Creating Book Trailers A fantastic way to promote reading for pleasure and develop critical reading skills scottishbooktrust.com

Plan for today What is a book trailer? What makes a good one? How do you prepare? How do you put it together? How can you differentiate the task? How can you use trailers across the school?

What does a trailer look like?

Planning – Stage 1

Planning – Stage 2 StoryboardScript

Over to you! Start planning your own trailer by using the mindmap in the handout. Think about all the aspects of your chosen book that you want to convey to the viewer – plot points, aspects of character, setting and atmosphere. How are you going to get the viewer to want to read the book? What do you want the viewer to know about the book?

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Where to find content

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Editing

Differentiation Pairs, groups or individuals? Original footage or footage created by others? Original music? Storyboard or script?

Applications National 4 Higher revision Whole school reading culture Community

Scottish Teenage Book Prize Shortlist announced: 31 August Voting deadline: 17 February

What we’ve covered What is a book trailer? What makes a good one? How do you prepare? How do you put it together? How can you differentiate the task? How can you use trailers across the school?

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