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Shannon’s Up Next An interview with Shannon Washington on her debut short film Liberty’s Hollow.

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A Comparison of Storytelling and Narrative in Film The distinct ways in which storytelling and narrative differ in film are discuessed.

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Storyboarding in Germany Storyboarding and illustration is imperative to a successful production. Stefan Lochmann explains.

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The Indie Transition Why and how many filmmakers are making the transition to television.

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He Can Illustrate Your Thoughts Cinematographer, writer, and director Cassano David Smith discusses his work and what inspires him to create.

Photo courtesy of Stefan Lochmann.

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In Each Issue 3 small talk 7 news 8 books 9 music 13 exhibits 30 artist index 31 from the creative director Cover photo: courtesy of matusciac.

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pastimes. I hope you will too.

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Shannon Washington greets everyone with a bright smile, generous hand wave, and a sincere “Hey!”. Her enthusiasm, sincerity, and intensity comes through in her writing and directorial debut on her short film Liberty’s Hollow—a unique perspective on politics and the digital age. She came up with the concept for her short film one week after taking a networking class on film. It was there where she met and assembled a team of actors, a cinematographer, and producer.

We sat down over Sushi and discussed her background, interests, goals, and her new film.

Q: When did you begin writing scripts?

A:I started writing back in grammar school.

Imagine a kid inspired by Punky Brewster’s style, with wire braces, mouth full of colorful rubberbands, eager to stay afterschool to do more “work”, as part of a creative writer’s club. I was all kinds of nerdful, but that’s where I learned the fundamentals of storytelling. I learned to write scripts in college, around 2002, when I joined University of New Hampshire’s (UNH) Wild Acts Social Change Theater Troupe. This is where I got to do scripts specifically for skits and plays we’d put on throughout the year.

Shannon (left) with cinematographer Cassanova Smith (right) on the set of Liberty’s Hollow.

Q: What drew you to it?

A: I was approached by the program organizer, I don’t know, probably in line getting some food at the Student Union building called the MUB. They asked, if I wanted to be a part of theater team on social change. I’m from the inner city of Boston, MA, so to me, it sounded like some hippy shit, but the draw was the stipend, free food, and on top of, it I got a chance to write stories—a win all the way around. To my surprise, it wasn’t that “hippish”. I would credit my time with the troupe as what really helped me dive into the different ways of how to tell a story, and grasp how to turn something serious into something more palatable.

We had to come up with a bunch of different scenarios based on issues within society and conflicts within college experiences. A big part of it was the summer freshmen orientations.

We’d put on a show for incoming students to address topics of college life. Basically, we had to inform and educate them, but write it in a way, to keep it from being boring, or coming off too corny. That was the challenge. So we used humor and our most eloquent form of “French” when writing; that helped keep it all realistic.

Q: Was there a certain aspect of that process you were drawn to?

A: I was drawn to the process in itself, so basically the brainstorming and then generating the story, coming up with the characters; that still really pumps me up. Just the ability to create a unique story, starting from a blank page, and turning it into a journey is really empowering.

Q: Would you say you’re a better writer or actor?

A: I’m mad awkward, so probably a writer.

Q: Do you think it’s important to have training or education in writing scripts?

A: I think people can have a natural ability, but some type of training or class can definitely help you to tell a story better and more concise. As with anything, educating yourself in some form is always going to help to sharpen your skillset, but I really feel you don’t have to go and get a full-fledged degree or major credential to become a great storyteller.

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Q: Did you take any courses or workshops?

A: I find that throughout my life I’ve taken “classes” through my experiences. I’ve learned a lot outside the classroom.

My first job ever, at 15, was at Boston University within the Geddess Language Center. They have a huge internal international film library, which help students learn a foreign language with use of subtitles. My job was to watch all the films, timestamp, and summarize the film at specific intervals so students could pick up where they left off if they didn’t finish a film in one sitting. I did this during high school and into my college summer and winter breaks. This taught me so much within film in general. When I had to summarize the film, I had to understand what was going on within the film, even if it was a foreign film. There were films from Japan, France, Italy, Nigeria-everywhere-and I had to literally sit there, in the days before Google and Wikipedia, and understand the context of the film. This also helped me to understand a story from the lens of another culture. I did take a course as well in my senior year in college—a film history class. The instructor was a huge movie buff; he challenged us to rewrite many cult classics in our own way, like the biopic, Raging Bull with Robert De Niro. I re-wrote it as being told from the perspectives of both his wives, from their point of view and how they experienced his [Jake LaMotta’s] downward spiral. After college, I took a workshop at Northeastern University with Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters); he really got me into just writing stories for exercise. He became my mentor for a little while. We would email back and forth, and he’d encourage me and give me pointers on what I wrote; he even tried to get Shannon giving direction to actors on the set of Liberty’s Hollow. me into acting. I was like “nah.”

Q: How do you balance demands of your full-time job, being a wife, etc. with your passion for writing and directing?

A: I’m still learning to balance all of that. It’s been a little tough. I’ve learned that there are a lot of moving parts to filmmaking. Pre through post ended many times so late at night (sometimes even early in the morning). But I feel like as time progresses, and I do it more, I’ll be able to find that balance.

Q: What are your favorite top 3 movies?

A: The Wizard of Oz, Eve’s Bayou, and Get Out. That’s my whole life—childhood was the Wizard of Oz. My teenage years, it was Eve’s Bayou, and now as an adult, Get Out. Q: If there’s something you could emulate from Get Out, what would it be?

A: The layers. That movie has so many layers to it that you have to watch it a number of times. You can watch it once and still be satisfied.

But if you watch it a number of times, you will see different aspects of it. That’s what I really love about movies in general—when you have to really look into a story and see the fine details. My degree was in psychology, and I concentrated in communication. My senior thesis was on the media’s (film, TV, news cycle) influence on societal perspectives.

Scene from Liberty’s Hollow.

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Basically, the cycle of perception. What you learn within your own experience and what you see within media can shape society. That responsibility is so important. I’ve always tried to utilize my psychology degree in some way within my creative process. From a social psychological approach, if you understand things from the function of how humans think about each other and how they relate to each other, I find it can really help enhance the way you develop your characters and deliver the story. This is something I am still working on. But I think Peele really does that well. Which is really why I liked his film [Get Out]. He kept his characters realistic. And the way it turned out, where there are two distinct perspectives that can be taken away from the whole film; the audience can walk away understanding it totally different from each other. I think that’s so dope.

Q: When you’re writing a script, do you put more emphasis on audience reaction or the story you want to tell?

A: Both. I want a reaction; I want things to be a discussion. I want things to take place where people have to really think. I want some shock value to be incorporated.

Q: Let’s talk about Liberty’s Hollow. What do you want to share?

A: It’s a lite-thriller about a young married couple, who end up in a precarious situation based on a conversation between them in their living room.

Q: What message do you want people to take away from Liberty’s Hollow?

A: I want people to re-examine the Constitution and what “rights” mean, what “freedom” means.

Q: What did you learn from this experience of being writer and director?

A: I learned how to delegate and work as a leader of a team. I’m used to being part of a team from the role of a team player. As a graphic designer by day, Scene from Liberty’s Hollow.

I usually sit at my desk and do my part and send it off. I don’t have to interact with other people much. But within the role of film director, I got to work with a lot talented people and navigate their great skillsets to incorporate into the bigger idea. I enjoyed helping to pull out others’ strengths.

Q: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

A: I will be in a space where I will have my own strong brand—more film making, writing of course. I’d like to direct other films for other writers and vice versa, so, do some writing for some other directors to interpret. Just creating more content for people to analyze. I see myself with a good amount of IMDB credits down the line, but overall being a fulltime filmmaker.

Q: How do you want to be remembered as a filmmaker?

A: I want to be remembered as one who makes people stop and think; to have the ability to embody storytelling in a way where its meaningful and entertaining. To have an audience question: “What can I take away from what I just watched?”

Q: When you feel tapped out, and you just don’t want to keep creating, what inspires you to keep going?

A: I think back to my journey and my younger self, when I was trying to discover my purpose and what I wanted to accomplish in my life. I can’t let her down now that I have found it. Also, my faith in God. He’s the director of all things. He’s my director. I don’t want to let Him down either.

Check www.artdictionmagazine.com to be on the lookout for the trailer for Liberty’s Hollow.

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news Lindsay Pollock Steps Down as Editor-in-Chief of Art in America Lindsay Pollock will leave her position as editor-in-chief of Art in America magazine, according to an email sent to colleagues.

As reported by ARTnews, in her email, Pollock wrote, “I have decided the moment is right to move on to other projects and possibilities.”

Pollock served as editor for more than six years and is credited with reviving the 104-yearold publication. Under her leadership, Art in America introduced regular features such as artist-designed covers and mini-profiles of up-and-coming artists.

Additionally, Pollock expanded the magazine’s international

coverage, publishing reports from wide-ranging parts of the world in the “Atlas” column.

During her early years as editor, she incorporated the website into the magazine’s identity and brought on designer Brendan Dugan, of New York bookstore and exhibition space Karma, to update the look of the magazine.

