How to Make a Book Trailer Using Windows Movie Maker 1.

Read the book Create a list of words from the bookplay word association. The words could be places, people, things, emotions, atmosphere, themefor example; in the Jenna Fox video the color blue was prominent in the book (blue gel) so the designer of the book trailer used the color blue for backgrounds in the slides. Determine what theme you want to express in your book trailer. Remember not to give away the ending. 11. Research other book trailers Find trailers that are similar to what you would like to do. Just search book trailers on YouTube. Decide what you like and what you dont like. 111. Get started A. Organizing your pictures, music, and video: Log on to the computer using your username and password. Create three folders: 1) Pictures, 2) Sounds, and 3) Video Clips Click the right mouse button. Click on New. Click on Folder. Create your folders. When you find pictures, music, audio, and video clips, save them into the designated folders you created. Plan your Book Trailer using the Storyboard Template. Locate and save resources into your designated Folder. Look for free images from: Wikimedia: http://wikimedia.org/ Galileo: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/ Library of Congress American Memory Project: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Reading Room:

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html Clipart.com: http://www.clipart.com/en/ Microsoft Clip Art: http://office.microsoft.com/enus/ clipart/default.aspx?ver=12&app=powerpnt.exe Search for sounds, animations, pictures, or other clips. Look for sounds from: WavSource.com: http://www.wavsource.com/sfx/sfx.htm Royalty Free Music: http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-clips.html Sound effects from Partners in Rhyme: http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.shtml Free Play Music: http://www.freeplaymusic.com Aimini.net: http://www.aimini.net B. Open Windows Moviemaker. Select Import pictures from Capture Video in Movie Tasks pane. open the selected folder. Select all pictures and click Import Select Import audio or music from Capture Video in Movie Tasks pane. Navigate to the folder where you put your music or audio. Select desired audio files and click Import. C. Placing your pictures onto the Storyboard: Left click and Drag pictures from the collection pane onto the storyboard. D. Adding transitions: Select View video transitions from the Edit Movie in Movie Tasks pane. Select desired transition and drag it between the desired letter pictures on the Transition portion of the Storyboard. Do this between all the letter slides in you movie.

 Select different transitions to get a feel for the variety available. E. Adding Title Page: Select Make titles or credits from Edit Movie in the Movie Tasks Pane. Select title at the beginning and Type in desired text. Select Done, add title to movie. F. Adding Text over pictures: Select Make titles or credits from Edit Movie in the Movie Tasks Pane. Select title on the selected clip option Select desired slides to put titles on. Select Change Title Animation and select desired title style. Click on Title Style and it will preview with a default background. Once you select Edit the title text Type in desired text. Click Done, add title to movie. The title is added on the timeline in the Title Overlay section. You can click or drag the Title to place it in a different part of your movie. G. Add Music to your movie: Import the music files from your folder From the Movie Task Pane, Click on Import Audio or Music. Open the designated folder and select the audio or music to be imported. Select the music and click on Import. H. Audio Clips Audio clips can only be added in the timeline view. Audio Files have their own timeline. Drag the audio icon to the left to align with the start of the first picture.

 To enlarge the timeline, use the zoom in button. To make the timeline smaller, use the zoom out button. To Change the length of the audio clip, drag the edge of the audio clip to the left to trim I. Saving your work: Select File->Save Project as a. Name Your Movie Project. b. Save your movie to the U: drive. c. Save the Movie as a Project until you are finished with all edits. Note: Your pictures will not be attached to your movie project UNTIL it is saved as a movie file. J. Export your movie: Select Save to my computer from Finish Movie in the Tasks Pane. Make a title for your movie: Select location to save your movie Click next Select format for movie (use default setting) Click next Computer will render and save your movie wait a few minutes. Close Moviemaker. double click on your finished movie to watch! It will play in Windows Media Player