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We Made Pictures Out of Words

  • Mar. 3rd, 2012 at 8:22 PM
Narcissa
As of about half an hour ago, and thanks to Christopher Lee Wilde, the full-length trailer for The Drowning Girl: A Memoir went live, and the somewhat revamped website. Two days (and some spare change) early. And the trailer is beautiful.

My thanks (and sorry, too tired for LJ code just now) to all the people who donated to the Kickstarter, to Kyle Cassidy and Brian Siano, to Sara Murphy, Nicola Astles, and Dani Church, to Ryan Anas and Geoffrey Goodwin and Spooky, and to Michael Zulli (for his beautiful art) and A Whisper in the Noise/West Thordson (for the exquisite music). We worked on this for four and a half months, and it cost ~$4,000, and I hope all that shows. Many hours of film made into 2:36 minutes of trailer. I am amazed. Oh, and thanks to me, too, because I wrote the damned book.

Oh, also. If you click through to the old page for The Red Tree, you can now, finally, after two years, see a fragment of the unfinished trailer for that book (oh, how we tried and failed!).

By the way, if you want to see the trailer BIG, just click through to YouTube, then go fullscreen.

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[info]amethyst_clan wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 12:26 am (UTC)
Absolutely gorgeous. I am so looking forward to the book. :D I pre-ordered, so it should be in my hands this week.
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[info]wood_dragon wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 12:50 am (UTC)
Lovely. Can't wait to get my hands on the book.

(And definitely thanks to you.)
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[info]sovay wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 12:52 am (UTC)
Two days (and some spare change) early. And the trailer is beautiful.

That is very, very beautiful.

I am glad it exists.
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[info]kore_on_lj wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 12:55 am (UTC)
WOW. That is amazing.
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[info]katesavage wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 01:02 am (UTC)
Can't wait to read the book. The trailer works well on my MacBook Pro and when feed to the uber TV with the sound bar and wireless subwoofer. I want to watch it again but I need to be considerate of Tom. I will have to dole out another story from TWIB while I wait.

To This Water and Tears Seven Times Salt have put me in the mood for The Drowning Girl.

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[info]readingthedark wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 01:39 am (UTC)
We made pictures out of words.
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[info]chris_walsh wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 07:39 pm (UTC)
For what it's worth, this entry is the top Google hit for "We made pictures out of words." This makes me smile.
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[info]readingthedark wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 07:41 pm (UTC)
Wow. You're right. So cool.
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[info]v1ewfr0mbugtown wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 02:21 am (UTC)

The trailer is beautiful. Well done! to all involved. Am looking forward to finally reading the book.
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[info]papersteven wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 04:11 am (UTC)
Stunning. Absolutely stunning. I love it. The music, the colors, the drawings and paintings. So very many of those shots are simply beyond beautiful: the forest, the water, the library... Thank you for this.

Can you tell us, if you don't mind, the lyrics to the song? Oh. And I *love* that the vocals start just as Eva is whispering to Imp. Chills. Seriously. Thank you.
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[info]mizliz13 wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 04:11 am (UTC)
I love every frame. Thank you.
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[info]chris_walsh wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 05:14 am (UTC)
Lovely.

It's been said before, but I continue to be happy that the Northeast is inspiring you, in different ways from how the South inspired you. Do you think you would've been able to write this and The Red Tree were you still in Atlanta?
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[info]sillylilly_bird wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 06:19 am (UTC)
oh . my . utterly gorgeous. I'm very much looking forward to reading this!
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[info]veghead wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 07:10 am (UTC)
Wow, that is amazingly beautiful. Congratulations to everyone involved in creating this gorgeous piece of art.

Edited at 2012-03-04 07:10 am (UTC)
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[info]ashlyme wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 12:21 pm (UTC)
Wow. Just wow.

I'm going to start reading it today. I've been looking forward to it so much that I'm going to have to ration myself with it, else I'll just try and eat it in one sitting.

- A
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[info]missmonsta wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 01:13 pm (UTC)
It's beautiful. I'll definitely need to watch it again. And FWIW, I remember seeing a tiny bit of a trailer for the Red Tree - was it blurry footage of someone in a bear suit or a mask? or a big dog? I remember it as being REALLY CREEPY, or have I just projected your book title onto a nightmare I had? (sorry, not awake enough yet). Anyway, if it WAS your trailer I saw, and giving someone goosebumps was the goal, it was very effective, however brief.

I'm currently being itinerant in Ireland (yay for off-season super-cheap hostel prices, less yay for how Everything Stops on sundays) BUT I am really looking forward to the Drowning Girl awaiting my return back to England next week.
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[info]jenjen4280 wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 02:51 pm (UTC)
Beautiful.
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[info]stsisyphus wrote:
Mar. 4th, 2012 08:07 pm (UTC)
Thank you for bringing this to us. I'm eagerly looking forward to reading everything this trailer hints at.
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[info]kaz_mahoney wrote:
Mar. 5th, 2012 03:05 pm (UTC)
Stunning. Haunting...

Amazing work by all involved.
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