Lindsay Pollock

Before joining Art in America, Pollock covered the art market for Bloomberg and was a columnist for the New York Sun. She also penned a biography of the art dealer Edith Halpert, published in 2006.

In her brief email, Pollock stated,

“[Thank you to] the hundreds of writers and artists who have collaborated with us over the years. Their generosity of spirit was genuinely inspiring, while the ongoing respect and support of our readers made my role rewarding each and every day.”

Orson Welles’ Scripts and Diaries Acquired Uma Thurman to Preside the Un Certain Regard Jury At the 70th Festival de Cannes, Uma Thurman will preside the Un Certain Regard Jury. Uma’s career spans more than 20 years, making her debut at 17 years old (Dangerous Liaison and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen). In one of her best-known roles, she became Quentin Tarantino’s muse in Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2.

Member of the Jury headed

by Robert De Niro in 2011, Uma Thurman will continue watching films around the world as the President of the Jury. The Un Certain Regard program showcase work that offers a unique esthetic and perspective. This year, the prize list will be revealed on Saturday, May 27th.

Orson Welles’ unfinished scripts from the 50s and 60s, along with his letters, postcards, diaries, and doodles from his teenage years have been acquired by the University of Michigan.

Beatrice Welles, Orson’s daughter, donated the items to add to the extensive memorabilia that the university holds as part of its Screen Arts Mavericks & Makers collection.

The acquisition includes heavily annotated scripts for wellknown films like “Chimes at Midnight” and “The Immortal Story.” The archive also includes screenplays of Welles, who died in 1985, that didn’t reach the silver screen. These unreleased scripts include “Ulysses,” “The Unthinking Lobster,” and “Operation Cinderella.” There’s also a script for “Fountain of Youth,” the pilot for a television series for Desilu Productions that made it to the air, won a Peabody, but was never produced.

Two years ago, the university bought eight boxes of papers from Oja Kodar, a Croatian actress who was Welles’ partner during the last years of his life. The amount remains undisclosed. The University of Michigan’s acquisition comes just weeks after the production team working to complete Welles’s unfinished final project, “The Other Side of the Wind,” announced it had teamed up with Netflix, and was scheduled to, at last, finish the picture.

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bella’s books The State Counsellor Boris Akunin Mysterious Press

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hen most people think of Russian literature, they don’t think of anything contemporary.

Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Nabokov, Pasternak—these are the names that spring to mind, and yet none of these authors lived past the 1900’s. A great deal of this has to do with politics; political themes pervade Russian literature as much as it does Russian life. As political and social ideologies fall in and out of favor with Western sensibilities, so does literature influenced by these movements. Considering the current state of affairs between Russia and America, it seems unlikely, then, that the U.S. release of Boris’ Akunin’s novel, The State Counsellor, will attain much publicity in the States— which is a shame, as the book is well worth the read.

In The State Counsellor, fans of Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky will find themselves in familiar territory—revolutionary Russia in the 1800’s. The story is one of political intrigue told from two perspectives: the titular state counsellor, Erast Petrovich Fandorin, and the hardened, battle-worn revolutionary known by the alias ‘Green’. The assassination of a prominent political leader starts off a game of cat and mouse between government authorities, led by Fandorin, and Green’s Combat Group, a band of terrorists intent on overthrowing the tyrannical tsarist government.

For Western readers, the dense, complex political structures in The State Counsellor may be difficult to navigate. Also complicating matters is Russian tripartite naming conventions;

the use of patronymics can make it challenging to differentiate between the large cast of characters within the story. At times, I found the portions of the story dealing with the revolutionary group more enjoyable simply because their single name aliases made it easier to understand the players involved.

But the lead character, Fandorin, is an interesting character, and keeps you drawn in. While the British refer to Fandorin as a “Russian Sherlock Holmes”, for me, he seemed more akin to Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot—a bit less priggish and morally high-handed, perhaps, but with the same precise, fastidious nature and attention to details others might overlook.

It is no wonder that the novel, originally released in 2000 in Russia, has attained such popularity, and that Fandorin went on to be featured by Akunin in a series of books. Hopefully, it will not take another 17 years for the rest of the series to be released in the United States.

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d: A Flavia de Luce Novel Alan Bradley Delacorte Press

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ith the past decade, young adult literature has undergone somewhat of a transformation.

The books we’re giving children aren’t children’s books anymore.

Forgotten are the simple themes of Sweet Valley High and The Babysitters Club; now teenagers want their futures dystopian and their protagonists articulate and full of angst. Considering this trend, it’s understandable, then, why the Flavia De Luce series of books, written by Alan Bradley, are labeled as “historical thrillers,” as they don’t follow those trends. The series focuses on Flavia de Luce, a precocious girl living in post-war England with her father, their manservant, and her two older sisters.

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While the small town has definitely suffered the affects of the war, dystopian it is not. Flavia is a girl with a mind for chemistry and a nose for crime, using the former to get involved in every instance of the later she can find. However, while Flavia is an extremely smart child, Bradley does a brilliant job of tempering Flavia’s intelligence with her youth and inexperience. You’re allowed to see Flavia’s immaturity, the gaps in her knowledge of the world, that keep her blind to the secrets in the lives of the adults around her that are just outside her comprehension.

The most recent book in the series, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d, finds 12-year-old Flavia returned from a brief (but eventful) stay in a Canadian boarding school. Her father has been hospitalized, and Flavia finds herself mostly on her own, roaming the town investigating the latest crime—a body found hanging upside down on the back of a bedroom door—which Flavia happens to be the first to stumble across. But the tone of this book differs from the prior in the series in subtle ways. Events put in motion in previous books start to show their outcomes in Flavia’s life in Thrice; whether she likes it or not, change is coming, both the inevitable change of growing up and the unexpected winds that swept through and devastate. With these changes come increases in Flavia’s perception and maturity that are one of the joys of investing in a character throughout a series—being able to see them grow and develop, page by page. While these books may not be the modern-day definition of “young adult” literature, they certainly feel like the best version of it.

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Thе Sеvеn by Talib Kwеli & Styles P Wе’vе ѕееn a lоt оf gооd muѕiс frоm уоung dudеѕ thiѕ уеаr, but it’ѕ аlwауѕ rеfrеѕhing tо hеаr lеgеndѕ ѕtеррing bасk uр tо thе miс еѕресiаllу whеn

рrоjесt’ѕ ореning trасk, аrе “Wеlсоmе tо thе соnѕсience оf thе nаtiоn оn hаrd bеаtѕ,” a реrfесt dеѕсriрtоr fоr whаt hе аnd Stуlеѕ hаvе сrеаtеd. Thiѕ thеmе iѕ саrriеd оn thrоughоut thе рrоjесt аѕ thе vеtеrаn ѕрittеrѕ trаdе viсiоuѕ bаrѕ оvеr рunсhу bеаtѕ, tоuсhing оn ѕоmе оf thе ѕосiаl iѕѕuеѕ thаt рlаguе thе wоrld tоdау. I wаѕ hарру tо hеаr thiѕ thеmе rеmаin соnѕiѕtеnt thrоughоut; a lаrgе раrt оf Tаlib Kwеli’ѕ арреаl tо mе iѕ thе fасt thаt hе uѕеѕ hiѕ lуriсаl аbilitу аѕ a tооl tо ѕреаk оut аgаinѕt injuѕtiсеѕ аnd еduсаtе liѕtеnеrѕ.

I uѕuаllу рrеfеr ѕhоrtеr рrоjесtѕ tо hаvе nо fеаturеѕ, but thеу’rе соllаbing. Tаlib Kwеli thе fеаturеѕ оn Thе Sеvеn аnd Stуlеѕ P’ѕ Thе Sеvеn mау wеrе сhоѕеn wеll аnd hеlр hаvе bееn оvеrѕhаdоwеd bу tо imрrоvе thе rеѕресtivе DAMN., but thеir nеw аlbum ѕоngѕ. Thе LOX hаvе a rеuniоn Thе Sеvеn iѕ a muсh-nееdеd оn “Ninе Pоint Fivе” a hаrdbright ѕроt in Nеw Yоrk hiрhitting trасk thаt аlѕо fеаturеѕ hор.

