Click to embiggen.
This is a storyboard-ish inspirational drawing I was working on tonight for our short. I’m really happy with it - I can look at it and say “this is what I want the short to feel like,” nevermind that the colors won’t work on an actual person and the drawing only bears vague resemblance to the actress playing our girl.
It FEELS to me like driving in the country at night, the patches of hot asphalt air mixing in through the car window with the cool breeze off the fields. The smell of alfalfa. Moths hitting the windshield. None of these things are going into the short, but they are what anchors me to it. If I’m thinking of them and how to make the footage we shoot feel like that, I’m on the right track.
Damn. That looks really beautiful.
Comment by Anonymous — June 4, 2009 @ 9:33 am
that last comment was me. i’m not used to the comment system on your blog and forgot to leave my name :)
Comment by Lissa — June 4, 2009 @ 9:34 am
Well said! We all need something to anchor our work to our life experience.
Let’s make it feel like that!
Comment by Dani — June 4, 2009 @ 10:14 am
That’s really, really nice. Can’t wait to see the short.
R.
Comment by Randeep Katari — June 4, 2009 @ 10:25 am
I like this. A LOT. :)
Comment by Robin Chyo — June 4, 2009 @ 11:15 am
Ha Miss Emma, y ame iz Nuckmeat - Ahz layke yo pitcher! Nice atmosphere - Congrats on that Davis Film Festival project - always interesting to hear about your burgeoning multi-media empire - nice atmosphere on this one.
Comment by Buckwheat — June 6, 2009 @ 7:12 pm
I think “embiggen” should get the Word of the Year award.
Comment by Nate — June 10, 2009 @ 1:33 pm
I can’t wait to this when it’s done Emma! Keep on kickin’ ass!
Comment by Ev — June 10, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
Wow, I know just the feeling you’re talking about. Who hasn’t had a reflective moment with their reflection?
This is gonna be a kickass short, we’re in good hands!
Comment by Orgus Bloath — June 11, 2009 @ 11:27 am
I like the mood. The painting has a lot of power — filled with the unknown. Mysteries of the dark side of the day.
Comment by Yo Da — June 23, 2009 @ 2:16 pm
hey, looks like you guys are up to something good….
beautiful image this. (^______^)
Comment by arna — June 29, 2009 @ 8:36 pm