodak At the end of this past school year, I created a year-­‐end slideshow for my students using iMovie. I experimented with iMovie trailers to create an introduction to the slideshow, and I started to think about the potential of using this with my students. I am hoping to have my students work in groups to create book trailers in iMovie as an extension to literature circles. iMovie has a built in movie trailer option that allows students to create professional looking trailers by inserting text and short video clips or photos. For a tutorial on creating an iMovie trailer, visit http://www.apple.com/ca/ilife/imovie/#movie-­‐trailers. Students can use access iMovie on any iMac, MacBook or iPad. Professional Looking Introduction Here are some of the steps involved in this project: 1.) Introduce the Project • What is the point of a movie trailer? Watch an example of a movie trailer and discuss the content and use of images and text as a class. • Discuss how this could be used to highlight the main events of a book and show an example of a book trailer. • One example I found online is for the book The Lemonade War, which was created by a group of grade 5 students. (http://ictforeducators.com/2012/06/creating-­‐book-­‐trailers-­‐with-­‐
imovie.html) 2.) Explore iMovie Trailers • Briefly go over how to create an iMovie trailer and give students time to experiment and play around with the trailer function in iMovie. • Have them think about which trailer template they may want to use. Trailer Templates 3.) Brainstorming & Planning • Have students work in their groups to brainstorm the main ideas from their book. • Students will need to create a storyboard as a plan for their project. 4.) Work on Trailer • Show students how to use iMovie to create a trailer and have them work on gathering pictures. They can take digital pictures, or draw the pictures on the iPad or by hand). They can also use the iPad to create videos for their trailer. • Have students add their pictures and videos to the storyboard outline in iMovie. • Students also need to work on adding text or voiceovers to highlight the images and videos. • Finally, students can create customized credits using the template provided in iMovie. The Storyboard Outline Adding Custom Credits 5.) Editing • After students have created their iMovie trailer, have them spend some time editing their trailers. • They can also get together with another group to share their work so far and give each other feedback. 6.) Post Online • Have students post their book trailer on the class site as a .mov or .mp4 file and on their personal blog page. 7.) Presentations • Have students share their projects with the class. • Students will then have the opportunity to comment on each other’s book trailers on the class blog. 8.) Reflections • Have students reflect on their projects and the process of creating a book trailer.