I’m writing a novella about Mari and Jack into fiction at a class at Dartmouth this term. It’s really fun and helps to develop both characters and their story. The novella, because it’s restricted in length and scope, deals only with their relationship – not Jack’s hitchhiking adventures or the side plots of families and […]
On the film set, the sun comes out or goes in in the middle of a line. It may be grey when it’s supposed to be sunny or visa versa. OR the lighting needs to convey a mood. So, the editing geniuses “re-light” the scenes. Even beyond correcting for weather, they decide on a lighting […]
A few weeks ago, I posted a bit about Mari from “Sidetracked”, the novel, not yet published. Here’s how Jack first appears in that book, just before his mom kicks him out of the house and he takes off hitchhiking the country. The short film, also titled “Sidetracked”, due out in September, is adapted from the […]