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Lost Between the Still and Moving ImageStavit Allweishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294372957626098398noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267119436291877109.post-90582572625347797612022-01-20T20:20:00.011-05:002022-04-04T09:33:40.280-04:00Execution in the Film Festival Circuit<p> I'm floored to find out that I haven't posted here in over 3 years. I've been editing and managing the festival run of Execution and working, albeit sporadically, on ISNESS, the graphic novel.</p><p>It's been interesting to discover who the audiences for this film is. It found its way into arthouse and experimental festivals, no surprise there, but also into some underground and genre fests, which was very gratifying. When screened at more "normal" festivals such as <a href="https://neworleansfilmsociety.org/festival/" target="_blank">New Orleans Film Festival</a>, it was in a block called "Confrontational Cinema", and at <a href="https://www.revelationfilmfest.org/" target="_blank">Revelation Perth</a> in a block called "wild women"!</p><p>I'm very grateful for all these screenings, whether online or in person. It has been a challenging time to release a film and most festivals went above and beyond to create a great virtual experience when they had to do it online. I am also absolutely thrilled by the awards and press the film received. </p><p>There are still a good number of submissions out so I hope there will be additional screenings. I deeply regret that it has not yet screened live in NYC, where most of the cast and crew are located. It screened at <a href="http://www.newfilmmakers.com/" target="_blank">New Filmmakers New York</a>, which is usually at the landmark <a href="http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/" target="_blank">Anthology Film Archives</a>, alas... COVID killed that opportunity and the screening was online. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbicqqBTDPlgAqPudw7L-2Ug33AMLH-yNFB9C8ZVELjPSVMRs5DGHkgaDPaMuoflAVIFVVKHysuNSpfsMIiUWyrqqFiACcSd26t6-xTKJrR42J910JCBVPlHM0yw68GQoq85ngMLz5xwDHh070QaJQWpAhvreDWB5cEkv_TAb7wcYEW6nOiHvwB-L/s2526/IMG_5343_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="1758" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbicqqBTDPlgAqPudw7L-2Ug33AMLH-yNFB9C8ZVELjPSVMRs5DGHkgaDPaMuoflAVIFVVKHysuNSpfsMIiUWyrqqFiACcSd26t6-xTKJrR42J910JCBVPlHM0yw68GQoq85ngMLz5xwDHh070QaJQWpAhvreDWB5cEkv_TAb7wcYEW6nOiHvwB-L/s320/IMG_5343_2.jpg" width="223" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpIHSWf_kC8KmwIp-qMKj2Vae1Yd0FWX5gfODR20XyO99O7AzcJYFj9TUhbYwSwQ3gchDVzWJUPKGnpt_ZT-hbRasH79PrMaCxiM_AjjJvvMTAHXS0yClVS2vWS9jfMCa34ApMfOiALXU9yHJ6Ax4RWoVmkaFIRFZ5I60VxpPSBqYV5PyXl10vNiAg=s2312" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEha3H53ViSrEouedUVAFEtb_Q8VdbUSlNql3lcjS7gyqbcK0fVI-RyWS7wlSh9-ucjYDCnU8gNlgx7yRcivp87zllRr3_nRmint1_109zg4Dbbf_kYCIaKn95MscjQ0TaG6Wyzlz3DznRJK_Iv6SFr1Vsb0mejuQkmnGgiT0-xcZB_Wj8ornDhUF7Gf=w275-h366" width="275" /></a></div>Actor <a href="https://www.nataliaplaza.com/" target="_blank">Natalia Plaza</a> and singer-songwriter <a href="https://revlovemusic.com/home" target="_blank">Rev Love</a> were my fun and fizzy cohorts at New Orleans Film Fest</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPlf-JtIQrGzoNCKts4H8DFaPqyZi6BkrhdsOL05yvS43kLAAfsiTBvQWAB4XXcGR-4HblBzT6-ZvV_4vy59hjrwRZAnlYkOi5sB3wMHm0eUa8fNVnG8lO8X_zzk6C9ALZy0tOnmqnUcHS59X4j8bCefRouLDCj-dVtjdPpdsO5SwuqFmN1KWEIkq_=s3165" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The album cover for Rev's new song suite, which coincidentally is called... <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOUf6BoyFJQ&t=7s" target="_blank">The Execution Suite</a></i>. It was released on the day of our screening at NOLA fest. Here's a direct link to the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1I6SKgG4VBXdtef9EilrPF?si=QcEHUHEUTZ-y2DOn7GdxCg" target="_blank">theme song itself,</a> which is part 5 in the suite. The awesome male voice at the end of the song belongs to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Isaac-Faith-Music-799692497053043/" target="_blank">Isaac Faith</a> who coproduced the song with Rev</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit92bDv_rStwydO37psi78Cr_lSjV6yOBu8A2qcvrGtvi3br55iP0b8ncs-kykkzkPNWRGawIGfoXBbL6SgKfKK4oCFaAHVZCdJ9IkFhbF6-bC2tPo_SKPayquUv34jlol9oQXnZResRbS0mg3Y1YRDyQZKZwVGLVGWXZqyyupvapo2hz3PQpcZ1Vb=s3000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="3000" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit92bDv_rStwydO37psi78Cr_lSjV6yOBu8A2qcvrGtvi3br55iP0b8ncs-kykkzkPNWRGawIGfoXBbL6SgKfKK4oCFaAHVZCdJ9IkFhbF6-bC2tPo_SKPayquUv34jlol9oQXnZResRbS0mg3Y1YRDyQZKZwVGLVGWXZqyyupvapo2hz3PQpcZ1Vb=w624-h253" width="624" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://revlovemusic.com/home" target="_blank">Rev Love</a> being interviewed at <a href="https://www.wtulneworleans.com/" target="_blank">WTUL</a> studio by host Larry D</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here are those awards I mentioned that make me so giddy, because they mean that some people out there get what I'm trying to do, even though the film landed, as films will do, far from what I originally envisioned:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">-Athens International Film and Video Festival, </span><b style="font-family: times;">Programmer's Award *</b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">$</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">-Austin Arthouse Film Festival,<b> LYNCH AWARD for Best Arthouse Film *</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;">$</span><br /><span style="font-family: times;">-Liverpool Underground Film Festival,</span><b style="font-family: times;"> Best Narrative Feature</b></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;">-Threadbare Mitten Film Festival, </span><b style="font-family: times;">Special Jury Award</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;">-TiSFF International Short Film Festival, Greece, <b>Cinematic Achievement Award</b></span></div></span><span style="font-family: times;">-Innuendo Film Festival, </span><b style="font-family: times;">Best Experimental Award</b><br /><span style="font-family: times;">-Weyauwega International Film Festival,</span><b style="font-family: times;"> Honorable Mention</b><br /><span style="font-family: times;">-The Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival,</span><b style="font-family: times;"> Spirit Award</b><br /><span style="font-family: times;">-New Orleans Film festival,</span><b style="font-family: times;"> Special Jury Mention</b><br /><span style="font-family: times;">-Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival,</span><b style="font-family: times;"> Filmmaker to Watch Award</b><br /><span style="font-family: times;">-Raleigh Film and Art festival,</span><b style="font-family: times;"> Best Experimental</b></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b><br /></b></span><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b>*</b><b style="font-size: large;">$ </b>The dollar sign indicates festivals who's awards came with substantial cash prizes. This means a lot to a micro budget, out of pocket filmmaker so I wanted to shout out to them with a huge <b>thank you!