Campfire Tales

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"The Man Who Would Be King" I'm currently watching my through John Huston films at the moment. Intetesting character, he was a screenwriter for seven years before getting his first chance to direct. His debut "The Maltese Falcon". #story #storytelling #johnhuston #directing #directors #filmstudies #films #film #movies #storyboardartist #visualstorytelling #writing #screenwriting #screenwriters #screenplay https://www.instagram.com/p/BnCTLauBk5H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zffuc32tbalr

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A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry. It's pretty great - we start off with Walter, middle aged married with a young son, part of a poor black family in Chicago all living together in a run down apartment.His son has to sleep on the sofa and his Sister shares a room with his mom. Walter has dreams of being rich,successful and respected. He despises being poor and does not want to work himself to death like his old man.This is a selfish dream, as it is being put before the wellbeing of his family, he always has an excuse, that it is someone else holding him back, wife, sister, mother... And he is relying on life insurance money, arriving in a day, to start his business. His mom is in control of who will get the money. Walter tries to convince his wife to talk to mom to give him the insurance money. Walter: Man say to his woman: I got me a dream. His woman say: Eat your eggs. Ruth: Walter, that aint none of our money. Walters mother, Mama, currently runs the house, she doesn't understand her kids ambitions, is a bit of tyrant but loves her children very much. Walters deceased father is often brought up as he worked his whole life to provide for his family, and it is mentioned multiple times how much he loved his kids. mama: he used to say "seem like God didn't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but he did give us children to make them all seem worthwhile" Ruth: he was a good man Mama: yes a fine man His portrait hangs up in the living room, overlooking the family. This is important to setup the contrast between Walter and his father and also show how important the insurance money is to the family. The end of Act 1 is great. Mama: Son, I'm waiting to hear you be your father's son. be the man he was... By the end he finds out what it means to take responsibility, earn his dreams to become a man his family can respect. #storytelling #story #araisininthesun #lorrainehansberry #theatre #drama #directing #film #TV #playhouse90 #writing #eatyoureggs #reading #acting #plays

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Steve Martin/Carl Reiner binge tonight, starting with The Jerk. Looking forward to The Man With Two Brains. As a kid I remember seeing the vhs cover in my nans film collection but never watched it. #film #directing #writing #writingfordough #scriptwriting #directors #stevemartin #carlreiner #movies #thejerk #story #storytelling #comedy #drama

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Foxfinder at the Loft. I sincerely apologise for falling asleep(luckily I had my girlfriend around to nudge me and give me disapproving looks to keep me awake). I've been ill and yesterday was a long hot day. Stage dressing and use of lighting was nice. #story #storytelling #theatre #acting #directing #staging #storyartist #writing #performance (at Loft Theatre)

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Autobio - Cyril Pedrosa. One of my favorite comicbook artists. #comics #comicbook #tome #cyrilpedrosa #storyartist #composition #visualstorytelling #storytelling #story #artist #artistsoninstagram

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Great experience going over to LA for the daytime emmys. Met lots of cool new people, enjoyed good food, made contacts, toured disney and got sun hiking through the hills. #LA #emmys #daytimeemmys #disneyfeature #waltdisneyanimationstudios #animation #Vampirina #storyartist

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Got my niece a little vampirina present from the Disney feature studio store. It actually looks on model! #gotthebattys #vampirina #disneyjnr #disneyfeature #brownbagfilms

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Quick sketching on the walk of fame. #sketcbook #sketch #hollywood #LA #artistsoninstagram #instaart #characterdesign #gesturedrawing #gesture #draw #animation #storyartist #quicksketch (at Hollywood Walk of Fame)

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Superman hitting a middle age slump. More Mr incredible now. #sketching #sketch #drawing #storyartist #animation #characterdesign #instaart #superman #draw #artistsoninstagram #LA #hollywood (at Hollywood Walk of Fame)

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Touring LA. Sketching day. #LA #hollywood #storyartist #sketching #draw (at West Hollywood, California)

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Daytime Emmy's. No wins for the team this year, but super proud of the people I get to work with. #emmys #brownbagfilms #LA #disneyjnr #Disney #storyartist #Vampirina (at The Pasadena Civic)

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Sketching while watching The Orient Express during the flight #storyartist #characterdesign #sketch #sketchbook #animation #LA #hollywood #drawing #draw #murderontheorientexpress #films #movies #artistsoninstagram #instagramart #instaart #emmys #inksketch #inkpen #tombow (at West Hollywood, California)

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Sketches from the flight #LA #flight #emmys #sketcbook #sketch #drawing #draw #observation #sketching #storyartist #characterdesign #animation #instaart #instagramart #artisysoninstagram #hollywood (at The Grafton on Sunset)

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Saturday - Catching some live music and sketching #draw #sketching #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #inksketch #tombow #inkpen #characterdesign #gesturedrawing #observation #animation #storyartist #Dublin #artistsoninstagram #instagramart #instaart #livemusic (at Dublin, Ireland)

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Film study - Babadook #film #thebabadook #babadook #storyartist #storytelling #draw #digitalsketch #composition #movies #directing #wacom #cintiq #storyboard #instaart #artist

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On Making Film - Alexander Mackendrick - current read. It's been on the shelf for a while, but I decided to get it back down when I found out screenwriter/director of Logan,James Mangold, studied under Mackendrick at Calarts. #directing #writing #screenwriting #story #storytelling #storyartist #director #jamesmangold #alexandermackendrick #Calarts #film #filmstudent #logan #movies #drama

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5min Cool down sketch #drawing #draw #sketch #digitalart #cintiq #wacom #observation #storyartist #sketching #quicksketch #instaart #artistsoninstagram #characterdesign #animation #storyboard #gesturedrawing #practice #artist #art