Scott Westerfeld Signing

So usually when I got signings and author events I just snap pictures(minus the few times I DID do video). What can I say, I've been trained well....

This time I decided to do a video from this signing. Well, there's more to it then just that. See, this year I am graduating. And in order to graduate with a Bachelor in Fine Arts I have to a WHOLE YEAR of a portfolio and I decided to do something that I don't usually do... documentary. Some of you might wonder what that has to do with art and well... that's a topic for another time... BUT I will say that it's not as easy to do since my brain is automatically on "let's do something crazy and dress up and go swimming". Yeah, I am used to staging things and make up and hair and intensive plotting - hence the trailers. So having to think logical and have angles to my whole project is super hard. We'll see how it ends up.

So since I have all this other stuff to contend with here's what Scott Westerfeld's signing was like and a few photos too.

Doesn't she make you want to read the book?? Awwww *heart melts*

Winning Book Shoot....

A few.. ok a lot of weeks ago I did a contest for a book shoot and got a huge response and SO many awesome teasers to choose from and one of the ones that grabbed me was Cory Jackson's..

I don't know if I can tell you much about her teaser (and maybe she'll share it on her blog!) but the character of her novel TOUCHED is a broken teenager that is extremely caring. I saw her as someone who's hiding (and she got reasons to) and would be probably escaping to deal with her issues.

So here's what I shot...

Tell me what you think.. and WIN!

Once in a while I like to see how things are going, get myself a report card of sorts and so I turn to you guys...

Here's a little survey I would love it if you can fill out anonymously and then leave me a comment with your email addy and you can be entered to win..

An ARC of Crescendo

An ARC + Swag of Clockwork Angel

An ARC + Swag of Hunger

+ More!

I miss shooting...

Book trailers take so much time and work from start to finish like reading (not that it's hard), making notes of characters, scenes, ideas as I'm reading, plotting out a story board, running it by client and elaborating on it with their script, searching for models, locations,costumes, props, shooting, editing, revising, editing video, revising video, passing it by the clients, editing some more........ And all this by myself. Usually.


You get the picture. So sometimes I enjoy just taking my camera and grabbing a friend (or stranger) and going off somewhere to shoot that isn't plotted out to the minutest detail. It's relaxing for me to just snap and not think and just let the camera, light and model guide the shoot and picture.

This is from one of those moments where I didn't think and we just snapped...

This Tuesday I have a friend and model, Amanda, joining me on a shoot. I started trying to plot it out minutely and just settled on planning the location. A lake. I'll keep you posted on what happens.

Should be an exiting day!

Also, Hilary Duff's book trailer is coming out this week and you should keep an eye on it and also her book, Elixir, comes out this Tuesday! As well as BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS!

Waiting for you to take me home...

This is a follow up shoot to the Punk Princess shoot I did a few weeks back, perhaps before the tour?

I had posted some of them on Twitter, or maybe all of them... You know, I can't keep good things hidden for long.

Anyways, here's some pics from my other shoot.

enjoy!

Beautiful Darkness Book Video Trailer

Have you seen this? Are you excited for it's release next week?

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See the other teasers and trailers

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