The lovely peeps at EW.com are hosting a short interview and the first trailer for AN EMBER IN THE ASHES!!!
I was fortunate enough to go down to the sound stage in Los Angeles a few weeks ago and watch as part of the trailer was shot. I met the actors (a beautiful, talented bunch) and the makeup artist, saw the set, (including a huge, oppressive, black wall to represent Blackcliff Military Academy), and talked about the creative process with a group of bloggers and vloggers who also attended the shoot.
It’s incredible to me that days of work got boiled down to this short, powerful trailer—but I couldn’t be happier with the result. The book trailer addresses one of the questions central to AN EMBER IN THE ASHES: How far would you go—for family or freedom, for power or love?
The trailer touches on four different characaters. Laia, the frightened girl who must find the courage to save her family; Elias, the tormented soldier who wants desperately to be free from the tyranny he’s trained to enforce; the Commandant, a calculating and ruthless woman who will go to disturbing lengths for power; and Helene, Elias’s best friend and fellow soldier, who is torn between duty and love.
From the sets to the costumes to the makeup to the questions the trailer poses, I think everything about this is absolutely perfect. Here’s the link—I hope you enjoy the trailer! http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/03/exclusive-see-trailer-sabaa-tahirs-ember-ashes