</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Also here are a few interviews I did in connection with the film</div><div>- <a href="https://woub.org/2021/10/11/the-aifvf-podcast-3-stavit-allweis-and-execution/" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">The AIFVF podcast</a><span style="font-family: times;"> which aired on </span>WOUB</div></div><div>-A print <a href="https://issuu.com/arthousequarterly/docs/aqwinterissue1/35" target="_blank">interview with Austin Arthouse Film Festival</a> for their quarterly magazine. <span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">-My <a href="https://vimeo.com/showcase/8261440/video/661654229" target="_blank">interview with Kevin Powers</a> of <a href="http://www.somethingwickedfilmfestival.com/about.html" target="_blank">Something Wicked Film Festival</a></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Also this writeup by Marisa Clogher in </span><a href="https://antigravitymagazine.com/feature/think-globally-film-locally/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Antigravity magazine</a><span style="text-align: center;">, New Orleans.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">So basically, <b>it's been a blast</b> so far and I am grateful to my producers <a href="https://shuchitalati.com/" target="_blank">Shuchi Talati</a> and <a href="https://womenandhollywood.com/tag/hillevi-loven/" target="_blank">Hillevi Loven</a> for standing by me from the inception of this project and to the intrepid cast and crew who gave me their trust, time and talent. 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FilmAfter a few months hiatus from Isness to produce my next short film "Execution", I'm back with Isness and I'm happy to say that it feels like coming home. But before updating about that, here's a shout out to my dedicated cast. I put these amazing women through three months of prep so I could gradually mold them into an outlandish band of renegades. There are more pics from the production<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/stavitallweis/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1833439690048632" target="_blank"> here.</a><br />
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Volume Two is roughly laid out -as are all the rest - and I'm digging into the body of each spread tossing and turning the images, seeking the best way to tell the each event. Here are some samples of the work in progress:<br />
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Two cover options for Volume Two. One is based on Life magazine (as is Volume One) and with the other I'm toying with the idea of using Popular Science Magazine as my inspiration. This would mean that each volume's cover could be based on a different magazine. More fun for me, perhaps a little confusing to the reader.<br />
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The darkroom is the most recently added miniature. It's situated in a triangular space under the staircase in the kitchen and serves as Lars' real, functioning darkroom but also as his hideout when things in the family get too intense.</div>
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In this scene, Petro (the father figure, played by Tom Regan) negotiates for a back-scratch in return for some of his precious, home made beer. His daughter, Pachouli, played by Stephanie De Latour, agrees reluctantly. In the pic below, it's Lelo Lourenzo behind the 2nd camera and Kimberly Boldrini shot this image.<br />
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The mother figure, Nanna, played by Christine Osterman is a riot of female survival instincts mixed with a mid-century housewife ideal. In the spread above she unveils after prolonged onion chopping to answer Petro's love-call.<br />
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After Petro accidentally broke lars' photo frame, Pachouli finds it and attempts to return it to Lars. One thing I noticed after years of editing the images, is that the eye gets tired of seeing the room background in every single image on a page, particularly if it is in focus. Cutting out the background helps to focus the eye and move the action along.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">R.I.P ZOOLA</span></b></div>
...And last, I finally have the courage to speak about the loss of Zoola, our beloved super-smart, spicy dog, who died almost 2 years ago in a freak accident. Zoola got herself a part in Isness by crashing one of our early shoots and nailing it with every move. (Our other dog, Ziggy, not so much...) Later during shoots, she would place herself at the epicenter of the action and give us a 100% authentic post-apocalyptic dog behavior. Zoola appears in many scenes and represents the raw survival instincts of an animal in symbiosis with humans.<br />
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And that does it for now. This winter is dedicated to going back and forth between editing Isness Volume Two and editing my short film, Execution. Who would have guessed that a photo novel would take so much longer to make, than a film?<br />
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<br />Stavit Allweishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333477247856540664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267119436291877109.post-10591126314400188202017-10-19T16:16:00.000-04:002017-10-19T16:16:32.429-04:00Where Are They now? / Hiroe GotoI have this memory of Hiroe during Isness' production: Myself, saying "good night" and leaving her in the studio to work into the wee hours. It wasn't that I asked her to do it. It was her work ethic and drive that kept her in the studio late. I also remember her showing up for the shoots in which we used the animals she created, even though I could not pay her for it, in order to manage their function and and make sure all went well.<br />
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I found Hiroe through word of mouth during the fervent days before launching Isness' production. Hiroe had already amassed a plethora of skills from her studies in schools in Japan, Canada and the UK. She hadn't been in the United States for very long and was happy to join my low budget production for the sake of practice and to fatten her resume. I soon realized that I had gotten very lucky and caught this<span style="font-family: inherit;"> superb, multi- talented individual before she got whisked away to play with the "big boys". </span>Together with Cristina Atkin they set up a little prop workshop in my studio and before I knew it, there were sculptures taking shape, rubber molds being created and fur and feathers flying around. <span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the things that struck me during the time Hiroe worked on Isness,was her ability to switch from cute to gory prop making, from glamour makeup to wounded flesh effects, all at the drop of a hat.</span><br />
