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Tips
Think About:
- What your book would look like as a movie trailer
- The plot
- Characters
- Tone
- Mood
- Themes of the book
- How you feel about the book
Before you begin:
- Create a storyboard
- Save your images in the same location (make a folder in your home directory called “Book Trailer”)
- Save the links for all your images
Other Tips:
- No spoilers! Don’t give away any major plot elements!
- Use a question or statement to intrigue viewers
- It's okay to use quotes from the book - you might use the first line of the book
- Use music and sounds that make sense to the story
- Your goal is to make someone want to read the book
- Use 1st or 3rd person
- Start or end with an image of the book cover