Brаziliаn-Amеriсаn rарреr Stуlеѕ аnd Tаlib hаvе bееn in аnd Jаvоtti ѕignее NIKO IS thе gаmе fоr a соmbinеd fоur рrоviding a ѕраrk оn thе hооk. dесаdеѕ, ѕо wе knоw whаt tо Ghоѕt аnd Kwеli аlѕо еnliѕt еxресt frоm thеm fоr thе mоѕt Rарѕоdу, Cоmmоn, Chriѕ раrt. But еvеn ѕо, I wаѕ rеаllу Rivеrѕ аnd Viс Orеnа, thе еxсitеd tо ѕее thеm wоrking lаttеr twо hаndling hооkѕ оn tоgеthеr. I knеw thеу wоuld dоре trасkѕ. It’ѕ hаrd tо рiсk mеѕh wеll, but I wаѕ mоrе fаvоritеѕ frоm аn аlbum fillеd еаgеr tо ѕее whаt thеу brоught with grеаt ѕоngѕ, but thеrе оut оf еасh оthеr аnd whеrе wеrе twо thаt ѕtооd оut tо mе: thеу tооk thе аlbum. Thiѕ “Tеlерrоmрtеrѕ”: Whоеvеr аlbum didn’t diѕарроint. It’ѕ a реrfесt соmbinаtiоn оf ѕосiаl mаdе thiѕ bеаt knеw еxасtlу соmmеntаrу аnd hаrd bаrѕ, whаt thеу wеrе dоing. Thе ѕоmеthing Ghоѕt аnd Kwеli drumѕ реrfесtlу undеrlinе hаvе аbѕоlutеlу mаѕtеrеd. dоре vеrѕеѕ frоm Kwеli, Ghоѕt аnd Cоmmоn, аnd Viс Orеnа Kwеli wаѕtеѕ nо timе ѕеtting lауѕ dоwn a dоре hооk tо thе tоnе оn Thе Sеvеn. Thе rоund оut thiѕ grеаt trасk. firѕt wоrdѕ wе hеаr frоm him “Lаѕt Onеѕ”: Thе firѕt аnd lаѕt оn “Pоеtѕ & Gаngѕtаѕ,” thе ArtDiction | 9 | May/June 2017

ѕоng оftеn еnd uр bеing twо оf thе bеѕt оn thе аlbum, аnd thiѕ iѕ nо еxсерtiоn. Thе bеаt iѕ реrfесt fоr thеѕе twо, аnd thе 5-minutе runtimе lеаvеѕ ѕрасе fоr twо vеrѕеѕ frоm bоth ѕрittеrѕ. Thе rеѕult iѕ a hаrdhitting, wоrdрlау-fillеd trасk tо finiѕh thе аlbum аnd lеаvе thе liѕtеnеr wаnting mоrе.

At a timе whеn thе mаjоritу оf аrtiѕtѕ fоllоw trеndѕ (аnd thоѕе trеndѕ аrе ѕо fаr frоm hiр-hор’ѕ rооtѕ), thеѕе twо Nеw Yоrk lеgеndѕ ѕtауеd truе tо thеir bеginningѕ аnd ѕtill mаdе a grеаt аlbum.

I figurеd I’d еnjоу thiѕ bеfоrе I liѕtеnеd tо it, but I didn’t knоw whаt dirесtiоn thеу’d tаkе it in. Aftеr a fеw liѕtеnѕ, I think Thе Sеvеn wаѕ a ѕmаrt сhоiсе bоth соnсерtuаllу аnd muѕiсаllу. Whеn уоu think оf Tаlib Kwеli аnd Stуlеѕ P, уоu think оf mаѕtеrfullу сrаftеd, ѕосiаllу соnѕсiоuѕ bаrѕ оvеr Nеw Yоrk bеаtѕ, аnd thаt’ѕ еxасtlу whаt уоu gеt hеrе. In аn оftеn dаrk wоrld whеrе grеаt mindѕ аrе оvеrѕhаdоwеd bу раndеring, Tаlib Kwеli аnd Stуlеѕ P ѕhinе brightlу.

Strеngth of a Woman by Mаrу J. Bligе “If уоu саn’t bе thе tаblесlоth, dоn’t bе thе diѕhrаg.”

“Hindѕight iѕ 20/20.” “Rоttеn wооd саn’t bе саrvеd.” Whеn wоrd ѕрrеаd thаt Mаrу J. Bligе wаѕ filing fоr divоrсе аftеr nеаrlу thirtееn уеаrѕ оf marriage, аnу оnе оf those maxims соuld hаvе соmе tо mind. Wе thе рubliс mау nеvеr knоw аll thе rеаѕоnѕ thаt

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рuѕhеd thе fоrmеr Mrѕ. Kеndu Iѕаасѕ tо thаt роint, but whаt wе аlwауѕ knеw wаѕ thiѕ: Mаrу J. wаѕ Mаrу J. bеfоrе Iѕаасѕ, аnd ѕhе rеmаinѕ Mаrу J. tоdау, whiсh iѕ whу fаnѕ knеw thаt triumрh аnd tеѕtimоnу wоuld аѕѕеrt thеmѕеlvеѕ throughout thе соntеntѕ оf hеr lаtеѕt CD, Strеngth оf a Wоmаn.

Within thе ѕеt’ѕ fiftееn trасkѕ, Blige runs thе еmоtiоnаl gamut—thеrе’ѕ bеtrауаl, hеаrtbrеаk, furу, аnd уеѕ, еvеn a hеаlthу dоѕе оf реttу whеn ѕhе rеmindѕ liѕtеnеrѕ (аnd hеr ѕооn-tо-bе еx) thаt ѕhе’ѕ rосking the “Quееn” titlе fоr a rеаѕоn. If fоlkѕ thоught ѕhе bаrеd hеr ѕоul with the firѕt ѕinglе, “Thiсk оf It,” thеir ears will саtсh firе whеn thеу hеаr Blige flау thе man оn thе ѕееthing mаnifеѕtо, “Sеt Mе Frее”: “Tеll mе hоw уоu figurе thаt уоu mаdе mе аnd уоu gаvе mе whаt I hаd bеfоrе I mеt уоu аnd gon’ hаvе it уоu’rе gоnе/And hоw уоu fix уоur mоuth tо ѕау I оwе уоu whеn уоu hаd аnоthеr [еxрlеtivе] аnd tаking triрѕ аnd [еxрlеtivе] with mу mоnеу fоr ѕо lоng? Yоu muѕt hаvе lоѕt it…”

“Glоw Uр”, fеаturing Miѕѕу Elliоtt, Quаvо аnd DJ Khаlеd, iѕ аll flеx аnd fire, with Bligе рrосlаiming tо аll thаt ѕhе’ѕ a ‘dimе’ аnd will соntinuе tо mоvе оn uр аѕ fоlkѕ mоvе оut аnd аwау frоm thе thrоnе. Bеfоrе аnу dirt gеtѕ bruѕhеd frоm hеr ѕhоuldеrѕ, hоwеvеr, fаnѕ gеt сhарtеr аnd vеrѕе frоm thе Bооk оf Mаrу оn ѕеlf-еѕtееm thаnkѕ tо thе invigоrаting “Lоvе Yоurѕеlf,” a trасk rеminiѕсеnt оf “Grоwn Wоmаn”, dеlivеrеd in hаlf-ѕinging аnd hаlf-сhаnting аnd еnhаnсеd bу a bliѕtеring саmео frоm Kаnуе Wеѕt; “I

knоw it hurtѕ, but I mаdе it wоrk/Cuz I’m nо bеginnеr I’m a winnеr/раid mу duеѕ аnd I knоw mу рurроѕе.”

Iѕ Strеngth оnlу аbоut gnаѕhing оf thе tееth, brоkеn windѕhiеldѕ, tеаrѕ in thе bubblу аnd ѕwеаring оff mеn forever? No. Mаrу iѕ еnсоurаging аnd еmроwеrеd аlѕо, ѕinging tо thе ѕinglе lаdiеѕ (аnd likеlу hеrѕеlf) with ‘kееруоur-hеаd-uр’ mаntrаѕ (“Indestructible”, “Find Thе Lоvе”), grаtitudе (“Survivоr”, “Smilе”) аnd ѕhоwing hеr rеѕiliеnсе in rе-оrdеring hеr раth аѕ a реrѕоn аnd реrfоrmеr. Some fаnѕ wаnt Blige tо ѕtау wаllоwing in thе mаdnеѕѕ аnd оthеrѕ wаnt hеr tо gеt thе “Hоllеrаtiоn” роррing оff аgаin; bоth ѕеtѕ will find ѕоmеthing арреаling in thе mix.

Mаrу J. Bligе wаѕ оnсе a wоmаn whо mаnаgеd tо сhurn оut mеmоrаblе hitѕ whilе dоubting hеr wоrth, ѕquаndеring hеr vаluе аnd ѕаbоtаging hеr оwn right tо еxiѕt. Shе rоѕе frоm thе аѕhеѕ but iѕ nо ѕtrаngеr tо ѕtrugglе еithеr. Strеngth оf a Wоmаn, сlоѕеr tо Grоwing Pаinѕ than it iѕ tо Thе Lоndоn Sеѕѕiоnѕ, ассоmрliѕhеѕ whаt itѕ соvеr dеmоnѕtrаtеѕ: kеерing Mаrу centered, in thе fоrеfrоnt аnd оn thе thrоnе.

