“Between Shades of Gray” by Ruta Sepetys Book Trailer Lindsey Burnsed

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Framing: Words are scrolling across the screen, with a shot Framing: Words written across the snowy road Framing: Title and author are written against
snowy road landscape in the background. landscape. a snowy road landscape

Image from PowToon: Image from Powtoon: Image from Powtoon:

Words to be transcribed over the image:

1. “Evil will rule until good men or women choose to
act.”
2. “This testimony was written to create an absolute
record, to speak in a world where our voices have
been extinguished.” -
3. “These writings may shock or horrify you... I hope
they prompt you to do something.” (Sepetys, 2011,
p. 338)” - Color is a light gray against the dark road;
Size- 36
Font for all is Sans Serif Family- Josefin Sans
Words to be transcribed over picture:
“Only then can we ensure that this kind of evil is
never allowed to repeat itself.” (Sepetys, 2011,
p.338)
Font: Sans Serif Family- Josefin Sans
Size: 50
Color: Dark gray (Aligned to the top).
Words to be transcribed over picture:
Between Shades of Gray
By: Ruta Sepetys
Font: Sans Serif Family- Josefin Sans
Size: Title- 48; Author- 40
Color: Title-dark gray over the white snow;
author- light gray over the dark road.

Duration: 15 seconds Duration: 7 seconds Duration: 5 seconds

Shot Size: Medium Shot Size: Medium Shot Size: medium
Angle: straight Angle: straight Angle: straight
Transition: Words writing on screen; words wipe off for next Transition: Words writing on screen; words wipe Transition: Words writing on screen; fades to
slide (uses same background as next two scenes). off for next slide (uses same background as black.
previous and next screen).

Audio #1: Song- “Speak of the Devil” from PowToon Audio #1:Song- “Speak of the Devil” from Audio #1:Song- “Speak of the Devil” from
Audio # 2: No narration, just music. PowToon PowToon
Audio # 2: No narration, just music. Audio # 2: No narration, just music.

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Shot: Medium Shot: Medium
Framing: Ms. Burnsed is sitting in a chair, holding Framing: Lina’s name writes over the corner edge
the book of the screen as the screen moves from top corner
to the center to show colored pencils photograph.
Between
Shades
of Gray
Mehdee, R. (2016). Colour Your Life [photograph].
Words:
Lina
Font: Sans-Serif Family- Champagne
Size: 48
Color: Black
Duration: 20 seconds Duration: 10 seconds
Shot Size: medium Shot Size: medium
Angle: straight Angle: from left corner to center and straight (with
Transition: wipe to next slide the pencils in the lower-right corner)
Transition: wipe to next slide; words will appear in
the right hand corner at the beginning of the scene.
Audio #1:Song- “Speak of the Devil” from PowToon Audio #1:Song- “Speak of the Devil” from PowToon
Audio # 2: “Have you ever thought about the evil Audio # 2:
the world faced during World War II? Or, how Lina is a normal, fifteen year old Lithuanian girl who
people survived not only under Hitler’s rule in is focused on her art and her family. She has very
Germany, but Stalin’s rule in the Soviet Union? little to worry about.
Ruta Sepetys’ delves into this time period through
the lives and fight for survival of Lina and Andrius.
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Shot: Medium to close-up
Framing: Map of Soviet and Nazi occupied west
Germany- close up moves in to the area showing
Lithuania.
The original uploader was Mosedschurte at English
Wikipedia. [CC BY-SA 3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]
Duration: 20 seconds
Shot Size: medium
Angle: straight to close up on the left centerfold of
the picture
Transition: zoom in to Lithuania. Fade to black.
Audio #1:Song- “Speak of the Devil” from PowToon
Audio # 2:
Her life is turned upside down with the rule of
Joseph Stalin. Stalin begins putting anyone he
considers an enemy to his rule in concentration
camps. Lina is taken by soldiers with her mother
and brother. Lina encounters tragedy and
questions she never thought she would have to
answer.
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Framing: Words write over the background image Framing: Words write over a concentration camp Framing: Black screen with words like “fear” “death”
of a pocket watch. fence. “separation” and “survive” popping up.

