The Highly-Illustrated Screenplay Narrative

  Note: this is a new version of a video I posted a few days ago. I’ve improved the audio levels, and hopefully that makes it more listenable. Regarding the animation sequences in the background of this video: they’re from a moviestory entitled High School that I write a long time ago, and first made into a movie in 2019. At that time, I shot the footage around the university where I teach (because it resembles a high school). But I didn’t have actors and deliberately avoided shooting the faces of random strangers. However, since this story is very much character-driven, I’ve always wanted to have actors play the main roles. AI animation allows me to create them. Do these animations work as well as real actors? Obviously not; human actors will always be irreplaceable. But the new version of The moviestory (now entitled High School 1976), works, I hope, as a bridge between a spoken word rendition of a story and a filmed version that has real production funding behind it. * Artist St...

  In the 1930s, vets were desperate— sometimes committing suicide they were so impoverished. The government of Herbert Hoover decided their protests were a sign of “incipient revolution” and sent in the troops. The Business Army: The Bonus March https://youtu.be/SiYT9ObB6W0

  Nursing Homes and Medical Staff: Do They Tell Families Enough? https://youtu.be/B5ay1WLUaIQ

  Can the short story be reinvented? The form has a lot of potential. But, culturally, it’s been sidelined by the novel and even the poem. The latter two have adapted to a digital world. (Viz Philip Marchand.) YouTube: High School — new version, part one  https://youtu.be/pBfV_iZ9X-c

  I’ve been experimenting with illustrated screenplay narratives (novels and short stories) for over twenty years. This is a recent example… Truth Marathon 1 — smoother audio, September 12/25 YouTube link: https://youtu.be/qhIemOlg-r0

  #Korea #RuralAsia Synopsis: A personal documentary about the agricultural life in Hadong-gun, the region of South Korea where my wife grew up. Filming was on the farm belonging to her family, and in the marketplace of the nearby town. Green tea production is particularly prevalent in Hadong. But its farmers are under extreme economic pressure. More than this, Koreans’ habits in terms of favored beverages are changing, and the popularity of coffee is having a severely detrimental effect on green tea sales. Kimchi, on the other hand, remains a staple of the Korean diet. And kimchi-making (kimchang) remains a traditional activity in most Korean households. Usually a group activity, after my mother in law’s death, my wife took this over duty solely. [Note: a .txt file transcript is available for translation] (Note: I have both 2K and 4K versions of this project.) * Screenings and awards: Mokkho International Film Festival May 6, 2021 (winner) Sprouting Seed International Short Film F...