Book trailers

I will be having my 5th graders create book trailers for their favorite books in the next month or so. Has anyone else tackled such a project? If so, did you use Photostory or Windows Movie Maker? Any other advice, suggestions or hints would also be appreciated!

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Permalink Reply by Janine on January 3, 2011 at 9:16pm

I'd better clarify. My students will not be shooting video; they will be using still shots.

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Permalink Reply by Lori C Vines on January 4, 2011 at 9:22am

Just saw a post about using Animoto to create short book trailers. I am going to try this with my third and fourth graders this spring.

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Permalink Reply by Janine on January 4, 2011 at 3:27pm

I'd love to use animoto (for a lot of things) but it is blocked in my district. Let me know how it works for you!

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Michaud on January 6, 2011 at 5:49pm

just check in to the age limit thing...

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Permalink Reply by Dana Murphy on January 4, 2011 at 6:03pm

Janine, I did this with my fifth graders and it was FABULOUS!!!! We used iMovie on a mac but it would be fine in moviemaker3 I think. Students first completed some basic info about the book/theme/characters, etc., then I taught them how to find royalty free images. Then they were good to go. I also found a rubric online which I modified to fit the project. Email me at dmurphy@srvusd.net if you'd like the link to see my students' trailers.

Also, the rubric can be found at www.rubistar.4teachers.org

It will say "go to a saved rubric" and type in this number:

1998451

good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Greg McCall on January 4, 2011 at 11:48pm

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xg1ysy_the-night-before-christmas-...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PQN6AT_uD0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyRNmJ746ic&feature=mfu_in_order...

Done with Free programs --Karafun Editor and (PowerPoint) and FormatFactory

Karafun is a surprisingly versatile program - it comes with a media player, can manage pictures and transformations on a time-line, products convert to avi, it even has built in audio record. Designed to make karaoke --my students make audio-media.

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Permalink Reply by Jeffrey C. Long on January 6, 2011 at 1:46pm

I've used Animoto in a few different applications in my room. It's a great piece of software and the kids will pick it up in no time. I sometimes wish it would accept more text, however. It's a great program to use, like you say, for presenting work that doesn't have to be too in depth. Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Michaud on January 6, 2011 at 5:49pm

Hi! I attended training with some librarians regarding book trailers?

Either of those programs will work. You could probably do more cool tricks with Windows Movie Maker, but I am only saying that because I less experience with Photostory then Windows Movie Maker.

My librarian used Animoto - but Animoto says users have to be 13yrs or older. Actually, they tout an Educator version, but they ask you to create a fake birthday for under-aged children.

HAVE GREAT FUN!!!!