Bucephalus - I AM THE GREAT HORSE (Book Trailer)

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At last, I have made a trailer for this fantastic book! "I AM THE GREAT HORSE" by Katherine Roberts. I was introduced to this *amazing* book about Bucephalus from a comment by H0rseL0ver15 on my other Bucephalus tribute (see video response). "From the moment battle-scarred Bucephalus allows a prince and a runaway girl to sit on his back, he is bound to them forever. The prince is the young Alexander the Great, who he proudly carries into battle, blazing a trail to the very edge of the world in his master's search for glory and adventure. The girl, Charm, is a lowly stable hand, who brushes away the ghosts Bucephalus sees and forgives his arrogant ways. But unlike the golden Alexander, Charm has darker reasons to stay by his side. Through the eyes of the horse, history, mystery, and adventure unfold." Click here to buy the book: http://tiny.cc/v7oob CHARACTERS SHOWN: Bucephalas Alexander the Great Charmeia (Charm, Bucephalas' groom) The Horsemaster Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons Tydeos (Groom) Hephastion Ptolemy General Parmeion Queen Ada Aura (Favourite mare) Petasios (Best Friend in the Guard) Hades Borealis Apollo Perita (the dog) ********** Ahh, I got this done in time before moving!! LOL Please let me know what you think! I'm a big history lover and so this super fun to do. But - it was difficult to pull off the history aspect as well as tell the story through a 3+ min video. Most trailers tend to be all heavy and dramatic, but I wanted to stick to the style of the book (and Bucephalus) and make it an adventurous, spirited, and bouyantly rousing. After all, the book is from the view of a proud warhorse! It was very important to keep that invigorating spirit. It was tough to cast certain people. For example, my brother and I felt that the Queen of the Amazons should be dark-skinned. However, I couldn't think of anyone fitting the "warrior queen", so at last I used Keira Knightley as Guinevere in "King Arthur". Ironically, we both agreed that we'd love Alun Armstrong as the Horsemaster, and the footage was from "Little Dorrit". If you've read the book you may remember the dog that "adopted" herself into the groom's camp, Perita. The German Shepard from "Gladiator" plays her. But hardest of all was the main female, Charmeia. I could literally not think of anyone to play her. Not being able to think of anyone held me off this video for a year. Then, somehow, I came up with the idea of "One Night with the King", having seen it in theaters years ago. For young Charmeia (training and exercising Bucephalus for Alexander) I used the character Sharbat from "Zafir". (Who also dresses up as a boy, incidentally) The footage for Tydeos, Charmeia's friend groom, is also from "One Night with the King". And I guess the narrator dude is Old Ptolemy, LOL. The audio at the beginning is from "The Black Stallion". Through editing I was able to make it look like there were scenes taken from a movie and put into a trailer in the latter half, while the first concentrates in Bucephalus' point of view. From Pella, Thebes, Granicus, Halicarnassus, Gaugemela, the Hindu Kush and India, there's such an epic vastness about the world that Alexander the Great conquered. I *really* wanted to show him cutting the Gordian Knot, with the thunder and lightening and Bucephalus rearing up, but LOL, there's only so much an editor can do. And yes, Derek Jacobi is in there. Because I love him, and he's awesome. :p (I know the titles are not accurate Greek. It was the font I downloaded, and while it looks nice to non-Greek speakers, it's not real Greek at all. Also, as a Persian horse, Zoroaster would really be an Arabian, not an Iberian as shown. But the footage was too good to pass up... a white horse about to be captured) **Special thanks to nahirimah, for I wouldn't have been able to do this trailer without seeing her amazing Friesian tributes and finding out about more obscure films with Friesian footage!** ********** MUSIC USED: 1) "Dream of Babylon" by Vangelis from the "Alexander" OST 2) "Oraanu Pi" by E.S Posthumus from their "Cartographer" CD (I overlaid 3 parts of "Dream of Babylon" in order to get the sound effect I wanted. ) FILMS USED (Listed Alphabetically): Alexander Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies Friesians - The Movie Gladiator Hidalgo King Arthur Kingdom of Heaven Lawrence of Arabia Little Dorrit Mask of Zorro One Night with the King The Black Stallion The Horse Whisperer The Young Black Stallion Zafir 300 DISCLAIMER: I do not own the footage or the music in this video. This is made purely for entertainment and educational purposes, and to promote the book by Katherine Roberts. No copyright infringement intended. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use". Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.