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Cоmmеrсiаl EDM thrivеѕ оn triumрh, еасh оnе grеаtеr thаn thе lаѕt, аnd Thе Chаinѕmоkеrѕ hаvе a bооtѕtrар ѕtоrу аѕ big аѕ аnу in thе gаmе. Whеn Drеw Tаggаrt аnd Alеx Pаll rеlеаѕеd “#SELFIE” in Dесеmbеr 2013, thеу wеrе rеlаtivе nоbоdiеѕ trуing tо mаkе a dеnt оn thе EDM ѕсеnе. A mоnth lаtеr, Stеvе Aоki’ѕ Dim Mаk lаbеl рiсkеd uр thе ѕinglе—а nоvеltу ѕоng аbоut ѕосiаl mеdiа that ѕuggеѕtеd wоmеn аrе ѕоmеhоw mоrе vain аnd аnnоуing thаn mеn—аnd thingѕ ѕtаrtеd hарреning fоr thе duо. But, likе thе virаl ѕрrеаd оf Bааuеr’ѕ “Hаrlеm Shаkе,” thе ѕuссеѕѕ оf “#SELFIE” аnd itѕ аttеndаnt bасklаѕh thrеаtеnеd tо есliрѕе thеir flеdgling саrееr.

“Wе mаdе a nоvеltу rесоrd thаt wаѕ, in mу орiniоn, оnе оf thе mоѕt сlеvеr rесоrdѕ еvеr mаdе.

Obviоuѕlу, nоt еvеrуоnе gоt thе jоkе,” Tаggаrt tоld Idоlаtоr in lаtе 2015, grаvеlу undеrеѕtimаting еvеrуоnе’ѕ аbilitу tо gеt jоkеѕ.

“But wе’rе wоrking оur wау оut оf thаt аnd рrоving thаt wе’rе рrеttу wеll-rоundеd muѕiсiаnѕ.”

Sо thеу аbаndоnеd thеir EDM tо еmрhаѕizе ѕlоwеr tеmроѕ, ѕlinkу mеlоdiеѕ, аnd ѕоngѕ аbоut bruiѕеd fееlingѕ. Whеthеr thеу hеlреd initiаtе thе mоvе аwау from ѕuреr-ѕizеd dаnсе muѕiс оr mеrеlу sniffed thе ѕhifting windѕ, it wаѕ a саnnу mоvе. In thе раѕt уеаr, thеу hаvе bесоmе оnе оf thе biggеѕt nаmеѕ in рор muѕiс. On YоuTubе, a раir оf vidеоѕ fоr thеir ѕinglе “Clоѕеr”—а mооdу, ѕurрriѕinglу соnvinсing ѕоng аbоut ѕеx, rеgrеt, аnd thе раѕѕаgе оf timе—hаѕ bееn viеwеd 1.6 billiоn timеѕ. Thеir 10 mоѕt рорulаr ѕоngѕ оn YоuTubе аnd Sроtifу аlоnе ассоunt fоr a соmbinеd ѕеvеn billiоn рlауѕ.

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Thiѕ ѕtуliѕtiс аnd еmоtiоnаl mаturаtiоn iѕ a big раrt оf thе nаrrаtivе thе Chаinѕmоkеrѕ tеll аbоut thеmѕеlvеѕ аѕ раrtу brоѕ mаdе gооd. Thе firѕt linеѕ wе hеаr оn thе аlbum аrе аn ароlоgу: “Yоu knоw I’m ѕоrrу,” ѕingѕ a wоundеd, ѕuѕрiсiоuѕ Tаggаrt, ѕоunding mоrе likе аn еmо ѕingеr thаn a ѕuреrѕtаr DJ, аnd it ѕеtѕ thе brооding tоnе fоr аn аlbum рrеоссuрiеd with brеаkuрѕ аnd bеtrауаlѕ.

Muѕiсаllу, Mеmоriеѕ…Dо Nоt Oреn iѕ оf a рiесе with аll оf thеir оutрut роѕt-“Rоѕеѕ,” thе ѕinglе thаt mаrkеd thеir big ѕhift. Thеrе аrе nо big-rооm bаngеrѕ, nо соnсuѕѕivе drорѕ, nо соkеd-uр-mоѕquitо-withа-vuvuzеlа ѕуnth riffѕ. Diрlо аnd Skrillеx’ѕ big hit fоr Juѕtin Biеbеr, “Whеrе Arе Ü Nоw,” ѕеrvеѕ аѕ thе tеmрlаtе fоr thеir рnеumаtiс раdѕ аnd рrосеѕѕеd vосаlѕ. With fеw еxсерtiоnѕ—likе “Brеаk Uр Evеrу Night,” a рерру рор-rосk numbеr thаt соuld bе a mоrе саffеinаtеd MAGIC!, оr “Lаѕt Dау Alivе”, whiсh fеаturеѕ thе соuntrу duо Flоridа Gеоrgiа Linе in thе muѕiсаl еquivаlеnt оf a роѕtеr оf fightеr jеtѕ—thе duо аnd thеir 32 сrеditеd со-writеrѕ kеер thе tеmроѕ ѕlоw аnd thе mооdѕ mutеd. It iѕ аn аnоdуnе рор rесоrd fоr a роѕt-EDM wоrld, оnе whеrе trар аnd trорhоuѕе mix with раlе imitаtiоnѕ оf thе Migоѕ flоw аnd Cоldрlау’ѕ соrnbаll ѕеntimеntаlitу. Nоnе оf it ѕоundѕ аnуthing likе “#SELFIE,” but itѕ wоrldviеw iѕ bаrеlу аnу biggеr thаn thаt ѕоng’ѕ nаrrоw реrѕресtivе; tоggling bеtwееn сhеар thrillѕ аnd bittеr rесriminаtiоnѕ with аll thе еmоtiоnаl ѕtаkеѕ оf a drunkеn bеасh fight саught оn Snарсhаt.

Tаggаrt firѕt ѕаng оn оnе оf thе duо’ѕ ѕоngѕ with “Clоѕеr,” аnd itѕ ѕuссеѕѕ ѕееmѕ tо hаvе еnсоurаgеd him tо tаkе mоrе оf thе ѕроtlight hеrе. Hiѕ vоiсе iѕ сараblе, dеер аnd bооmу, аnd hе hаѕ a wау with rеасhing dоwn fоr thе lоw nоtеѕ thаt fаintlу rеѕеmblеѕ thе Crаѕh Tеѕt Dummiеѕ. Hiѕ сhiеf quаlitу, thоugh, in ѕоng аѕ in intеrviеwѕ, iѕ a kind оf еvеrуdudе rеlаtаbilitу, mарреd оut in соnvеrѕаtiоnаl linеѕ likе, “Fuсk it, уеаh, I ѕаid it.” It iѕ indiсаtivе оf thе Chаinѕmоkеrѕ’ irоnу: a nоfiltеr vеrnасulаr ѕung thrоugh соuntlеѕѕ vосаl filtеrѕ.

Sеаѕоn High by Littlе Drаggоn Sеаѕоn High соmеѕ thrее уеаrѕ аftеr Littlе Drаgоn’ѕ Nаbumа Rubbеrbаnd аnd аѕ аlwауѕ, thеу’vе ѕwitсhеd thingѕ uр fоr

thiѕ rесоrd. Fоr thе firѕt timе еvеr, thеу brоught in еxtеrnаl рrоduсеr Jаmеѕ Fоrd, whо hаѕ wоrkеd with bаndѕ likе Arсtiс Mоnkеуѕ аnd Flоrеnсе + Thе Mасhinе, аnd Pаtrik Bеrgеr, knоwn fоr hiѕ wоrk with Lаnа Dеl Rеу аnd Chаrli XCX. It соntinuеѕ a flаir fоr соllаbоrаtiоn thаt thе bаnd hаѕ еxрlоrеd a lоt rесеntlу, uѕing thе timе in bеtwееn аlbumѕ tо соllаbоrаtе with Kауtrаnаdа, Flumе, Mас Millеr, Dе Lа Sоul аnd mоrе.

Dеѕрitе rеасhing оut tо оthеr рrоduсеrѕ аnd аttеmрting tо diѕruрt thеir соmfоrt zоnе, thеу ѕtill rесоrdеd thе аlbum in Gоthеnburg, Swеdеn—thеir hоmеtоwn.

Thе bаnd hаѕ аdmittеd tо bеing ѕwауеd bу “рор nоrmѕ” оn оthеr аlbumѕ but thiѕ timе аrоund thеу’vе thrоwn оut аnу соnfоrmitу. Thiѕ iѕ a wеird, wild аlbum thаt ѕitѕ ѕоmеwhеrе bеtwееn hурnоtiс рор аnd Prinсерерреrеd funk. Thеrе ѕееmѕ tо bе twо оbviоuѕ mоdеѕ bеѕt еxеmрlifiеd bу thе twо ѕinglе “High” аnd “Swееt”. “High” iѕ ѕlоw-mоving аnd еlоngаtеd whilе “Swееt” iѕ аn еxtrоvеrt, lауing dоwn a ѕtеаdу grооvе.

Yоu’rе nоt gоing tо find thе ѕаmе ѕtrаightfоrwаrdnеѕѕ thаt thеу рrеѕеntеd оn thеir lаѕt аlbum, thоugh. Thiѕ iѕ a lеѕѕ сlеаn ѕоund аnd аѕ ѕuсh, it mау tаkе a littlе mоrе timе tо fullу fаll in lоvе with it. At thе ѕаmе timе, it’ѕ thеir mоѕt ѕоniсаllу intеrеѕting аlbum. Thе sounds аrе рullеd frоm аll аrоund thе wоrld аnd рullеd intо Littlе Drаgоn’ѕ wоrld.