Image: Words:

Fear
Death
Separation
Survive

Font: Sans Serif Family-Champagne

Font size- 48
Attribution: Ansgar Koreng / CC BY-SA 4.0 Font color: white

Words:
“Have you ever wondered what a human life is
worth?” That morning, my brother’s was worth a Public Domain
pocket watch.” (Sepetys, 2011, p.27)
Words:
Font: Sans Serif Family- Champagne “How could we stand up for ourselves if everyone
Color- White cowered in fear and refused to speak?” (Sepetys,
Size- 40 2011, p.55).

Font: Sans Serif Family- Champagne

Color: Black
Size: 40

Duration: 10 seconds Duration: 8 seconds Duration: 9 seconds

Shot Size: Medium Shot Size: Medium Shot Size: Medium
Angle: Straight with pocket watch in the lower right Angle: Straight Angle: Words pop up in different corners with
hand corner and words in the top left corner Transition: fade to black Survive centered. Straight shot
Transition: fade to black Transition: Appear; Fade to black

Audio #1:Song- “Speak of the Devil” from PowToon
Audio # 2:
“Have you ever wondered what a human life is
worth?” That morning, my brother’s was worth a
pocket watch.” (Sepetys, 2011, p.27).
Audio #1:Song- “Speak of the Devil” from PowToon
Audio # 2:
“How could we stand up for ourselves if everyone
cowered in fear and refused to speak?” (Sepetys,
2011, p.55).
Audio #1:Song- “Speak of the Devil” from PowToon
Audio # 2: Lina must confront her deepest fears
and darkest moments with Andrius to help their
families and new friends survive.
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Shot: Wide Shot: Medium Shot: Medium

Framing: Hitler and Stalin photos Framing: Mrs. Burnsed holding the book sitting in a Framing: Words on the screen for references
chair

Sepetys, R. (2011). Between Shades of Gray. New

York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

Narrator:
Lindsey Burnsed, Georgia Southern University,
FRIT 7233

Between Audio:
Shades Speak of the Devil [song]. Retrieved from
of Gray
powtoon.com

Public Domain Pictures:

Snow Road [photograph]. Retrieved from

Powtoon.com

Mehdee, R. (2016). Colour Your Life [photograph].

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Font: Sans Serif Family- Champagne
Color: White Flag of the Soviet Union [photograph]. Retrieved
Size: 48 from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_th
e_Soviet_Union.svg

Nazi-Soviet 1941 [Map]. Retrieved from

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nazi-
Soviet_1941.png

Koreng, A. (2018). Pocket Watch 1810


Duration: 16 seconds
Shot Size: Wide
Angle: Hitler on the left, Stalin on the right; words at
the bottom of the screen
Transition: Each picture will appear when the name
is said; The words will appear at the end with the
question. Fade to black.
Audio #1:Song- “Speak of the Devil” from PowToon
Audio # 2: Just when you think Hitler was the worst
enemy in WWI, wait until you hear the atrocities
that Stalin committed against humans. Lina’s story
will have you debating who was worse, Hitler or
Stalin.
Duration: 11 seconds
Shot Size: medium
Angle: straight
Transition: fade to white
Audio #1:Song- “Speak of the Devil” from PowToon
Audio # 2: So, what will happen to Lina and her
family? How will she survive? Find out by reading
“Between Shades of Gray” by Ruta Sepetys today.
[photograph]. Retreived from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pocket_Wa
tch,_1810201115,_ako.jpg
U.S. Army Signal Corps (1945). Fence at
Flossenbürg concentration camp [photograph].
Retrieved from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fence_at_
Flossenb%C3%BCrg_concentration_camp.jpg
Stalin in July 1941 [photograph]. Retrieved from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stalin_in_J
uly_1941.jpg
Adolf Hitler [photograph]. Retrieved from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarc
hiv_Bild_183-S33882,_Adolf_Hitler_retouched.jpg
Duration: 30 seconds
Shot Size:
Angle: straight
Transition: Fade to black at the end
Audio #1:Song- “Speak of the Devil” from PowToon
Audio # 2: N/A