Book Trailer

TITLE: LONG WALK TO WATER

TEAM NAME : CONWAY WATER WALK

GRADE: 8 (TECH)

(Aryroyal B, Phillip B, Jaeden B, Nece H, Mariam D, Ezekiel E, Johanna E)

PROCESS:

Every day we listened to the audiobook - Long Walk to Water. It was very exciting to hear the real-life story we decided to make a book trailer. One day we dressed up as different characters and two of the team members wrote the scenes. So we went out and acted out the scenes. We used our iPads and a Sony Camcorder to take videos. We also took individual pictures of the main characters in front of the green screen. Later we used this green screen to add videos of the refugee camps in Ethiopia and the water situation in Kenya as backgrounds for a few scenes. We used iMovie to edit these videos. These videos were bought by our teacher from Storyblocks. The source is given below.

Once all the videos were edited we created the book trailer using iMovie. We used the EXPEDITION template to create this trailer. We added photos and videos. When photos were added we used the Ken Burns effect to make it exciting. We also cropped videos based on the story.

Once we did this, we saved it to the iPad and added it to Google Classroom. The video was saved at 720px.

We enjoyed doing this as a team.

Sources for STORYBLOCKS Video

TITLE : BLUEGRASS BOLD: STORIES OF KENTUCKY WOMEN

TEAM NAME : CONWAY TECH GIRLS

GRADE: 8 (TECH) and GRADE 7

(Johanna E, Aryroyal B, Jordyn V, LolaGrace G, Addison H, Alayna E, Alyssa G, Lillian H, Trinity E, Trinity K, Mariam D, Nece H, Myette L, Aaliyah N, Aleyna A)

GRADE: 7 - Madison M. and Honesty R.

PROCESS:

We chose the Kentucky Woman we wanted to represent. We read about the person and wrote a short description about the person. We took a video with Green Screen background based on the person. For example, if the person led demonstrations against racial discrimination, the student held a paper that said 'March against Racial Discrimination'. These videos were just 15 seconds. We also took a picture of each of us holding the book with the picture of the person.

We used iMovie to add a different background in place of the Green Screen. First we added the background and then the Green Screen Video. When the Green Screen Video is added, you tap on the three dots and choose Green/Blue Screen. This goes on top of the background. In a few seconds the Green Screen is removed and the video lands on the background. This can also be cropped so any unnecessary area can be cropped out of the Green Screen Video. The entire video length was set to 7.5seconds. Once this is completed, it is saved to FILES on iCloud or the iPad. The background videos were from Storyblocks and Pexels. Our teacher added it to our computers and we chose which background we wanted to use for our videos. The sources of all the videos are in the Credits.

Then we logged into Canva using the class code and used the VIDEO template to add the Video and the image. When the image is added, the background is removed. The map of the County that the person represented was added. These were Creative Common Images. A short description of the person was added because the audio we recorded was too long. We contributed to this description in a Padlet. We also added different backgrounds for the slides, animations for each element added.

Our STLP coach was able to put them all together with our help. We were in two different classes and could not meet each other. We did a whole lot of editing, taking videos and audio recordings before getting the final product done.

Then the music was added and then finally downloaded. Credits were also added for all images outside of Canva and for the characters involved in the production.

We all learned a lot about KY Women.

Our teacher got permission from one of the authors, Ms. Shepard to show the pictures from the book to create the trailer.

Sources: Storyblocks and Pexels