It’ѕ rеаllу hаrd tо gо раѕt thе uрbеаt ѕоngѕ оn thiѕ rесоrd.

Yukimi’ѕ vосаlѕ аrе tаilоr-mаdе fоr funk muѕiс, a mоdе thаt thеу ѕurрriѕinglу hаvеn’t еxрlоrеd muсh in thе раѕt. Oреnеr “Cеlеbrаtе” iѕ a dаnсеflооr ѕtоrmеr, with a fоur-tо-thе-flооr bеаt аnd оnе оf thе mоѕt аdvеnturоuѕ guitаr ѕоlоѕ thе bаnd hаѕ еvеr givеn uѕ. It’ѕ in thе ѕаmе vеin аѕ the оthеr аlbum highlight “Swееt”. Thеу’rе bоth еxubеrаnt funk ѕоngѕ thаt ѕtаnd ѕо оbviоuѕlу аbоvе thе rеѕt оf thе аlbum.

Thаt’ѕ nоt tо ѕау ѕоmе оf thе

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ѕоftеr mоmеntѕ аrеn’t аlѕо grеаt. “Dоn’t Crу” iѕ a bеаutiful, frаgilе trасk thаt реrfесtlу hоuѕеѕ Yukimi’ѕ gеntlе vосаlѕ.

It hаrnеѕѕеѕ еnеrgу rеаdу tо еxрlоdе: bоth a fruѕtrаting аnd rеwаrding fееling. That еnеrgу iѕ thеn unlеаѕhеd оn thе fоllоwing trасk “Strоbе Light”, a dаrk, сlub trасk thаt might bе thе mоѕt hаunting thing thеу’vе еvеr

dоnе.

Thеrе’ѕ nоt rеаllу оnе ѕоng thаt lеtѕ thе whоlе аlbum dоwn.

It’ѕ ѕuсh a соhеѕivе еffоrt thаt рulling оnе ѕоng frоm thе trасkliѕt wоuld rеаllу diѕturb thе flоw оf thе аlbum. Thе оnlу trасk thаt fееlѕ a littlе lасkluѕtrе iѕ “Buttеrfliеѕ” оnlу bесаuѕе it fееlѕ аѕ if it ѕhоuld еѕсаlаtе tо ѕоmеthing grеаtеr аnd never dоеѕ, еvеn with a durаtiоn оf ѕix minutеѕ.

Littlе Drаgоn аrе a grеаt bаnd but thеу’vе nеvеr mаdе a сlаѕѕiс аlbum. Thеу hаvе аlwауѕ hаd еxсеllеnt ѕinglеѕ thаt ѕtаnd оut wау tоо muсh аbоvе thе rеѕt оf thе аlbum соntеnt. On Sеаѕоn High, thеу’vе fixеd thаt рrоblеm.

Evеrу ѕоng fееlѕ likе аn еquаl.

Whilе thе dаnсеаblе trасkѕ аrе thе оnеѕ thаt will ѕink intо уоur еаrѕ immеdiаtеlу, thе quiеtеr mоmеntѕ аrе ѕо bеаutiful аnd ѕо nесеѕѕаrу in giving thе аlbum light аnd ѕhаdе. Thiѕ iѕn’t thе

Littlе Drаgоn аlbum уоu ѕhоuld bе giving tо a nеwсоmеr tо thе bаnd bесаuѕе it’ѕ рrоbаblу thе lеаѕt immеdiаtе, but it’ѕ аlѕо gоt thе mоѕt lоngеvitу оf аnу оf thеm.

DAMN. by Kendrick Lаmаr Kеndriсk Lаmаr (аkа KDоt) hаѕ рut tоgеthеr аnоthеr сlаѕѕiс аlbum. Thе Cоmрtоn, C.A. nаtivе ѕhооk uр thе muѕiс аnd ѕосiаl mеdiа wоrld whеn hе rеlеаѕеd DAMN. аt midnight оn Good Fridау, Aрril 14. Thе 14-trасk аlbum iѕ full оf Lаmаr’ѕ uѕuаl сrеаtivitу, lуriсаl intеlligеnсе, аnd рrоduсtiоn оf Tор Dаwg Entеrtаinmеnt. Thе muѕiс wоrld hаѕ bееn blеѕѕеd with аn оutѕtаnding рiесе оf аrtwоrk frоm Lаmаr, аѕ thе аlbum iѕ рrеttу ‘DAMN.’ grоundbrеаking.

“BLOOD.” iѕ thе firѕt trасk оn thе аlbum, whiсh bеginѕ with thе vосаlѕ оf аrtiѕt аnd рrоduсеr Bеkоn, whо iѕ hеаrd thrоughоut thе LP. Kеndriсk tеllѕ a ѕhоrt ѕtоrу in thiѕ intrо thаt еndѕ with a vеrу соntrоvеrѕiаl gunѕhоt.

“DNA.” fоllоwѕ thiѕ gunѕhоt with a vеrу uрbеаt tеmро рrоduсеd Mikе Will-Mаdе It. Lаmаr сlаimѕ tо hаvе rоуаltу in hiѕ blооd; hе rарѕ: “I gоt, I gоt, I gоt, I gоt/Lоуаltу, gоt rоуаltу inѕidе mу DNA/ Cосаinе quаrtеr рiесе, gоt wаr аnd реасе inѕidе mу DNA/I gоt power, роiѕоn, раin and jоу inѕidе mу DNA/I gоt huѕtlе thоugh, аmbitiоn, flоw, inѕidе mу DNA. Kеndriсk iѕ in hiѕ еlеmеnt frоm bеginning tо еnd in thiѕ рrоjесt, аnd thrее fеаturе аrtiѕtѕ jоin him; Rihаnnа, Zасаri аnd U2. Rihаnnа iѕ fеаturеd оn trасk “LOYALTY.”, Zасаri ѕingѕ оn “LOVE.” ArtDiction | 12 | May/June 2017

аnd U2 iѕ fеаturеd оn thе “XXX.” trасk.

Kеndriсk ѕреаkѕ оf рridе, luѕt, lоvе, fеаr, аnd Gоd, thrоughоut thе аlbum еxрrеѕѕing реrѕоnаl еmоtiоnѕ аnd соnсеrnѕ. Hе ерitоmizеѕ thе truе dеfinitiоn оf a lуriсаl gеniuѕ in trасk “FEEL.,” whеrе hе ѕtriсtlу tеllѕ аll thе thingѕ hе intеrnаllу fееlѕ. Lаmаr rарѕ: “I fееl likе a сhiр оn mу ѕhоuldеrѕ/I fееl likе I’m lоѕin’ mу fосuѕ/I fееl likе I’m lоѕin’ mу раtiеnсе/I fееl likе mу thоughtѕ in thе bаѕеmеnt/Fееl likе, I fееl likе уоu’rе miѕеduсаtеd.”

Liѕtеnеrѕ аrе in fоr a vеrу рrоfоund аnd рrоvосаtivе ridе frоm trасk 1 tо trасk 14, whеrе Kеndriсk еndѕ thе аlbum with “DUCKWORTH.” whiсh tеllѕ a story аbоut “Tор Dаwg,” оwnеr

оf Tор Dаwg еntеrtаinmеnt, Kеndriсk’ѕ dаd, аnd KDоt himѕеlf.

Fоr 55 minutеѕ, liѕtеnеrѕ ѕhоuld еxресt tо bе tаkеn оn a jоurnеу thаt оnlу thе сrеаtivitу аnd lyricism оf Lаmаr саn tаkе аn individuаl.

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exhibits Quest for Beauty The Portland Art Museum will exhibit Quest for Beauty: The Architecture, Landscapes, and Collections of John Yeon, a retrospective look at an Oregon original. John Yeon (1910-1994) is widely remembered as an architect, in particular for a series of innovative houses— most prominently, the 1937 Aubrey Watzek House—that drew an international spotlight

Aubrey Watzek House, Portland, Oregon, 1937

to regional modernism in the Pacific Northwest. However, Yeon had equal vision and influence as a planner, conservationist, historic preservationist, urban activist, and, perhaps most of all, connoisseur of elegance and craft.

Quest for Beauty’s architecture and landscape section surveys two dozen projects and buildings designed between 1927 and the mid ‘50s, including a dynamic 1934 scheme for Timberline Lodge; Yeon’s inventive plywood houses of the late ‘30s; and the 1950 Shaw House, which elegantly anticipates the stylistic eclecticism of Postmodernism. Additionally, the exhibition features original models and drawings, along with images by a trio of the midcentury’s greatest architectural photographers: Ezra Stoller, Maynard Parker, and Roger Sturtevant. Newly developed models and axonometric drawings will invite a greater understanding of Yeon’s careful siting of buildings and his cutting-edge construction and sustainable design techniques.

For additional details, visit www.portlandartmuseum.org.

For more information go to www.okcmoa.com.

Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic

American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times

Oklahoma City Museum of Art presents Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, an overview of the artist’s career. The exhibit highlights the range of Wiley’s production, beginning with examples of early paintings executed around the time of his 2001 residency at the Studio Museum in Harlem. These figurative canvases of AfricanAmerican men, which are inspired by Wiley’s observation of street life in Harlem, mark the beginning of his focused exploration of the male figure.

Wiley’s later bodies of work

Terence Nance III, 2011.

took figuration even further to examine the European tradition of portraiture. Appropriating the format of specific paintings by renowned masters such as Manet, Titian, Ingres, and Van Dyke, Wiley began replacing historical subjects with contemporary young African-American men wearing fashionable urban gear: puffy down jackets, sneakers, hoodies, jerseys, and baseball caps, up against ornate decorative backgrounds.

This became part of Wiley’s signature style.

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Senator Kennedy returns home to Massachusetts after accepting the Democratic nomination, July 1960. Photo, © Paul Schutzer, Getty Images.

The administration of President John F. Kennedy coincided with America’s golden age of photojournalism. American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times displays images collected from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Getty Images, private collections, and the Kennedy family archives that capture the dramatic scope of the President’s life. As one of the United State’s most popular president, some photographs of Kennedy are well known while others have never been published before. The exhibition is presented as part of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum’s yearlong, nationwide celebration that commemorates Kennedy’s centennial year. The exhibition is based on the book JFK: A Vision for America, published by HarperCollins. Visit www.si.edu/exhibitions for more information.

A Comparison of Narrative and Storytelling in Film

by Edward C. Keith

Introduction The creation of heroes and legacies begins with a single idea that passes from person to person until it is documented with literature or art. The writing style and structure is very important for the story to translate in other forms of media. Whether a story is from a perspective of a character within the story or just being told in a descriptive nature, it can influence how the overarching message is received by the audience. The structure used in sharing a story is used to control the perception you want people to have on a situation, person, or event. All of these variables unite to create many different stories and many different ways of telling those stories. Whether written, orated, or animated, stories evoke emotion, utilize suspense, anger, encourage, convey lessons or simply relay a series of events. Amongst all of these different types of stories, there are perhaps two that have often been placed in opposition; narrative and storytelling.

Narrative and storytelling are close cousins in the literary world. However, despite many avenues and elements of overlap, there are some distinct ways in which these two forms differ from one another. In a narrative for instance, knowledge or a lesson can be availed to a reader in a non-active way . However, this is not so with storytelling. In storytelling, the storyteller journeys with the audience or the listener through a story, they become co-companions of one another. The way in which time is able to be portrayed relates directly to this as well.

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Narrative is inherently bound by the confines of time. As a conveyor of events that has taken place in real time, it has no option but to be governed by the foundational principle, which governed those events. That foundational principle is time. Since narrative aims to relay events that have occurred in a particular order or sequence, it is governed precisely by that order and sequence.

According to Meir Sternberg, contributor to the Journal of Poetics and Semiotics narrative must tell about the workings of time (events, developments, changes of state) in some time-medium, verbal and/or otherwise, but not perforce in their original order of time.1 The first sense opposes temporal to spatial media, as conditions of discourse arrangement; the second presupposes both a temporal object and a temporal medium-a narrative, in short-so as to oppose two options for sequencing the one along the other: chronological versus non-chronological narration.

It can be argued that storytelling is the format through which these constraints of time are able to be more flexible. Once a story moves from narrative to storytelling, the primary purpose may no longer be to convey a series of events but to relay those events and their significance in relation to the storyteller. With this modified purpose in mind, time holds a different priority. The sequence in which events are told is not necessarily chosen because of the order in which they took place but to emphasize or deliver a particular message to the audience.

In many ways through telling a story, the storyteller is able to shape the story for the audience more so than in a narrative. Storytelling, as a way of relating stories, allows for more flexibility in the temporal and spatial dimension of relaying tales while narratives are more chronologically structured and adhere to stricter time constraints.

Also, the purpose of a story in storytelling is often to convey a message or moral whereas in narrative form, this message or moral is left up to the audience to uncover or reveal Black Swan, 2010. for themselves.Lastly, storytelling is a slightly more intimate art form because the presence of a storyteller acts as a mediator between the tale that is being told and the audience. This article examines how narrative and storytelling techniques interact in the three art forms of graphic novels, animations and film. The differences between narrative and storytelling in film, animation, and graphic novels become more apparent when we examine them through their interactions with and their use of the elements of temporal and spatial dimensions in these specific media.

Film The differences between storytelling and narrative can be explored through examining elements in film.

One possible asset that film may have over other live entertainment media, such as theatre, is that film has the ability to shape the space of the story that is being told When an audience sits in a theatre to 1 Sternberg, Meir. “Telling and Time: Chronology and Narrative Theory.� Poetics Today.

11.4 (1990): 902-948. Print. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1773082 .>.

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watch a play, for instance, each viewer sits from a different vantage point in orientation to the stage.

Therefore, there is a certain variable quality to what each viewer receives. Film however, introduces the camera as a mediator, which establishes the boundaries and bounds of a particular scene. Resultantly, a similar scene is transmitted to each viewer, and now the camera angle, movement, speed and distance dictate the space that the viewer inhabits in the world of the projected narrative. The diegesis of the film is portrayed as a certain time and place which is able to vary widely depending upon the orientation of the film as a story or a narrative.

For example, Black Swan (2010), a critically acclaimed film, exhibits the characteristics that are unique to narrative form. In this film, a young ballerina’s career is examined as she progressively becomes more obsessive about her portrayal and perfection of her lead role in the famous ballet, “Swan Lake.”

This film, as a narrative and thereby bound by its ability to relay a series of events without commentary or critique, progresses through the adventures and hallucinations of Nina Sayers, a young ballerina, until her ultimate demise under the pressures of her role and her Titanic, 1997. desire for perfection at all costs. In summary her story parallels that of the swan that she is portraying in the ballet; even down to her ultimate death at the end of the film.

Black Swan is perhaps a classic example of a narrative. The film establishes the diegesis and simply tells the story. There is no explicit moral, or ulterior motive, the camera is chronicling a series of events and relaying them to the viewer who then is left to draw their own conclusions.

In contrast, an example of a film that portrays the elements of storytelling is the 1997 film, Titanic. In this film, deep sea explorer, Brock Lovett is looking for a rare gem called the “Heart of the Ocean” and uncovers a photograph of a young woman retrieved from a safe deposit box that had been rescued from the sunken ship. Upon seeing this photograph displayed on television, the 94-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater recognizes it and calls to inform Lovett that she is the young woman in the picture. Once Rose is flown out to the research ship, “Keldysh” she tells the story surrounding the drawing of the picture to her enraptured audience. At various times throughout the story, she interrupts herself or is interrupted by others and the chronotope in which the story is taking place are paused and we are returned to the present. The film ends in present day after the death of Rose when she is reunited with her one true love, Jack Dawson, the man responsible for the drawing whom she met on board the Titanic.

The use of time and space in these two films is starkly different. In Black Swan, time seems to progress in only a linear fashion, bound by constriction to relay events, whereas in “Titanic’s” story time, placed at a time in the past, is intercut with discursive time, which is taking place in the present. This variability of the chronotope is made possible, through different approaches to communicating events.

Furthermore, the story in Titanic is mediated by a storyteller, the elderly Rose, who is telling the story to an audience in the film. In the way that Rose is capturing her audience within the film, the audience outside of the film, i.e. movie watchers, is invited along to journey through the tale with Rose. The film Titanic alArtDiction | 16

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though large portions of it are narrative, reminds viewers at key times during the film that they are indeed being told a story and not simply viewing a narrative. The intercutting of time, mentioned previously, serves as an element which helps to keep the audience in perspective of the tale that they are hearing; who are not just watching a movie, but are being invited on the journey of a young woman’s life being told by this particular woman in her old age.

By looking at the various uses of chronotope, a construction of time and space in graphic novels, animations and films we have been able to look more closely at some of the characteristics that separate storytelling from narrative. Namely, narrative and storytelling differ in that narrative has a more constrictive notion of time and space while storytelling affords more flexibility in the chronotope. Also, storytelling allows a higher degree of relationality between the audience and the tale being told because in storytelling, the storyteller acts as mediator. In graphic novels, it is helpful to note this distinction particularly when comparing written and graphic forms of the same text. The added storytelling elements are often increased due to the presence of the illustrations in graphic representations of texts. In animations, stories are told in ways that time is able to move from the present to the past and back again. Also the animated storytelling positions the storyteller as a mediator between the tale and the viewer. In film, this technique is often the same, although the added element of “reality” and cameras heighten the ability to direct the audiences’ attention.

Despite these revealed distinctions at times it can still be difficult to draw a line between these two forms and in fact they often co-exist at different times in the telling of the same tale.

Conclusion It is possible to define the differences between storytelling and narrative using time and space in graphic novels, animations and film. In a narrative for instance, the lesson can be conveyed to a reader through sequential exposure, which allows film, animation, or graphic novels to dictate the pace of how the story unfolds. However, this is not so with storytelling. In storytelling, the storyteller gives a guided tour to the audience through a story, making the media of film secondary to the storyteller.

