STORYSPACE PROJECTS: Graphics
Got all hopped up about the project today after a sitdown bull session with Steve Ersinghaus and one of the things he reminded me of was the idea of adding more graphic images and film clips. All excited about this, I immediately started figuring out what areas could be enhanced by the visuals. Hmmph. While it’s not off the stove, the pot sort of boileth over in narrative ideas already and it just might not be a story that needs or wants imagery beyond words.
In Paths, I could definitely picture–and often did, which produced words in response–a scenario I could see and was moved to write the feel of the scene. I could feel the summer sun on Chloe’s porch. This project probably could benefit from being told partially in images. For example, do I need to describe the scene and seek mood in the slowness of the rocking, the hem of her dress a beat behind the movement, the sound of crickets, the heat of August if a five-second clip would show all this?
I want to play with audio files and movement (rather than static images) but I think I need to concentrate on developing the Storyspace story space before I know if the enhancement is a better way.
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