1. Storyboarding
Book Trailers

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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)

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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