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The last few months have been a whirlwind of activity. I've been deep in the final pages of ISSNES/ Volume One, all the way to the credit spreads and back cover. Excited to be finishing this volume but anxious about the next step. Isness will be a very hard sell for publishers. It falls deep between the genre creases. It misses the mark for the currently held concepts of graphic novel or even independent/alternative graphic novel. The Indie comics community shies away form anything photographed, which is an entire subject unto it's own and well discussed <a href="http://www.necsus-ejms.org/the-photo-novel-a-minor-medium-by-jan-baetens/" target="_blank">here </a>and in other places. Isness is not a photography book either. Nor is it an an artists book. It's not a real magazine, even though it's designed to have the look and feel of one. It's sort of none-of-the-above... just floating around, in a sphere of its own.</div>
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The general layout for the production credits is loosely based on the advertisement layout below (I believe it's from Family Circle Magazine) The grid of squares was very popular in 60's magazines. I've seen it in ads, recipe instructions, makeup demos and handyman tutorials. It's really everywhere... and I love it. The credits are still very incomplete, awaiting bios from the individuals in question.</div>
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I'm closing in on a uniform treatment for the speech balloons. Nothing seems to do the job and still look integral to the project. It looks like I will settle on simplicity and conformity. A familiar comics trope in a sea of broken rules. More comfortable with Photoshop, I'm beginning to introduce multiple blurred images as indication of movement. We shot Pachouli-Rose-Blossom (or whatever her name will end up being, because nothing really stick for me) with a lot of in-camera blur for this scene which was a great idea in hindsight and multiplying them adds even more of that dizzying presence I wanted to give her.</div>
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The biggest treat, though, has been getting Lars' song off the ground with the help of composer <a href="http://tamarmuskal.com/" target="_blank">Tamar Muskal</a> and multi-instrumentalist/arranger <a href="http://robschwimmer.com/" target="_blank">Rob Schwimmer</a>. Tamar's bold composition establishes that Isness indeed is a musical. Rob is stacking track after track to strengthen the dreamy-optimistic-almost heroic mood of the song. We found an amazing singer to portray Lars' young voice and are very close to recording.<br />
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On a separate note, my first foray into film, Cooking with Connie, won Best Experimental Film at the <a href="http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/films/detail.asp?fid=1810" target="_blank">Brooklyn Film Festival</a> last month. It was an extremely pleasant shock and a real boost. Here's the review it got in <a href="https://unseenfilms.blogspot.com/2017/06/cooking-with-connie-2017-brooklyn-film.html" target="_blank">Unseen Films</a>. While Cooking with Connie took less than a year - if I don't count the inactive gaps - ISNESS is already in it's seventh's year of intense work. It's a little confusing to me that film is turning out to be the easier of the two mediums... When I launched the work on Isness I was told by a local figure in the comics world, that I was lazy. That I wanted to just go "click" a camera and have the work be done for me, instead of sitting down and drawing. Seems laughable now, though at the time it stung deeply.</div>
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Meanwhile, a sweet summer to all of you, especially to all those artists slaving over their passion projects in dark and obscure corners of the world.</div>
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By now I am fully resigned to working on Isness as a lifestyle. </div>
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There are days when I feel cursed and days when I feel blessed to be bogged down in an imaginary world with no end in sight. I was reminded recently by somebody close, that my beloved father practiced a similar kind of meandering, labyrinth-like creative process. He, however, was a scientist. Isness has become, indeed, a laboratory in which no shortcuts are permitted. </div>
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Having said that, <i>Isness Volume One </i>is three quarters finished and all the other volumes roughly laid out. My interest and resolve about the project have not faded, even as I work simultaneously on other projects, with a shorter finish trajectory. My first short film <i>Cooking with Connie</i> is at a rough cut stage and will be reviewed and critiqued by my fellows at <a href="http://brooklynfilmmakerscollective.com/" target="_blank">BFC</a> in December. They are a smart bunch and help each other's projects realize their full potential.</div>
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This past summer has been very productive. Rachel Hahn of RISD was my intern and brought with her, besides a keen understanding of the project, genuine talent and diverse skills.</div>
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Rachel also happened to have the hands and a general physique reminiscent of Lars', so I recruited her to do some body double work. This is the second time I've used a body double for this project. Although I always knew I would use body doubles for the nude scenes, I found that hand close-ups are essential in my storytelling, particularly since the narrative is very object-heavy. My characters touch and hold a lot of things...We got closer shots of many objects that Toby Levin touched during the production, and some that were not in the original shoot or story at all.</div>
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Left: Toby Levin figuring out how to rig a car battery to power a lamp.</div>
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In the works for the past year, has been my growing collaboration with composer <a href="http://tamarmuskal.com/" target="_blank">Tamar Muskal</a> for the musical aspect of the novel. Tamar is an accomplished composer who has done work in genres ranging from classical composition to film scores. I feel very lucky to have such an accomplished and original composer on board.<br />
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Volume one will contains the first song. Four visual spreads to accompany it and a flexi-disc record that will be inside the hard copy.<br />
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I finally found the time to construct a monster jello mold for the upcoming cooking section. The idea behind it, is to allow my "domestic goddess", Nanna, to have a section in each volume where she can display her flamboyant post-apocalyptic/mid-century recipes. Her first featured creation is a giant jello mold, made from long-shelf-life products.<br />
