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Book Trailer Storyboard for The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Title Scene

Composition: Book cover in the middle of a black background (Image of the book
cover was taken from HarperCollins website and given the black background using
an app called PhotoGrid.)
Shot: Still image
Framing: Image is vertically centered in the horizontal frame
Text: “Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture!” “The One and Only Ivan” “#1 New York
Times Best Seller” “Katherine Applegate” (All part of the still shot of the book cover)
Duration: 10 seconds
Transition: Fade out transition to Scene 1
Audio:
Narration: None

Scene 1: Introduction
Composition: Narrator (Courtney) sitting at her desk holding a copy of The One
and Only Ivan. Narrator is looking straight at the camera. The background is a gray
wall.
Shot: Medium
Frame: Narrator is in the middle of the frame looking straight into the camera
Duration: 20-30 seconds
Transition: Fade into the scene/Fade out transition to Scene 2
Audio: Narrator speaking
Narration: Hello, friends! Today we are going to talk about the book The One and
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Only Ivan. This is the story about a silverback gorilla who lives inside a shopping
mall! Yes, a shopping mall! Ivan tells us the story of living in the mall and his friends
that live there with him.

Scene 2:

Composition: Picture of a silverback gorilla (Taken from thenewstribune.com from

a gallery on The Legacy of Ivan)
Shot: Still
Frame: Frame is horizontal
Duration: 30 seconds
Transition: Fade into the scence/Fade out into Scene 3
Audio: Narrator speaking
Narration: We start this book in a mall called Big Top Mall. Ivan tells us about his
surroundings and his domain, which is made of glass on three sides, one of which
has a whole that he can fit his hand into. The fourth wall has a mural of a jungle
scene. Ivan tells us about his daily life living at the mall.

Scene 3
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Composition: Image of papers and crayons (taken from the book)

Shot: Still
Frame: Picture is square with a black horizontal background
Duration: 30 seconds
Transition: Fade into the scene/Fade out to scene 4
Audio: Narrator speaking
Narration: Ivan has a human friend in the mall named Julia (Her father cleans the
mall at night). She gave him crayons and paper so they could draw together. Ivan
enjoys drawing with Julia and draws simple things that are in his day-to-day life.
Mack (the boss) now sells Ivan’s drawings and Ivan draws everyday.

Scene 4
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Composition: Image of a baby elephant

Shot: Still
Frame: Black horizontal frame
Duration: 20 seconds
Transition: Fade into the scene/Fade out to scene 5
Audio: Narrator speaking
Narration: One day a shy baby elephant comes to live with Ivan and the other
animals that live at the mall. Her name is Ruby. After Ruby comes to the mall,
Stella, the other elephant that is there passes away. While Ruby is there she shares
her story of how she was captured from the wild with Ivan and the other animals
and Ivan shares his story with her too.

Scene 5
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Composition: Unfinished puzzle pieces on a blue background

Shot: still
Frame: No frame
Duration: 20 seconds
Transition: Fade into the scene/Fade out to scene 6
Audio: Narrator speaking
Narration: Before Stella passed away, Ivan made a promise to save Ruby. He
comes up with an idea of how to do that and gets to work using paints and paper
that Julia gave him. When he is finished with his paintings, he tries to show them to
Julia but she doesn’t understand. Ivan gets mad and Julia really looks at Ivan’s
work. She realizes it’s puzzle and starts putting the pieces together.

Scene 6
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Composition: Image of an elephant in a shipping container

Shot: Still
Frame: No frame
Duration: 20 seconds
Transition: Fade into the scene/Fade out to scene 7
Audio: Narrator speaking
Narration: Julia and her father figure out the puzzle and glue it onto a billboard.
News channels see the billboard and come to film Ivan paint. While a cameraman is
there filming he catches a claw-stick, which is used in elephant training). Eventually,
a lady comes with boxes big enough to fit the animals in.

Scene 7
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Composition: Book cover in the middle of a black background (Image of the book
cover was taken from HarperCollins website and given the black background using
an app called PhotoGrid.)
Shot: Still
Frame: Image is vertically centered in the horizontal frame
Duration: 20 seconds
Transition: Fade into the scene/Fade out
Audio: Narrator speaking
Narration: Do the animals get in the boxes? If so, where are they taking them? Are
they saving them? Read The One and Only Ivan and find out!