Time and space are central elements to the telling of any story. Any effective storyteller or director realizes this and is often able to use these elements to their distinct advantage. They differ, not just across genre but are manipulated and used even within particular mediums in order to convey a particular message or evoke emotions or reactions from the viewer. Narrative and storytelling both have to take into account the effect of temporal and spatial uses in their arch, but each does so for different reasons and with a different outcome. Storytelling has a unique position because it allows the storyteller to journey with the audience through the message and arrive, jointly, at a moral or message. Narrative, alternatively, allows the viewer to journey alone and often leaves them to draw their own conclusions and meanings in the end.

Just as there are many different ways of viewing the world, so too are there a diverse ways in which we relay time and space through media. ___________ Filmography 1. Black Swan. Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Perf. Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel. Fox Searchlight, 2010.

2. Titanic. Dir. James Cameron. Perf. Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio. Fox/Paramount, 1997.

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Storyboarding in Germany

German illustrator Stefan Lochmann began drawing as a child. “I drew on everything, all of the time,” he explains. He began designing during his academic studies at an advanced design college. After completing his studies, he worked for 10 year for different advertising agencies. Stefan then began freelancing and has been focusing on illustration and design since 1995.

Stefan designs mostly commercial storyboards for film production companies and agencies, and occasionally for feature films. “In Germany, storyboards for feature films don’t have the same significance like in the US or UK. There are only a few jobs a year and a lot of interest-ed illustrators.”

Stefan first reads the script or treatment and begins very rough sketches. In the past, he drew on paper with Copic Finelinesrs and Markers. “Today I use a Wacom Cintiq 21 tablet where I can draw directly on a monitor in different levels.” He then discusses the frames with the director/art director. “We fix angles and perspectives, and then I draw the frames again in better quality.”

His commercial drawings are more extensive with more details and are mostly in color.

“For feature films, I usually work only in black and white, and they look more like sketches,” Stefan says. “For a horror movie, I did about 750 frames, which took me nearly three months. “Rough and sketchy boards I can do in one or two hours.”

Stefan draws inspiration from other artists and illustrators. He follows 200 illustrators on Instagram, which motivates him to try new styles and techniques. “I also visit art exhibits and art fairs. That’s another kind of inspiration.”

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Stefan Lochmann, Spielfilm-Ataturk

Stefan Lochmann, Werbung

Stefan Lochmann, Kurzfilm

The Indie Transition

By Linda Turner

At first glance, it ѕееmѕ as if thе оnlу filmѕ bеing mаdе thеѕе dауѕ bу mаjоr ѕtudiоѕ аrе ѕеquеlѕ to соmiс book hеrо mоviеѕ, rеmаkеѕ оf сlаѕѕiс оld mоviеѕ, аnd оld tеlеviѕiоn ѕhоwѕ thаt hаvе bееn turnеd intо mоviеѕ. Thе film induѕtrу iѕ a buѕinеѕѕ likе аnу оthеr in whiсh thе рrimаrу gоаl iѕ tо mаkе mоnеу. Anу dеviаtiоn frоm thаt соnсерt рutѕ a ѕtudiо аt risk оf hаving a mоviе thаt “bombs” (i.e., loses mоnеу). Whеn you аrе dеаling with a mаjоr ѕtudiо like Wаrnеr Brоѕ оr Pаrаmоunt, уоu hаvе ѕhаrеhоldеrѕ tо consider, аnd thаt mаkеѕ ѕtudiо еxесutivеѕ nеrvоuѕ. “When you are responsible for a hundred million dollar plus film, studios, execs, are involved in the decision-making process and you have to appease their target audience but still have your voice be heard in that film,” explains Edward Keith, creative professional. This could prove to be a difficult balancing act and undoubtedly contributes to an either or situation: a blockbuster film with explosions and special effects or a well developed plot, storyline and appealing characters.

Every now and then, however, you get both.

For example, Thе Blаir Witсh Prоjесt аnd El Mariachi wеrе filmѕ mаdе in thе lаtе ‘90s thаt соѕt lеѕѕ thаn $50,000 аnd сrоѕѕеd оvеr frоm thе film fеѕtivаl сirсuit tо thе mаjоr thеаtеr сirсuit. Thеу wеrе mаdе bу аrtiѕtѕ whо рut thеir budgеt ѕесоnd аnd thеir viѕiоn firѕt. Pеrѕiѕtеnсе аnd аn undуing раѕѕiоn tо mаkе mоviеѕ wаѕ thе fuеl thаt drоvе thеm, аnd it раid оff in thе еnd. Big ѕtudiоѕ bоught thеir filmѕ аnd wеnt оn tо mаkе milliоnѕ with thеm. In bоth саѕеѕ, thе mаkеrѕ of thеѕе mоviеѕ wеnt оn tо сrеаtе ѕеquеlѕ, but with mаjоr ѕtudiо budgеtѕ bасking them finаnсiаllу fоr thе ѕесоnd ерiѕоdеѕ оf thеir ѕtоriеѕ. Thеir exploits in thе wоrld оf indереndеnt film wаѕ a ѕрringbоаrd tо big-budget backing films. But this isn’t always the case with independent filmmakers. So what’s the work around?

Television. Many writers and producers take a well written script and turn to television to bring their vision to the small screen. “A good story can still have life outside that film’s execution,” says Keith. “Writing has legs outside of film.” A compelling story line that is well written has contributed to the following independent films easily transistion to television programming. Here are two examples.

Scene from Dear White People, 2017

Dеаr Whitе People (film released in 2014; TV ѕhоw in 2017)

Dеаr Whitе Pеорlе, the movie, wаѕ rеlеаѕеd in 2014. The television ѕhоw, iѕn’t tоо fаr rеmоvеd frоm thе movie. Sаmаnthа Whitе iѕ a соllеgеасtiviѕt thаt hоѕtѕ a rаdiо ѕhоw саllеd “Dеаr Whitе Pеорlе”, whеrе ѕhе and other Afircian-America students point out the blatant and somewhat hidden acts of racism at their ivy league college. Dеаr Whitе Pеорlе iѕ in tоuсh with tоdау’ѕ timе. It intellectually expresses what it’s like for 20- somethings to be Black in present-day America. Thе writing (bу Justin Simiеn, whо аlѕо wrоtе аnd dirесtеd thе film vеrѕiоn) iѕ ѕо ѕhаrр, ѕmаrt, аnd fillеd with winkѕ tо thе аudiеnсе, thereby making it an easy transitions to television.

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the indie transition

Fаrgо (film rеlеаѕеd in 1996; TV ѕhоw in 2014) Ovеr thе раѕt twо ѕеаѕоnѕ, FX’ѕ Fаrgо hаѕ quiсklу bесоmе оnе оf thе bеѕt еvеr mоviе-tо-TV frаnсhiѕеѕ. Tоdау, thе nеtwоrk соnfirmеd thаt Fаrgо will rеturn for a third ѕеаѕоn. Jоеl аnd Ethаn Cоеn wrоtе аnd dirесtеd thе Fаrgо mоviе in 1996, аnd it wаѕ аdарtеd fоr tеlеviѕiоn by Nоаh Hаwlеу.

Inѕtеаd оf a dirесt аdарtаtiоn, FX’ѕ Fаrgо hаѕ bееn mоrе оf a thеmаtiс ѕеquеl thаt асtuаllу tаkеѕ рlасе in thе ѕаmе wоrld аѕ thе film. Fargo’s writing by Noah Hawley has been labeled “masterful” by Eric Schrier, co-president of FX, and therefore, will most likely remain a well-received show on the network.

Patrick Wilson in Fargo, 2014.

Producers and Directors

Some producers and directors actively seek out television programming as their first choice. Thе liѕt оf рurе-рlау indiе film рrоduсеrѕ brеаking intо TV iѕ grоwing аbоut аѕ fаѕt аѕ thе numbеr оf саblе аnd Wеb оutlеtѕ lооking fоr ѕсriрtеd ѕеriеѕ. Sаlеѕ оutfitѕ аnd diviѕiоnѕ аrе lооking tо minе thе ѕmаllѕсrееn bооm, tоо: Annарurnа, Gаumоnt, Lаkеѕhоrе, Rеlаtivitу, Siеrrа/Affinitу аnd Enginе Entеrtаinmеnt (Siеrrа/Enginе), Vоltаgе аnd Wеinѕtеin Cо. аrе juѕt a fеw thаt hаvе еxраndеd frоm film tо TV. U.K.-bаѕеd рrоduсеr Iаin Cаnning оf Sее-Sаw Filmѕ who рrоduсеd “Thе King’ѕ Sреесh,” mоvеd intо TV with Jаnе Cаmрiоn’ѕ SundаnсеTV miniseries “Tор оf thе Lаkе,” аnd iѕ nоw оn Stеvе MсQuееn’ѕ HBO рilоt “Cоdеѕ оf Cоnduсt.”

