Chris's Assignment This Week

as i've said before, Chris is a novelist and new to creating drama that played rather than read. i am a sculptor, my husband is a painter and mixed media artist, and we have all our work + about 20 pieces of other people's work that we've collected. at some point every story conferences Chris peers around the living room that is populated by life-sized woodcarvings, and says "i've never really gotten art." i read an interesting article about the haptic nature of sculpture ((hăp'tĭk) , adj. Of or relating to the sense of touch; tactile.) in Herbert Read's History of Modern Sculpture, and often explain to people that sculpture can be disconcerting just because it seems to take up its own personal space.

so, i was surprised when Chris showed me his first storyboard, which was drawn well enough for me follow it. he says it takes him 'hours.' but i tell him: think in shots! not paragraphs.

Chris's assignment this week: do at least half the shotlist for our next shoot as drawings. the shotlist will be scanned and posted later this week.
sylvia