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Make sure to include scenes that are relevant to the novel, but don't spend too much time focusing on each scene. Remember: it is a trailer, not a whole movie.
Titles & text are a must have because, depending on how you use them, they can add more information or suspense to the trailer.
Sound can also contribute information or suspense. You can add a haunting French lullaby in the background while the mob storms the Bastille, or you can mix audio of a bustling restaurant while filming the Defarges' in their wine-shop, just to name a few examples of what you could do.
Since it is a trailer and not a movie, please keep your trailer within the time limits.
For your storyboard, there is a link in the instructions for a website where you can digitally storyboard your trailer. Although, if you prefer to use posterboard, paper, and markers, that is fine. Make sure to illustrate the rough idea you have for your trailer and go frame by frame.
There will be 4 groups of 2, and 1 group of 3. Please communicate with each other and contribute equally.
Remember: you need to include at least 6 of the 13 main characters. To make each character distinct/easy to identify, you can have your characters wear certain costumes, you can include dialogue from the book that includes the characters' names, you can include text that says who is who. It is all up to your imagination.
I will not force you all to wear costumes, but they would be helpful for the sake of telling a good story. The costumes do not need to be period-accurate, but please do your best if you choose to wear costumes.