Entry #4 - due Feb. 28

My partner, Gabby, and I have decided to make our movie trailer for the book Delirium by Lauren Oliver. We chose this book because we have both read it, and we really like the story line. Also, a lot of people in our class have read it since it was a choice for the summer assignment. Since many people know the book, we think they will understand the trailer more.

We have not started writing the actual script for the trailer yet, but we plan on doing that tomorrow during 20% project class time and also tomorrow after school. We are going to try to finish most of it.

One challenge we are facing is that we aren't sure which scenes to put in the trailer. None of us have ever made a trailer before, so this is all new to us. But I think once we look more at the book and talk about it, we will figure it out. Also, we do not know which characters to put in the trailer. We are obviously going to be focusing on Lena and Alex, but we don't know which other characters to include.

As for our cast, we haven't asked anyone yet, but we probably figure that out after we write the script. The pre-filming stuff is more challenging than the actual filming and editing. We are trying to work on it and make it the best that we can though.

The picture below shows some of my planning and the challenges explained.
The image was just taken with my phone.

Entry #3 - due Feb. 14

Mrs Weck only half approve mine and Gabby's project pitch. Gabby Cruz is my partner for this project. Mrs. Weck liked the film/ movie trailer idea, but told us we should do something else, not child abuse. Gabby and I chose to make a movie trailer for a book. We are going to try to choose a book that is not a movie yet. We still have not chosen a movie to do the trailer on. However we will probably decide at the beginning of winter break, when we have more time to think about it. We have to decide on a book very soon though because without it, we cannot do anything. During 20% project class time last week, I tried to look up some popular young adult book to do the movie trailer on. That's all I've done so far for the project. I have been thinking about which book to do on my own time as well. I will probably look up more books tomorrow during 20% project class time.

Below is a picture of the list of some options for the book for the movie trailer. As you can see, if is not many options, but it is because I really want the trailer to turn out great. So I am being a little picky with the book. I will mostly choose by this Saturday or Sunday though, latest Monday.