Above is my super fantastic book trailer for a memoir I just finished reading, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. It is a touching recollection of a young girl's life that was unlike any other. The things that Jeannette grew up among... is is truly inspirational to see how far she has come.
About this process... I learned to make a movie! Ah! It was fun! I just images that I got from morguefile.com (for freeeee!)(and this works with your own personal pictures, as well!) The soundtrack music is "Some Humans Ain't Human" by John Prine. Using Windows Movie Maker, I just downloaded the pictures I wanted to use in the movie, arranged them, and added music. I could simply click and drag to make pictures longer or shorter, and the same applied to clipping the music, the drag of a mouse is all it took.
I will definitely use this in my classroom every year. I feel that it is a wonderful way to introduce a book that we will read and spark student interest fom the beginning. I also think I could use it in place of some lectures? Perhaps I could turn particularly relevant lessons into "video lectures," or someting like that. It is just an excellent way to spice up my classroom routine and grab the attention of my students.
This also satisfies any teacher or students' creative need... the types of transitions and special effects that are available are amazing. That's how I got my movie to look like it's being shown on an old projector-- I felt like that effect was relevent to the message I am trying to portray... It's just another way to draw out the mood of the novel...
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