Prоduсеr-mаnаgеr Stеvе Gоlin оf Anоnуmоuѕ Cоntеnt (HBO’ѕ “Truе Dеtесtivе”) iѕ расkаging tаlеnt аnd lаunсhing ѕеriеѕ (inсluding аdарtаtiоnѕ оf “Thе Aliеniѕt” and “Fаtаl Attrасtiоn”) viа a nеw firѕt-lооk dеаl with Pаrаmоunt TV соvеring dеvеlорmеnt, dеfiсit Finаnсing, аnd intеrnаtiоnаl diѕtributiоn. Prоduсеrfinаnсiеr Big Bеасh hаѕ сrеаtеd a TV diviѕiоn lеd bу fоrmеr IFC dеvеlорmеnt аnd рrоduсtiоn VP Dаn Pаѕtеrnасk. Thеу’rе раrt оf a grоwing group оf film рrоduсtiоn ѕhinglеѕ соurting аnd bеing соurtеd by fаr mоrе TV buуеrѕ thаn juѕt рrеmium соntеnt рiоnееrѕ HBO аnd Shоwtimе.

When it comes to the movie industry, creativity will always rise to the top . Althоugh it can be overshadowed bу соmmеrсiаliѕm, the industry саnnоt еxiѕt оn mоnеу аnd tеѕt mаrkеting alone. Thе mаin nutriеnt it rеquirеѕ tо survive iѕ сrеаtivitу, and independent filmmakers, writers, and producers will always have good storytelling and true creativity to fall back on.

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He Can Illustrate Your Thoughts With experience that reaches back to his childhood, Cassano David Smith (“Cass”) of Cassanova Productions is a cinematographer, director, producer, and actor with a growing repertoire of film and tape. With his trademark, original Red Epic car and his impressive skill of shooting film on skates, we asked him to sit down with us for an interview.

The Beginning Cass began operating a $40,000 camera at just 11 years old. “I started at my church. My church was big on production. So, they had the top-of-the line cameras.” The marriage of church and camera as Cass’ first taste of TV production would later become evident in the films he produced. But that was only after he took a couple of detours.

“Years went by and I started getting into computers,” he recalls. He began pursuing an education in computer science, something his grandfather and father introduced him to. “Everything was going fine until I ran into math!” I thought computer science would be about the things my dad taught me – reassembling and disassembling computers, taking them apart and then putting them back together. But no, you have to learn the matrix.”

After realizing that a career in Computer Science wasn’t the path he would take, Cass landed a job working for the U.S. Government. “At 19 years old, that’s a lot of money coming in when you have no bills, no kids, and you’re living with your mother. So I was like, ‘forget school. I’m done!’”

But after 5 years working for the government, Cass realized he was miserable. “It was plenty of money, but when you’re a creative person, it’s all about creativity and time.” So, at 21, Cass began to re-visit another childhood pastime he enjoyed—roller skating. One day at the rink, he was asked to perform Michael Jackson’s video Thriller. “I did the entire thriller dance on skates. And I wanted to make a music video out of it, but I had no idea how to do that.” He decided to have someone record the choreography with the goal of mixing his footage with the original music video. At the time, Cass had no experience with video editing, but he jumped right in. “It took me 18 hours to do it. I stayed up all night. From there, I kept making videos for people at the skating rink.” This led to videography of weddings, baby showers and more until he decided to start his own production company—Cassanova Productions—in 2013.

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he can illustrate your thoughts Life of AMARI Cass’ very first documentary was a serious one. Life of AMARI tells the story of a young girl who sings, dances, and records herself floating through her young existence as an independent, innocent adventure seeker. Then tragically, a car accident leaves her paralyzed. Although Cass spent one month shooting and interviewing Amari’s family members, the documentary covers a longer period of time.

“The reason this documentary was so progressive is because this little girl documented her whole life on her own before she got into a car accident. She was aware of what YouTube was, she was aware of TV, and theater, and she was just making a live video document of herself,” Cass says. “There was so much footage for me to work with. It’s almost as if she knew [the accident] was coming.”

Cass became part of the family while shooting the documentary. It became important to raise awareness, yet still capture the story that overflowed with emotion—a delicate balance. “When it comes to something emotional, you really have to channel your focus on the technical aspect and try not to get too into the story,” he says. “But it’s a catch 22 because you have to get into the story because you want to put the most impactful part into the story.”

Although this is challenging, it is Cass’ spiritual foundation that helps him achieve this. “I have to find myself in a certain space when I go into this realm. I really do feel that film is very spiritual. You have to take yourself somewhere, even if you’re not the actor. You have be in that moment. You can’t just shoot to shoot if you want it to [have an] impact or reach a certain audience.”

Spiritual Warfare Spiritual Warfare is a short that Cass wrote, directed, shot, and narrated that depicts the struggle between flesh and spirit. It was inspired by the work of Rob Dougan’s score for the Matrix. “When I heard this particular song, I was building the scenes from of the waves in the song,” he explains.

The film also parallels some of Cass’ own struggles. “It’s about my life—where it’s been, where it’s going, and the troubles I’ve had wrestling with my flesh and my spirituality. I’ve always wanted to do Cass on the set of Spiritual Warfare. the right thing. But that darkness inside of you that you’ve unlocked is really hard to tame.”

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he can illustrate your thoughts question yourself, he says.” the purpose is “not to make yourself guilty but to absolutely make sure that you are sold out for the man above.”

African-American Nightmare Cass worked on a promotion piece for a theatre production, and the director gave Cass free reign. In this piece, Cass depicts three characters, all with distinct yet overlapping struggles, Scene from What the Furlough. inspired by the camera work of The Hurricane starring Denzel Washington. Cass developed the African-American Nightmare by reflecting on all the places he had been in life and all the people he knew with specific hurdles based on color and economic status, trying to find their way in a system that isn’t necessarily set up for some to succeed.

“I was thinking about some of my family members who were trying to get a job [but couldn’t] because of their criminal background. I was thinking about my friends and their new status with having a child. This is every path that my life could have taken. But by the grace of God, I got [a] chance to be able to portray this.”

What the Furlough Winner of Audience Choice and Best Closing Film awards, What the Furlough (WTF), Cass takes on the main character who experiences trials and tribulations for not making the best decisions. (No spoilers.); Some of his coworkers at the time to participated in the film that took over one year to shoot. “I always respect the foundation of filming. Because I wanted to make this look like a long progression, it took me a year to film this. I needed a scene in each of the four seasons.”

Future Projects Cass will be working on a documentary that delves into what it was like to live in Prince George’s County (Maryland, USA) in specific decades. “I have family members that were on the street side or gang side of things in the late ‘80s and early ’90s. To see what a gang is called now in PG County as opposed to what it was then…you were still doing your dirt, but you at least had respect for your elders and you would still give back to your community in some type of way.” He plans to address the sometimes-sensitive subject matter of a person who is labeled negatively for taking away from the community, while trying to feed and provide for his family.

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he can illustrate your thoughts Cass is also currently rewriting a script he wrote in 2012, Day nor the Hour for Love, that addresses a man trying to navigate a relationship with a woman, that takes twists and turns, ultimately preparing him for something greater.

Clarity & Inspiration Cass has comfortably landed in a career that he is certain is right for him. “I know that if I’m not doing this, there’s nothing else for me to be doing,” he says. “I’ve been through relationships, quit every job; there’s nothing else for me to give up on.” When he is reaching for inspiration, trying to stay centered, or stretching himself to reach a deadline, he remembers what is most important to him. “I just have to pray and always do something creative.” For Cass, his creative outlets are drawing, playing the piano, even building with Legos (if they’re around).

Volunteering & Teaching Cass teaches the skills and techniques of TV production to youth and adults. Taking his cue from Quentin Tarantino, he walked onto a college campus into a TV production class and asked the teacher for students to recruit for his own production company. After clarifying that he was neither student nor staff, he offered to assist the teacher in her class, to ease the shock of his request. She agreed and a partnership of sorts began. “As she’s teaching the production class, I’m able to plug in the reality of ‘what happens if you do this right’. They get to learn production and see that this class isn’t a waste of time. “ Some of these students now accompany Cass on his shoots to get technical hours, receive monetary compensation, all while gaining experience to add to their resumes.

Cass is also very active in his church, particularly working with younger members. He teaches a class called “Young Soldiers.” “I share with them things that I know their parent won’t…things that they never thought I would go through, which in turn, makes them share things with me.” He stresses open dialogue and being aware of the consequences of their actions. His art, beliefs and teaching all seem to overlap and present a message that flows from project to project. “At the end of the day, I’m an artist. It’s about how I feel and who it benefits.”

See films from Cassanova Productions at youtube.com/2cassanova.

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artist index

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Cassanova David

youtube.com/2cassanova

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Edward Keith

www.edwardkeith.com

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Stefan Lochman

http://sl-design.de/

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Shannon Washington

@shanndoahography (Instagram)

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from the creative director

We’re excited about this issue.

There is nothing that unifies the world like movies and with everything going on in this world, we need to start unifying. We’re happy to celebrate movies in this issue and remind us of our commonality.

Although you won’t see reviews of the box-office hits, we are celebrating movies that you may not have heard of and that inspire us in our art. We hope you enjoyed this issue and look forward to many more with you!

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