Book Trailer Storyboard

Video Editing Resource: iMovie

Scene 1: Introduction/Hook Scene 2: Title Scene 3: Introduction to characters

Shot: Horizontal Shot: Still Image and Text Shot: Still Image
Frame: Medium Close Up Frame: Close Up Frame: Image in the center of the
frame

Interrupting
Chicken

By David Ezra Stein

Duration: 38 seconds
Shot Size: Medium
Angle: Straight
Transition: Cross blur to the next
image
Music: None
Background: Yellow Wall
Audio: “Hello Mrs. Shuff’s Smarties.
We know that in our class when a
friend interrupts our thoughts we say
our friend has stolen our thinking.
Have you ever stolen your teacher’s,
friends’, or parent’s thoughts?”
Narrator shakes her head and says,
“Yes, me too! Since we have all
interrupted someone in the past, we
are all experts on today’s book. Can
you guess what one of the characters
will do? (Pause for 2 seconds) Yes,
that’s right, she interrupts! The next
book we will read is named,
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra
Stein.”
Title: Duration: 16 seconds
Font: Arial Narrow, size 48 pt., yellow Shot Size: Long Shot
with shadow effect Angle: Straight
Transition: Page curl left
Author/Illustrator:
Font: Arial Narrow, size 24 pt., orange Audio: “Papa carries Little Red
Chicken to the bedroom and asks, ‘Are
Background Color: Green you ready for bed?’ (Narrator will
imitate a male voice.) Little Red
Color selection imitates the front Chicken replies that she will be all
cover of the book. ready as soon as she listens to her
favorite bedtime story.”
Illustration: Walking chicken with a
curvy frame surrounding image. Photograph: Child’s bedroom
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Duration: 8 seconds
Shot Size: Close up & Zoom Out
Angle: Straight
Transition: Cross blur to the next
image
Audio: None
Music: Little Idea from
www.BenSound.com, 8 seconds in
duration with a gradual decrease in
volume at 5 seconds.
Scene 4: Bedtime Story Scene 5: Hansel & Gretel Scene 6: Frustrated Papa

Shot: Still Image Shot: Still Image Shot: Still Image

Frame: Image in the center of the Frame: Image in the center of the Frame: Image in the center of the
frame frame frame
Duration: 17 seconds Duration: 20 seconds
Shot Size: Long Shot while zooming in Shot Size: Extreme close up while
on the Bedtime Stories book in the zooming out as scene progresses
center of the image
Angle: Straight
Angle: Straight
Transition: Page curl left
Transition: Page curl left
Audio: “With Little Chicken’s
Audio: “Papa decides to read just one promise, Papa begins to read Hansel
story to Little Chicken. He makes her and Gretel. The story is progressing
promise she will not interrupt. This is just fine until Hansel and Gretel are
something that can be difficult for about to go in the house with the old
some of you as well. I sure hope Little woman. Little Chicken loudly
Chicken will follow instructions.” proclaims, DON’T GO IN THAT
HOUSE!”
Photograph: Children’s books
www.flickr.com Photograph: Hansel & Gretel
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Music: Enigmatic from
www.BenSound.com
Music will start playing at 10 seconds
and increase in volume until 20
seconds
Duration: 30 seconds
Shot Size: Medium
Angle: Straight
Transition: Cross blur to next image
Audio: “Oh no! Little Chicken
interrupted the story! (Narrator sighs)
Papa sighs in frustration. Will Little
Chicken ever learn? Will Papa read
any more stories? Will Little Chicken
stay up forever? (Pause) I just don’t
know!”
“Now, I am going to leave you in
suspense so you can make your own
predictions before reading any
further. I hope you continue reading
this book. It’s full of silliness that is
sure to entertain you.”
Photograph: Rooster
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Music: Hush Little Baby from
www.soundcloud.com
Music will start playing after the
narrator finishes the audio. This
should occur at 18 seconds.