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My search for an experienced helping had, brought me to <a href="http://jellomoldmistress.com/" target="_blank">The Jello Mold Mistress of Brooklyn</a> Victoria Belanger, and I was delighted when she agreed to step up to the challenge. The process took two days, one for making the individual molds and another, after 24 hours of setting, to stack them, add finishing touches and shoot. It was pretty intense work and I was impressed with Victoria's ability to orchestrate all the complex measuring and timing involved.<br />
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This past summer's productivity was also enhanced by two talented, smart, and very personable interns from RISD. Julia Rosenfeld and Alec Stewart joined me and advanced graphics, Photoshop and illustration work. Alec focused among other things, on font design needed for the many mock-advertisements, taking logos and altering them while retaining their general look. Julia helped with Photoshop compositing and illustrated portions of a board game coming up in the children's activity section. </div>
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Volume one is mostly exposition, setting the stage and introducing the characters and their predicaments. There are many hints at things to come: Objects that play a growing role as the story unfolds and dialog that plants seeds for developments ahead.<br />
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The early pages, and in a way this entire volume, are an introduction to the characters, their predicaments and certainly to the particular language of this novel. Things that don't make sense yet, will come together later on as the plot thickens.<br />
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It's been very busy for Isness the last few months and will get even busier in the next few, as I brace myself for finally presenting Volume one online. This is one year later than I recently thought, and four years later than I initially planned when I started the project.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">So stand by to read Volume One very soon. I'll make a big splash about it on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sallweis" target="_blank">Isness FB page</a> when it happens!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">All sorts of other updates will be on <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/689242136/isness-a-photo-graphic-novel" target="_blank">Isness Kickstarter Timeline</a> too!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">A friend asked me the other day how I cope with the epic, never ending scope of this project and the answer that came out my mouth was: "I deal with it like a chronic illness. I don't expect it to go away so I'm never disappointed". It made me think later about how this project is a sort of lifestyle in the way that sewing and knitting daily used to be my lifestyle, which made me think about how all my creative energy used to go into knitting a pair of socks, for instance... a million stitches to then be worn and scuffed to shreds in the darkness of a winter boot. "Women's work"... How lucky I am to have visited and enjoyed that work but to <i>also have the option</i> <i>to choose</i> another kind of epic - and yes, chronic - work.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I have recently announced yet another deadline for myself and watched it go by. It was for the first volume <u>online</u> publication. I got sidetracked by a collaborative effort with musician <a href="https://aurelio-valle-ou1r.squarespace.com/index" target="_blank">Aurelio Valle </a>which will actually benefit Isness in the long run. In exchange for a music video for his new, mesmerizing song <i><a href="http://aureliovalle.bandcamp.com/track/bruised-and-diffused" target="_blank">Bruised and Diffused</a></i>, he will create and arrange the first song to appear in conjunction with the 1st volume of Isness. Below is the "music" spread mock-up with a floppy vinyl I bought on ebay as a stand-in.</span></div>
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Another thing I'm noticing lately is how important it has been to have the help and support of others in this long term effort. Some people who've come to help at one point or another have become friends... Some friends have become helpers... I think I'll give a shout out to a few right now (more later) to acknowledge how much it means to me to have them say "YES" and "CAN do!" to this yet to be born brainchild of mine.<br />
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Thanks, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60761105@N07/" target="_blank">Maggie</a>, for endless scrutiny and observations!</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Also thank you to </span><a href="http://portfolios.sva.edu/aki_nagasaki" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Yunshu Chen</a><span style="text-align: left;"> who was my second intern to work on Isness and brought with her an excellent eye </span>for details. (and hand!) </div>
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So I'm noticing that there are not so many men here on this helper list and making a mental note to recruit males and stop being so sexist.</div>
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I get a lot of genuinely interested question about my project and I'm always surprised how few of my acquaintances have successfully wrapped their minds around what I've been doing for the better part of the last 4 years. It's amusing really, and probably my own fault for not explaining it better.<br />
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One annoying but oddly helpful thing people tend to do (and I'm as guilty as anyone) is to immediately scrounge through their brains and try to come up with something they're familiar with that resembles what they think I may be doing... I actually take notes and look into the films/books/performances they mention and most of the time find little resemblance and no inspiration, but not so with one project that was mentioned to me several time: <i>Woman's World</i> by Graham Rawle.<br />
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This Crazy Brit apparently spent 5 years dissecting popular ladies' magazines of the 50's and 60's to find the words that were<i> just right</i> to tell the poignant and psychologically complex story of a young woman named Norma and her brother, Roy. And when I say <i>just the right words</i>, I mean he actually cut out and pasted them into a book and printed the collage of it all.<br />
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The book falls into the category of "graphic novel" as well as literature because of this highly visual approach. The tenderness and nostalgia with which the collage is put together infuses the story with the love and loss which are at the core of the drama. I highly recommend it. <a href="http://www.grahamrawle.com/womansworld/">Here's more about it.</a><br />
