12/12/09
BOOK TRAILER
I meant to post this yesterday, but never got the chance. I had so many papers to grade that I ended up spending the night going
through my students' essays. I know that's no excuse, but I'm sure many of you know that time management is an important
factor when trying to do promotion. So, this is yet another thing I am going to work on.
But that is not what I want to write about today. About a week ago I said I was going to talk to a few other teachers in my school
about doing a promotional item that is becomming more and more popular it seems: a book trailer. Think of a book trailer like a
movie trailer, only, obviously, its for a book. So, all this week I was going around to several other teachers to see what we could
do. We all decided that it would be best to actually begin this project after we came back from Christmas, after all, my school
only has one more week before we are all off until the new year. So, there's no point in starting something if we're going to forget
about it for two weeks. That works just fine for me, because I am going to have to write up a whole lesson plan for it. So, I will be
doing updates on the book trailer as we do it, but don't expect an update until January.
Anyway, as I said, I went to the teachers to discuss creating a book trailer, and this is what we came up with:
I am going to begin the project with my classes. As you know, any production always starts with writing. So, being an English
teacher, this falls right into my realm. I am going to begin with my classes by teaching them about adaption. It ties into what I
need to teach, and it will give them all practical use of the term so that my students really understand what its all about. To do
this, I am going to give them a few sections of my book (essentially, the sections I think would go well into the trailer and also
sections I believe will be shootable when it comes down to actually creating the trailer), and having my students create the script
for it.
When the scripts are ready, which will probably take a week or two, when all is said and done, they will go to the drama teacher.
The drama teacher will be in charge of casting the students he wants in the trailer. Since my book is all about high school
students, this is perfect. After he casts the production they will go to the media teacher, who will be having her students in
charge of directing, shooting and editing the book trailer.
The students will go into rehearsal for a week or so, and then they will shoot the trailer. Then the media students will edit it, add
the music and whatever special effects must be added and submit the final to me. Once we accomplish all this, we will not only
broadcast it to the school, but upload it on sites such as Youtube and such.
So, that's the plan, if we do this right, we should have something by February, so let's cross our fingers. I will keep you updated.
BOOK TRAILER
I meant to post this yesterday, but never got the chance. I had so many papers to grade that I ended up spending the night going
through my students' essays. I know that's no excuse, but I'm sure many of you know that time management is an important
factor when trying to do promotion. So, this is yet another thing I am going to work on.
But that is not what I want to write about today. About a week ago I said I was going to talk to a few other teachers in my school
about doing a promotional item that is becomming more and more popular it seems: a book trailer. Think of a book trailer like a
movie trailer, only, obviously, its for a book. So, all this week I was going around to several other teachers to see what we could
do. We all decided that it would be best to actually begin this project after we came back from Christmas, after all, my school
only has one more week before we are all off until the new year. So, there's no point in starting something if we're going to forget
about it for two weeks. That works just fine for me, because I am going to have to write up a whole lesson plan for it. So, I will be
doing updates on the book trailer as we do it, but don't expect an update until January.
Anyway, as I said, I went to the teachers to discuss creating a book trailer, and this is what we came up with:
I am going to begin the project with my classes. As you know, any production always starts with writing. So, being an English
teacher, this falls right into my realm. I am going to begin with my classes by teaching them about adaption. It ties into what I
need to teach, and it will give them all practical use of the term so that my students really understand what its all about. To do
this, I am going to give them a few sections of my book (essentially, the sections I think would go well into the trailer and also
sections I believe will be shootable when it comes down to actually creating the trailer), and having my students create the script
for it.
When the scripts are ready, which will probably take a week or two, when all is said and done, they will go to the drama teacher.
The drama teacher will be in charge of casting the students he wants in the trailer. Since my book is all about high school
students, this is perfect. After he casts the production they will go to the media teacher, who will be having her students in
charge of directing, shooting and editing the book trailer.
The students will go into rehearsal for a week or so, and then they will shoot the trailer. Then the media students will edit it, add
the music and whatever special effects must be added and submit the final to me. Once we accomplish all this, we will not only
broadcast it to the school, but upload it on sites such as Youtube and such.
So, that's the plan, if we do this right, we should have something by February, so let's cross our fingers. I will keep you updated.
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