Movie Trailer

Description

Have students synthesize and highlight their learning by having them produce a movie trailer that punctuates the important concepts of whatever topic they’ve been working on.

Materials

• Computer or iPad
• Video camer or camera with video capability
• Video editing software

Considerations

• Students will benefit from storyboarding their movie trailer to organize the sequence
• Talk to students about filming composition, lighting and sound for best results
• Let students know how long their movie trailer should last
• Using a software program with template movie trailers makes this an easy task
• Grouping: Students can work in pairs or small groups of 3-4

Examples

This is an example of students who created a movie trailer for their final novel study project.

Assessments

Use a rubric to assess for learning outcomes.

• comprehensive rubric from Rcampus
• simple rubric from ReadWriteThink

Resources

• 21 Things 4 iPads – activities for creating movie trailers in the classroom