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Anyway, I read the book twice and felt a kinship to it's creator and in fact took great inspiration and encouragement from it in all aspects of incorporating 60's magazine culture in my layouts.<br />
There will be ads, illustrations, advice and game section and even a porn sections, all based on the graphics and artifacts in 60's magazines, but with my own post apocalyptic twist.<br />
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I find myself, 3 years after the inception of the idea, mired in an undertaking of epic proportions. A 600 page, full color draft and a miniature building operation that is a black hole for money and time. I have not calculated the dollar figure sunk into the project so far but I suspect it is in the area of $50,000, most of it of my own money.</div>
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One of the most fascinating aspects of the work, for me, is the incredible malleability of the medium. In basic filmmaking, one must rely on the "take" in which foreground, background and dialog (Not to mention weather, light and background sound), are instantly fused together into one amalgam. Here, in "Isness-world" every aspect is accessible for editing and re-editing. A character shot, say, in a green dress standing in daylight shouting, can be morphed into a sitting character in a pink dress in an indoor night scene... singing. She can be moved from foreground to background. Her expressions, eye color and hair design all can be changed. Just recently I decided to knock a tooth out of Petro's mouth to give him a little more edge. This level of control is extremely gratifying even if the price is painstaking work which is not far from the kind of work sunk into animation.</div>
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Below is a sequence of layouts I'm working on for the opening of the story. The Russian soldier that lands on the islands shore is propelled through a psychedelic time warp inspired by Stanley Kubricks Star-Gate sequence from Odyssey 2001.</div>
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The next 2 images are a demonstration of a very simple composite in which the only things changed are the background and Nanna's upper torso (holding the phone). Light, color and focus adjustments are added too to help the scene blend with it's new environment.<br />
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Below, the 3rd room finished and ready to shoot is that of Natashia/Patchouli/Blossom (Can't seem to settle on her name yet), the eldest daughter. Her room is what I imagine a post/apocalyptic teenage girl's room would look like. Still filled with the artifacts of childhood with the objects she surrounds herself pointing to her dreams and aspirations.<br />
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In the next photo, my miniature in-house model is trying on for size a few of the aprons I made. The designs were collected from online images then printed (at some risk to my inkjet printer) on fabric and carefully cut out by my friend Mindy. Later I drenched them in a water/glue solution and hung them on their miniature hooks and hangers.</div>
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A fun, side activity for the project is the research of popular products from the 60's in North America. A favorite magazine for this is The Ladies Home Journal. Did you know the first issues appeared in the late 19th century? It's a fantastic insight into an evolving society as it is mirrored in ideas about women and the home. </div>
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All the images below were cut out of vintage Home Journal advertisements and scanned. My favorite is the "Cope" pills for menstrual cramps with the Venus/female symbol built into the logo and it's stylish off-center opening.</div>
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Many of these products will appear in the novel, tucked away on shelves or otherwise placed. The original cutouts are being collaged onto Thank-You cards that are going out to my kickstarter backers.</div>
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The strange larva infestation in the diorama has reached an unprecedented degree. There is not one square inch that has not been burrowed through over and over.<br />
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However, I went ahead and caught one of these guys and took a picture of him/her under the microscope. This one was about a 1/4" long at most and a very dynamic wiggler. Had no interest in posing for the camera and hated being out of the sand.</div>
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My characters have started moving around the finished first floor of the barracks they call home. As expected, there are lots of <i>unexpected</i> issues but also some happy surprises. In the unfinished composite below, the background and foreground are miniature, while the middle ground (couch and characters) were life size, of course...<br />
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It's still a long way from here to the snug fit I'd like to see between the two scales but it looks promising. </div>
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Below, Petro is using a part of a gas mask to siphon his beer out of the jar. I was just about to cut the tube off and use it alone but then the association with Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet (David Lynch 1986) was right there and irresistible, so we kept the mask part on. It's quite in keeping with Petro's personality, minus the psychopathic aspect... </div>
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Talking about Petro's vices, growing miniature marihuana seedlings has been a bit of a struggle. I realized very soon that I won't find it in any dollhouse store and after a few experiments decided on the tiny leaves of fresh thyme as the little fledgling plants. After they dried I painted them lightly with green oil paint and... </div>
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After a few weeks they grew into these lovely, heavily budded little plants:</div>
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Just kidding. Don't even ask how I made these. Not altogether happy with them. Not that I actually know what marijuana plants look like, or ever grew them myself... ever... but these guys suck and will require some Photoshop grafts.<br />
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Anyway, to further demonstrate the insanity of this work, if you can make out the two pillows that are on the couch below (the one with hearts and the one squished between Nanna and Petro) and scroll down to the next image...<br />
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...You will see their tiny replicas that will be placed in the house to create the continuity between the flashback and the time of the story. The large pillows were taken apart, fabric photographed, digitally manipulated and then printed out on fabric and re-sewn into their new tiny size.<br />
