Because this month, Faber will be launching open auditions for a special online series of fictional video diaries that will be a prequel to debut author Claire Merle’s dystopian thriller The Glimpse.
They're not looking for an actress with experience. Anyone between 13-18 can send in an audition filmed on an iphone or webcam.
Fancy participating and want to know more about The Glimpse Webisodes? Take a look below.
Q. What inspired
the idea of the webisodes?
A. I wanted to do
something different and fun. As a teenager I hoped to become an actress as well
as a writer. Then after I left uni, I worked for 8 years in the British Film
Industry, made a couple of short films
and wrote lots of film scripts. Making a set of prequel video diaries brought
all those elements together – and I love the idea of having a side story that
will explore things that are hinted at in The Glimpse, but that we would never
have learnt about this character’s life otherwise.
Q. Which
character will be featuring in the webisodes?
A. 16-year-old
Tamsin Strike who is headstrong, loyal and something of a rebel.
Q. When you were
writing The Glimpse did you already have a vision of how the featured character
would look?
A. In the book
Tamsin is described as having brown hair and brown eyes, and I did have a rough
visual idea of her. But her energy and personality are far more important to
me, and that’s what we’ll be looking for when we cast the video diaries.
Q. How many
webisodes will be made?
A. Around 25.
Q. How long will
the webisodes be?
A. Each webisode
will be under 3 minutes, probably close to 2 minutes each, though some are
shorter than others.
Q. In the future
would you consider having more webisodes for other characters?
A. Yes. It’s a
possibility, but we don’t have anything planned at the moment.
Q. How will the
webisodes tie in with The Glimpse?
A. 17-year-old
Ana Barber is the main character in The Glimpse. 16-year-old Tamsin Strike is
Ana’s best friend. At the start of The Glimpse, Tamsin and her family have been
missing for 7 months and Ana has never discovered what happened to her friend.
The webisodes take place just before Tamsin vanishes and provide some clues to
what really happened.
Q. Will the
webisodes act as a prequel and supply more information about things that happen
in The Glimpse? Or will they provide sneak peeks?
A. The webisodes
are their own story, like a prequel. They don’t provide any sneak peeks of
scenes in The Glimpse. It’s all stuff that happens before.
Q. Do you have a
book trailer?
A. Yes, but I
don’t think it will be released until around March.
Q. Why did you
choose to hold auditions in the UK?
A. The Glimpse is
set in London in the near future, so Tamsin is English. We want an actress
with an English accent and we’ll be filming in London. Those who get through to
the second round of auditions will be asked to come to London for a recall.
(For the actual filming we will be providing accommodation if the actress
doesn’t live in London.)
Q. Will the
person chosen to participate in the webisodes feature on the cover of The
Glimpse?
A. No. The final
auditions will be held in March and the girl who’ll play Tamsin will be
announced mid March. The cover has to be ready before then. So timing wise it
wouldn’t really work out.
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