And -- ooh (Stephen King moment) -- I actually got to be in a part of the trailer, too. Not that I particularly wanted to. Just how things worked out.
It's kind of surprising how much time and work goes into the filming of something that is only going to be about 3 minutes long.
And there are a lot of young people involved in the project, too, besides the actors, and I will be giving them all props here when we get around to the final debut of the trailer (which we're hoping will be on February 27, pending final release of the novel's cover art).
I'm sure I mentioned it yesterday, too, but the cover design for Stick, crafted by Rich Deas (who also did the cover for The Marbury Lens) is really spectacular and dramatic. I can't wait to be able to show it off... but I'm not even going to reveal it here. I'm having some blogger friends reveal the cover on their sites.
I'll definitely run a list of blogger links (these are really good blogs, worth reading) and the date for the "reveal" as soon as all the plans are finalized.
In the mean time, here are some photos (taken by the Annex photographer, Kaija) that were shot during the various film shoots -- on and off set:
Stick (James Marino) hiding on Willie's houseboat, where something terrible happens.
Bosten (Derek Deakins) before the fight scene.
Bosten and the guy who wrote the script. I think he was hungry or something.
The kid has good taste in books (Um... it's The Marbury Lens). What can I say? Reading during lighting set-up.
Ricky (Demetri Belardinelli) got punched at least a dozen times that day.
On the houseboat.
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I'm excited to see your new cover and trailer. The cover for THE MARBURY LENS is one of the best covers I've seen in a long time.
Live trailers for novels are a great marketing tool. It brings the fictional world to life. I know my students liked watching Scholastic Book Fair trailers. Their excitement culminated when they walked into the library, running around touching all the new books and yanking their money out. I can't wait to see it.
How much influence did you have on the covers for The Marbury Lens and Stick?
Hi Laura,
It's hard to measure any influence I may have had on the cover for The Marbury Lens because I totally loved it as soon as I saw the fantastic work Rich did. As far as Stick is concerned, once again, Rich worked pretty much in secret for quite a while before I got to see his concept for the cover. Again, I fell in love with what he did.
BUT... there was a tag line of text on the cover that I felt did not fit with the story or the characters, so I gave a list of tag lines taken from the text of the book which are now being played around with to come up with a tag line that makes better sense in the context of the story.
Either way, the cover is spectacular. But I was able to give input as far as a suggested approach that made more sense and was also more satisfying to me as a writer.
We'll see what they come up with. Hopefully, the final approved cover will be available for the big reveal on my blogger friends' sites in the next week or so.
Can't wait for the trailer!
Looking forward to the trailer! If the new cover is half as good as the one for Marbury Lens, it's sure to be spectacular!
Exciting indeed. Thanks for sharing that experience. You're lucky.
Nahno ∗ McLein ™
It must be so exciting for you to see all your hard work reproduced on film for the big screen. Wonderful.
Love the cover too :)
The guy who wrote the script looks like this dude I know ...
See? Those Clooney-esque good looks do pay off! That must have been a blast.
Can't wait to see the trailer and the cover.
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