On Location With My Book Trailer

Here are some publicity shots from my upcoming book trailer for Heroes of the Fallen. We have gone all out hiring some big names to portray main characters and a supporting cast of extras numbering in the tens.

Here is a wide shot of some of the leading actors and actress's of my book trailer. Pictured from left to right are Taharka the Nubian, Bethia a Nephite runaway, Amaron a Nephite captain, Reuben a lovable old coot and Ezra his nephew a reformed Gadianton apprentice. These were not necessarily the actors I wanted but they were within budget and they were also the actors that the director hired, I had no say. I regret that due to contractual issues I cannot release the names of any of them.

Here is the actress portraying the villianess Lilith. I argued with the director that she should not be wearing this guady get-up for her scenes but he over-ruled me in favor of appealing to the favorite of common denominators. I said this book is not geared toward common denominators but he said it was, I just didn't know it yet.

Dramatic moment of spine tingling action when the actor portraying Amaron fights the actor portraying the Nubian Taharka. I discussed problems of setting with the director as this scene is supposed to be out of doors but he insisted that his vision would allow my "humble little story" as he refers to it to shine out from under the bushel I was hiding it with.

Here is the actress portraying Bethia the runaway Nephite heroine. I argued with the director the deceased John Huston (I love Treasure of the Sierra Madre) that this actress was all wrong, Bethia is a brunette but through the ouija board with which we communicate for said project he insisted that if he was going to be attached to this book trailer that he got the actors and actors he wanted. Alright fine.

Here is the actress portraying the Lamanite princess Sayame, again I tried to reason with the director but to no avail.

Actor portraying the ruthless Judge Hiram, a Gadianton master. Here he demonstrates the proper method of shielding your train of vision from the bright sun despite the fact that he is within a closed set indoors. He was not hired for his common sense.

Rare shot of actor portraying Amaron and actress portraying Bethia in a Lamanite city set wherein neither are ever actually at within the book, nor are they ever in the same scene together within the book. This may call for a serious rewrite.

A tense moment when the actor portraying Anathoth the Ishmaelite general really tried to take down the caterer for giving him luke warm Postum.

The actress portraying Bethia offering a refreshing beverage to the cameraman. It was not Postum.

Between shooting the cast really like to take breaks from the tense battle scenes and loosen up with some joking around as well as some impromptu musical numbers.

Again the actress portraying Lilith taking her cat for a walk near the set.

Here is a good shot at the band relaxing between developing the score for the complicated fight scenes.