The Night Circus BRIEF FOR NEW NOVEL COVER

The Night Circus BRIEF FOR NEW NOVEL COVER DESIGN

THE NOVEL The novel takes place from the late 1800's to the early 1900's and revolves around two major characters, the first is a female named Celia Bowen and the second, a male named Marco Alisdair. The two soon realise they have become part of a duel, which they have not personally signed up for.

BLURB “The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breath-taking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands. True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of

Symbols and objects throughout the book: Rings (Tarot) cards Clocks Gloves Trees Birds Umbrellas Fire Ice

General Design The featured colours of the design to be only; • White • Black • Red We’d like the cover to definitely include two rings as this is what the story is based around, the rest of the objects can be chosen by you with creative liberty. We’d like the image to be monochromatic with the only colour being red.

Shoot to take place at: Edinburgh Napier Merchiston Campus (EH 10 5 DT). The photography department is located on floor D. There is parking outside the building but it does cost and you can only leave your car there for up to 4 hours. It can also get quite busy as the day goes on. You can leave your car up some side streets such as Abbotsfort Park (right across from the campus) but they too have limited spaces. Bus services such as the 11, 16, 45 and 5 can easily get you to the campus.

Work Submission We need this completed for the 15 th of March. We would also request this to be shot in a time scale of 3 hours. Payment is currently subject for discussion at a later time. Work is to be submitted to our company email address which will be given to you.