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Below is an exploration of Natashia's room which as you can see will be marked by floral patterns and lots of fabrics and knick knacks. Her ceiling is wallpapered too. Thought it would be the kind of thing she would do.</div>
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An interesting thing that Photoshop allows me to do is assign patterns or embroidery to plain fabrics. This strikingly out of fashion "black Americana" design gives this cloth a little more specificity and speaks to the racial issues in the story. (It's no secret that the older siblings, Natashia and especially Hunter, look nothing like their parents and their black origins are being spun into the story via a little flashback...<br />
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In fitting with the low-tech nature of the rest of the production, it's not surprising that my favorite tripod for the indoor shooting is stacks of adjustable bean bags... They are simply grains shoved into pantyhose. I have several of these in varying sizes and densities and they fit nicely in the small spaces without knocking over the furniture. </div>
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One of the more exciting developments that happened recently is the test prints, courtesy of a generous friend (to remain anonymous) who has access to a printing proofer. This is a large, expensive piece of equipment that I wouldn't otherwise have a chance to use. What it does, is simulate a CMYK printing press such as would eventually be used to print this project and thereby provide excellent feedback on color, texture and saturation levels. I think this has saved me a whole lot of trouble down the road!</div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">It's been months since I transitioned into color and as I expected the work has become more complex but so much more fun! I don't regret it, so thanks to all you B&W naysayers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Recently I've had to step up the work on the miniatures in order to finish and shoot the rooms of the house. So far only Lars' room is done. The others are in varying degrees of completion.</span></div>
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In attending to the fine details I've had to replicate to scale a few objects that appeared in the action shots. <span style="font-size: 100%;">Lars' Encyclopedia Britannica for instance, which plays a huge role in the way he recreates </span>civilization<span style="font-size: 100%;"> in his mind.</span><br />
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A similar process was applied to other books and while at it, I threw in some food packaging needed for the kitchen:</div>
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I was lucky to come by Jason Liebig, an avid collector of vintage pop culture, who was a great sport and gave me carte blanche to use any of his hi res images for the project. This actor/writer has a soft spot for comics it appears, as he has worked for Marvel as story and Art editor for the X-MEN line. You can see his dazzling collection <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonliebigstuff/">here</a>.<br />
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On board with me for the tedious job of assembling these items was my friend Mindy Florestan.</div>
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Here she is during one of our many sessions assembling a Coca-Cola crate.<br />
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Another convoluted process was making the miniature photographs that Lars' had shot and particularly his experiments with photograms. I shot some pertinent items from the production (Such as Lil's stylish sunglasses and medicine bottles) over a light box to achieve the high contrast. Then reduced and printed the shots on shiny paper. The final step was to age the paper with a solution of turmeric in water:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal;">(The books on Lars' tables are </span><i style="font-size: 100%;">Cosmic View</i><i style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal;"> by Kees Boeke, 1957 </i><span style="font-size: 100%;">and a car electricity manual by</span><i style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal;"> Delmar Publications).</i><br />
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<i style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal;">Here's Nanna's sewing box. Found it online, painted it and filled it with tiny stuff. Fun!</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The chandelier was a tough one. After a year on e-bay and other sites, I gave up on finding a miniature period chandelier and ended up having to make my own out of beads and metal. </span></div>
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Below is a quick evolution of Lars' room up until the first tests combining the action and miniatures. Looks like it's going to work out fine. Huge sigh of relief.</div>
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For the aerial views of the entire island I intented to rely on stock photography, but again, believe it or not, after a year of searching could not find a decent sequence of photos of an aerial approach to an island. I even considered buying a video and extracting a series of stills, but the resolution was too low and the islands always the wrong kind of island.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">So below is the "quickie" mini diorama I made in a few short days:</span></div>
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The big diorama is all finished and done and I shoot it almost every week for one scene or another. All this photography gets done at night to avoid mixing with real day light.<br />
It's a task out of my field of expertise, but then again, so is this whole project!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">...And the people said "let there be color" and there was color...</span></div>
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...So my ascetic vow to B&W is now gone out the window, as you can see.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">A whole giant slew of complications lays ahead because of this, but the color fiend in me has been awakened and there is no going back!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">The "green-spill" (green reflections) from our makeshift green screens is no longer a harmless gray. It's like a green slime that infests every single images and requires sisyphean nitpicky work to get rid of. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Certain garments and objects which were selected for production for their lovely texture in B&W are actually of hideous irrelevant hues. take for instance Nanna's dress...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">The peachy orange was a perfect mid-tone gray, setting off Nanna's white skin perfectly. In color it's almost the same color as her skin! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">So often obstacles become opportunities for invention, and in this case, the idea to allow Nanna's dress to change colors with her moods was born. I can't wait to see her in black, burgundy and turquoise!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Nanna during dinner preparations. (I stalked these particular metal, pink kitchen pieces on e-bay for 6 months until they dropped to a price I could afford. I love love love them.)</span><br />
