Storyboarding Book Trailers

Read (Text) See (Images) Hear (Sound) Remember Read (Text) See (Images) Hear (Sound) Sample used: Young Samurai book trailer

Think black belt young bond (all caps, cinematic spin) See (Images) Frame 1 Read (Text) Think black belt young bond (all caps, cinematic spin) See (Images) Black Background Hear (Sound) Entry “Boom” that resonates Transition to next slide: Fade to black

Text slow panning left to right Frame 2 Read Samurai (all caps, motion left to right) Transition: Fade to black See Text slow panning left to right S/I ninjas briefly in background Hear Windy /zippy sound with trumpets

Read Artemis Fowl with swords (all caps) Transition: Fade out See Frame 3 Read Artemis Fowl with swords (all caps) Transition: Fade out See Black background Hear Entry boom that resonates

Read Samurai Transition: Fade to black See Slow pan right to left Frame 4 Read Samurai Transition: Fade to black See Slow pan right to left S/I ninjas briefly in background Hear Entry boom that resonates

Frame 5 Read Percy Jackson with ninja (all caps) Transition: Fade out See Black background Hear Entry boom that resonates

Read Samurai Transition: Fade to black Hear Entry boom that resonates Frame 6 Read Samurai Transition: Fade to black Hear Entry boom that resonates See Slow pan right to left S/I ninjas briefly in background

Read Steel your nerves for … (all caps) Transition: Fade out See Frame 7 Read Steel your nerves for … (all caps) Transition: Fade out See Black background Hear Entry boom that resonates

Read N/A Transitions: quick cuts See Frames 8-11 Read N/A Transitions: quick cuts See 4 pictures of teen ninjas from book cover in quick succession to build up feeling of speed Hear Traditional movie music – strings that build excitement

Read (Text) Breathtaking adventure Heart-pounding action (all caps) Frame 12 Read (Text) Breathtaking adventure Heart-pounding action (all caps) See (Images) Black Background Then fade in white photo Hear (Sound) Entry “Boom” that resonates Transition to next slide: Fade out & back; overlap with “appear” of frame 13

Black background with white images S/I Frames 13-15 Read A legend in the making Jaw dropping martial arts Who fights for survival Transition: fade out See Black background with white images S/I Hear Intense action music – strings and booms

Read Jack Fletcher is (all caps) Transition: fade out See Frame 16 Read Jack Fletcher is (all caps) Transition: fade out See Colour picture of samurais Hear Still exciting, but wind down music (same music as before, but winding down)

Read Young samurai Transition: Fade out See Frame 17 Read Young samurai Transition: Fade out See Black background; two samurai swords (that enter with graphics) Fade in picture of silhouetted samurai Hear Winding down music, with “swooshes” as the two samurai swords enter the picture

Frame 18 Read Let your training commence now (all caps, fade in) Out now Transition: shatter animation; fly-in of series covers See Black background Book covers fly in; current volume separate Puffin (publisher) logo Hear Continued music Sword noise as book covers fly in

Frame 19 Read Young Samurai logo youngsamurai.com (no animation; all caps) Transition: fade to black Hear Gong as final sound – it echoes See Logo; black background