Teaching Book Trailers

                                               
(See also DMC Teaching and Copyright and Fair Use)

 

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What is a book trailer?

• "A video advertisement for a book ... with higher quality trailers being called 'cinematic book trailers'" - definition from Wikipedia
• "The Awkward Art of Book Trailers" (2013) - The New Yorker looks at the emerging genre and highlight rising star,  http://www.garyshteyngart.com/
• "From Page to Screen: The Rise of the Video Book Trailer" (2012) - The Guardian explores emerging genre of book trailers
• Becoming Trivial: Book Trailers (2012) - Voigt explores genre of book trailer from cultural studies approach

 

curriculum planning & research:

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• Using Book Talks and Book Trailers to Create a Community of Readers

Presention by 8th grade teacher, Tess Bademan, at 2010 Minnesota Writing Project Invitational Summer Institute. Offers examples of how to use book trailers as "multimodal book talks" as a way to build community among writers.

• FictionNotes - website devoted to curriculum planning around book trailers and other video projects
• Creating Book Trailers with iPads - teacher shares her experience planning, gathering media, and editing for book trailers using iMovie on iPads. Article featured on Digital Is ...
  
• Hayes (2010) -- Exclusive Engagement Now Playing: The Genre of a Book Trailer Minnesota English Journal
• Gunter, G., & Kenny, R. (2008). Digital booktalk: Digital media for reluctant readers. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 8(1). Retrieved from http://www.citejournal.org/vol8/iss1/currentpractice/article1.cfm
  

 

publishing Book Trailers:

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• via a course website (blog, wiki, social network, etc.)
  
• MCTE Book Trailer Contest
• BookScreening.com

 

book trailer examples:

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Professional Book Trailers:

• The Moby Awards 2011: discussed at Brain Pickings
• The Moby Awards 2012: The best and worst book trailers of the year (categories include: Best Artistic, Big House & Small House Presses, Worst, Celebtastic, etc)

 

Teacher Models (composed by Tess Bademan):

• Make Lemonade (2:45 - using MovieMaker) 
• Al Capone Does my Shirts (2:12 - using MovieMaker)

Student Book Trailers:

high school

• Hunger Games (1:35 - high school)
  
• Call of the Wild (1:06 - high school)

middle school

• Monster (1:31 - 8th grade student) ... Monster (3:27 - preservice teacher)
  
• A Company of Swans (1:44 - 8th grade)
• Tomorrow When the War Began (2:03 - 8th grade)

elementary

• The Trouble with Tuck (2:23 - elementary)
• 4th grade book trailers used as alternative to book reports (see article)
• Found
• Racing in the Rain
• Warriors Midnight