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Stavit Allweishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294372957626098398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267119436291877109.post-31919301598253020292011-05-02T14:57:00.015-04:002011-05-07T10:00:27.514-04:00And So it Was...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VaGIhAktsYw/Tb7_BC7udiI/AAAAAAAAAv0/5curALrgNXQ/s1600/IMG_4463-copy-For-Web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VaGIhAktsYw/Tb7_BC7udiI/AAAAAAAAAv0/5curALrgNXQ/s400/IMG_4463-copy-For-Web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602195379927807522" /></span></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VaGIhAktsYw/Tb7_BC7udiI/AAAAAAAAAv0/5curALrgNXQ/s1600/IMG_4463-copy-For-Web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Alexandra Ceribelli (Isness' prop-master) and myself showing off the trailer. Notice the sample miniature at bottom left. Brought it in as an attraction. Only problem was the demographic it attracted: females 8 and younger!</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">So glad I made the push to finish the trailer for MoCCA!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">There's nothing like that river of comics lovers drifting by your work and commenting freely to give you a reality check!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Although a good deal of trailer copies were sold, <i>ISNESS</i> remains rather elusive to the average viewer. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Most comics co</span>nnoisseurs regard photo-comics as a lesser form because the handcrafted process is bypassed with a click the camera. The signature style, so coveted in this art form <i>seems </i>to be absent. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">They say:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>"Why not draw"?</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">From the other art millieu this work flirts with, filmmakers, I often hear:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>"So why not just make a movie, then"?</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">It will certainly be a challenge to get this work to speak it's own singular language clearly enough as to cast these questions moot.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Another point that came through loud and clear was people's <b>desire for color.</b> So consisted was this comment that I am now reconsidering my earlier commitment to absolute B&W...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">The added technical complication this will introduce is daunting... yet the pleasure of departing from an austere palate and dabbling once again in color is, I must confess, tempting...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I was lucky to sit two tables away from <a href="http://www.sethkushner.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Seth Kushner</b></span></a>, the multi-talented photographer and comics artist who's currently producing "Culture Pop" a photographed documentary comic series about some of New York's most fascinating characters. He offered some insights and we exchanged work (Work exchanges between artists is one of MoCCA's sweet little side benefits. I also exchanged with <a href="http://www.nikmoore.com/main.php"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Nick Moore</b></span></a> for two super-cool T-shirts with an image so wonderfully morbid, the recipients, my kids, refused to wear them, alas...)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I'll be posting the full trailer here soon and your comments will be most welcome. </span>Until I figure out how to do that, here's one of my favorite frames from it:</div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l-3odKLJQ9c/TcAUKteX-JI/AAAAAAAAAwM/xPXpUe-FpBk/s1600/IMG_4147-copy-Composit-copy-LAB-copy-Blog.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l-3odKLJQ9c/TcAUKteX-JI/AAAAAAAAAwM/xPXpUe-FpBk/s400/IMG_4147-copy-Composit-copy-LAB-copy-Blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602500110687139986" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Although the kitchen maquette was hardly finished when I shot it, this composite demonstrates well how the miniature and life size will co-exist.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div>Stavit Allweishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294372957626098398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267119436291877109.post-51241877226615448612011-04-07T13:32:00.004-04:002011-04-07T15:33:45.520-04:00It's MoCCA Time of the Year Again!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FbVHGlZysbY/TZ4Q1ckEEFI/AAAAAAAAAvs/CpfaVFCdyhI/s1600/Cover%2BFront%2Bcopy%2BTEST%2Bcopy%2BREDUCED%2BJPG.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FbVHGlZysbY/TZ4Q1ckEEFI/AAAAAAAAAvs/CpfaVFCdyhI/s400/Cover%2BFront%2Bcopy%2BTEST%2Bcopy%2BREDUCED%2BJPG.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592926297627299922" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HLd1PHtos24/TZ32p7YxvTI/AAAAAAAAAvk/7TDZ5Dt_bPo/s1600/Cover%2BFront%2Bcopy%2BTEST%2Bcopy%2BREDUCED%2BJPG.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br />...And the 16 page trailer is done! ...And not a moment too soon. </div><div>I'm posting the lavish cover image and extending a warm invitation to you all to come visit me, and the many other amazing artists at MoCCA. </div><div>And yes! It's <i>this</i> weekend!<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "></p><div style="text-align: center;font-size: 12px; "><strong><span style="font-size: small; ">Saturday, April 9</span></strong></div><strong><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span">and </span></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span">Sunday</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">,</span><span style="font-size: small; "> April 10</span></strong></span></div></span></strong><p></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; "><strong><span style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><strong><span style="font-size: large; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">11am-6pm</span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><b>at the 69th Regiment Armory</b></span></div><span style="font-size: small; "><div style="text-align: center;"><b>68 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY.