By
Sheila Clover English
What
if your daughter was infected…by a vampire? What if you were
a man of science, able to work on a cure?
I wondered how Susan Squires could possibly top the premise
of her last novel, THE
BURNING. In that one, a woman could touch someone
and see their history. And, while trying to help a wounded
man, she touches a vampire. Wow! What an incredible idea for
a story and what an incredible book!
But,
Susan outdoes herself with her newest novel, ONE
WITH THE NIGHT. What if you were infected by
a vampire? What if you found someone like you, who was willing
to be experimented on? And, what if only one of you was able
to be cured?
We
were thrilled when Susan called COS
Productions to ask us to make a book trailer®
for her novel. Her
imagination is always so vivid and fresh, and she always gives
us a lot of great material to work with.
ONE
WITH THE NIGHT is a very sensual tale with a very fresh storyline.
Susan didn't want the video to be too horrific because the
love story is front and center of this tale. So, we started
working on a script that would not have too many dark elements.
But, the video itself is dark. Not because the story is, though
it does have vampires and murder in it. The video is dark
because director Kyle Lake had a very specific look he was
going for with this video.
"Creating
the book trailer for ONE WITH THE NIGHT was an exciting experience
for Prosper Media Group," says Lake who directed and produced
the video. "The endeavor was our first project with production
partner, Circle of Seven and the first book trailer we have
produced. Overall the process went very smoothly from pre
to post and the unique shooting style that we adopted made
the project not only challenging but entirely original. By
not actually showing the character's faces we were able to
leave more to the imagination of the reader. A vampire love
story allowed us to take a more artistic approach to special
effects and lighting using shadows and a variety of lighting
gels and filters. The production was simple yet quite effective
and we look forward to working with Circle of Seven on many,
many more projects in the future."
The
video tried not to show faces so that the viewers could use
their imagination. And the unique style of the video was very
reminiscent of the hit movie, The Illusionist. There's almost
a ring of black around many of the scenes in ONE WITH THE
NIGHT, as there are in many of the scenes of The Illusionist
(click
here to view the trailer). Both videos are
period pieces with a supernatural feel to them.
Many
of the scenes were shot with a stylized view. This did make
the video look physically darker, even though it isn't dark
in content. The content itself came directly from the book,
which is paranormal.
From
the very beginning of the video the viewer is set up to accept
this style of filmmaking as we see our heroine running in
slow motion, trying to escape her fate.
The
fact that her father is such an important part of the story
made it necessary to include that character in the video.
Since he wasn't the main character we let his face be seen
as he works diligently to find the cure for his, now vampire,
daughter.
This
is the most stylized book trailer® ever created by COS Productions.
But, when the video was first previewed, people absolutely
loved it. Sometimes when you try a new style of filmmaking
you don't know if the audience will accept it or not. But,
the story itself really leant to making the style work with
this video.
The
story is as complex as it is riveting to read. Our heroine
falls in love with another vampire, a man who has been haunted
and hunted by other vampires. He was made vampire against
his will, and yearns for his mortal life. Now, the opportunity
comes. But, of course, nothing is ever so simple. There are
some vampires who do not want a cure created. And they are
willing to kill in order to have the experiments stopped.
The
final decisions that these characters have to make are what
really brings this novel to a higher level. At every turn
you wonder, 'how will this get resolved?' as the author throws
the characters into situations that are unexpected. It makes
this book an exciting read as well as a satisfying one.
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