Animoto Book Trailers 2018

What is an Animoto Book Trailer

• Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes

  • Beauty Shop for Rent

  • Plague Season [by the author!]

Before You Begin

Before you begin, consider the following:

• Title and author

• Ideas for a hook

• Important characters (protagonist, antagonist, and supporting characters)

• Setting

• Conflict or plot

• Intended audience

• Ideas for a cliffhanger

What will be the TONE of your book trailer - and what music and images will create that??

How to Create Your Book Trailer

• Brainstorm and storyboard the elements of your book trailer

• Find images with CREATIVE COMMONS licensing from Flickr or other sources

  • Download the image AND save URL for citations!

  • Create a works cited page in Google Docs to credit your images - share that page and paste a link in the DESCRIPTION field when you produce your video

• Sign up for Animoto and create your video in THREE steps:

  • Style - choose theme and music

  • Create - add pictures and text

  • Produce - render and share your video

Remember, you only get 30 seconds, just FIVE OR SIX slides, with the free version of Animoto!! Make them count!

Project Resources

• Animoto Book Trailer Storyboard

• Animoto Book Trailer Sample Storyboard

• 4 Elements of an Awesome Animoto Book Trailer

  • Animoto Book Trailer Unit (sample rubric and other planning docs)

Finding Copyright Friendly Images

Did you know that YOU are a copyright holder? According to US law, you automatically hold the copyright to papers you write, pictures you take, and so on. But what if you want to make it okay for other people to use those images, words, or sounds? That's where Creative Commons licensing comes in. It's not about what you can't do, but what you can.

For this project, we recommend using the advanced search feature in Flickr to search for Creative Commons content:

Just conduct any search to see these filtering options or go straight to the advanced search page.

These sites provide more information and resources for copyright friendly media:

• • Creative Commons Search (includes music sites!)

• Wikimedia Commons

• Picture Collection Online (New York City Public Library)

• Copyright Friendly and Copyleft Mostly

Remember, all of these images still need to be attributed! But this way, you can publish your amazing book trailer online without getting in trouble.

Citing Images

Do I need to cite my sources? Absolutely! You need to give credit for the images you use, EVEN if they are Creative Commons licensed.

Create a works cited page in Google Docs and make it visible to anyone with the link. Then when you produce your Animoto video, paste the link to your works cited into the NOTES field so anyone watching your video can see your sources.

How do I write an MLA citation for a Flickr photo? Here's MLA format for a photograph:

Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. Website Title. Web. Date Month Year Accessed.

Here's a sample of a finished citation:

Butterfield, Stewart. Library. 2006. Photograph. Flickr. Web. 31 May 2016. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/stewart/99129170/>

There is no museum or institution for Flickr photos, so we leave that part out.

Help, I don't know the name of the artist? If the real name is not provided, use the Flickr username. Keep the capitalization used on Flickr. Here's another sample:

dilettantiquity. Stockholms Stadsbibliotek. 2013. Photograph. Flickr. Web. 31 May 2016. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingblogspot/15361704293/>

But mine is a huge ugly link! What do I do? Don't worry, we got this. Take a look at this Flickr link I just copied from the address bar:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/15455219752/in/photolist-pxJ3o5-pQTZno-6TnyuB-6BFcwe-6yPust-7ZsYQf-ahkuib-6CHb7b-747ULe-6N5n3W-8Tvjsc-7cYMdM-8hw2Ue-6N1dqZ-7Cs8xG-6RdEhT-ckprVA-6V6GLP-6N1cwr-94oKwD-6jrodf-6Ry49m-cg8eds-qSTy4f-cVj27L-c2LFqN-nVziep-eodTxP-cpy3jj-6EUskX-74CgZb-8e1P93-86WnwH-j2pAh4-eUeGEh-jCQ2dk-7PENUr-egtSGG-6xGMzr-7bYZYR-9AEqTC-8zpC5F-afd8Zz-fxfCJv-eHFL8C-5PyErP-6Jgw6v-jb4gtt-kpjrDc-iEZMGh

Yuck! This URL includes some other metadata ... probably relating to how I accessed the photo, what size is displayed, etc, etc. You can actually shorten it for your works cited entry and it will still work. The part I highlighted above is all you actually need:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/15455219752/

Cut it off after the directory and number designating the specific photo. How do you know you did it right? Copy and paste the link back into your browser and make sure it takes you where you meant to go. Be sure to double-check, since we can't guarantee that all Flickr links are created the same!