</b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.moccany.org/content/mocca-festival">http://www.moccany.org/content/mocca-festival</a></b></div></span><p></p></span></div></div>Stavit Allweishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294372957626098398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267119436291877109.post-4255355142338105762011-02-28T10:17:00.001-05:002011-03-01T11:10:56.577-05:00Size-Matters<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">There was<u> </u>a short-lived fantasy that I would be ready with the first volume of ISNESS fot the MoCCA festival (April 9)...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">NO CAN DO. Drove myself nuts (and those around me) for about a month until I faced reality.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Maybe June. But ISNESS will be all the better for it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Meanwhile, to keep you all in the loop, I'll be posting images from the process and preparing some teasers to give out at the festival.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">In the studio, miniature building is the new big game and it has taken over every nook and cranny I have real-estate rights for.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Miniature set building, as I soon found out, is no walk-in-the-park. There is a mind boggling number of scales to choose from <i>and they all don't talk to each other...</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">The house rooms are being built in 1/12" scale a very common doll house scale (Every inch in doll house world equals a foot in real life).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">The other scale I finally settled on for the beach-side diorama is called "HO" and is a classic model-train building scale (Evey 0.14" represents a foot)</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">...If you choose HO, you'll find plenty of trains stuff and diorama stuff but very little furniture or anything of modern design.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">...The military scales such as 1:35 have very little beyond WWI and WWII. (Vietnam era is oddly absent) and no living quarters or furniture...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">...The very common 1:12" doll house scale is designed mostly in Victorian style and has no military stuff...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">...Most of the vintage doll-house furniture designed in the 50's and 60's in the style of the era, are of odd scales and hard to find.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">It's truly the wild west out there when it comes to scales. The scale schism, I call it. Obviously, nobody out there has planned for <i>ISNESS </i>and it's mix of Vietnam era military equipment and mid century furniture.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">So after months of savvy e-bay hunting It looks like I will be building, at least the kitchen from scrap. Crazy detail work. But If I followed the rules of sanity, this project would have never lifted off, anyway...</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UpZb9PrF59A/TWfKaxVx3eI/AAAAAAAAAuw/zx7tKD5O6vc/s1600/Forest%2B3963%2Bcopy.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UpZb9PrF59A/TWfKaxVx3eI/AAAAAAAAAuw/zx7tKD5O6vc/s400/Forest%2B3963%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577649224791743970" /></span></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UpZb9PrF59A/TWfKaxVx3eI/AAAAAAAAAuw/zx7tKD5O6vc/s1600/Forest%2B3963%2Bcopy.jpg"></a>The beach diorama is coming along slowly. Here is a snippet of the further-inland area, the forest where Hunter roams. Lots of painted plaster of Paris, trees and turf from trainz.com.<br /><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h9StHQxMscc/TWfKRfArMwI/AAAAAAAAAuY/ci6YJGDJP-8/s1600/Lars%2527%2Broom%2B4362%2Bcopy.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h9StHQxMscc/TWfKRfArMwI/AAAAAAAAAuY/ci6YJGDJP-8/s400/Lars%2527%2Broom%2B4362%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577649065252565762" /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h9StHQxMscc/TWfKRfArMwI/AAAAAAAAAuY/ci6YJGDJP-8/s1600/Lars%2527%2Broom%2B4362%2Bcopy.jpg"></a>Lars' room is a lot of fun to work on. He's a child who's raising himself as a thinker, in a very unsophisticated home and his choices of objects is most fascinating to me. Can't wait t fill his shelves.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0AzxaLtU7M/TWfKFVAIeEI/AAAAAAAAAuA/ni13TbqtztQ/s1600/Tash%2BWalls%2B4346%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0AzxaLtU7M/TWfKFVAIeEI/AAAAAAAAAuA/ni13TbqtztQ/s400/Tash%2BWalls%2B4346%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577648856407504962" /></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0AzxaLtU7M/TWfKFVAIeEI/AAAAAAAAAuA/ni13TbqtztQ/s1600/Tash%2BWalls%2B4346%2Bcopy.jpg"></a>The decaying concrete walls for Natashia's room. Most will be covered with wallpaper but I got carried away with the organic, messy process. Foam-core covered in paint, plaster of Paris then splashed with inky water. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">When it dried I cracked and repainted it to accentuate the cracks.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KY60qLkglwU/TWfJdciPgyI/AAAAAAAAAt4/C534ovv7B6I/s1600/Window%2BPrep%2B4219%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KY60qLkglwU/TWfJdciPgyI/AAAAAAAAAt4/C534ovv7B6I/s400/Window%2BPrep%2B4219%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577648171234853666" /></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KY60qLkglwU/TWfJdciPgyI/AAAAAAAAAt4/C534ovv7B6I/s1600/Window%2BPrep%2B4219%2Bcopy.jpg"></a>Bought 30 brand new doll house windows (price undisclosed...) only to deface and mutilate them later.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">They don't make post-apocalyptic windows in 1/12" scale.<br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span">A wonderful miniature garment designer, Thelma Lewis DeMet jumped on board and contributed some of her wonderful hand made pieces to the shoot. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Most of them will end up in the master bedroom which does not appear untill volume 3 of ISNESS.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Check out her work at <a href="http://thelmalewisdemet.homestead.com/" target="_blank">http://thelmalewisdemet.<wbr>homestead.com/</a> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4_385tC30Yk/TWfKXhCl6tI/AAAAAAAAAuo/MV1vWY2ipE8/s1600/IMG_6646%2BCopy%2BLil%2527%2BDolls%2B%2526%2BLens%2BFlare.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4_385tC30Yk/TWfKXhCl6tI/AAAAAAAAAuo/MV1vWY2ipE8/s400/IMG_6646%2BCopy%2BLil%2527%2BDolls%2B%2526%2BLens%2BFlare.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577649168876694226" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px; " /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Photoshop can do ANYTHING I want. Here's a test combining Lil' and her imaginary live-dolls interacting. Threw in a lens flare and some blur and converted to B&W and voila! (I don't mean to say that it's fast! Just keying out the bodies can take up to an hour for each image. At least 1,000 images will go into each volume. Sanity? Say what?)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zpJTYRYMBvg/TWfKNxQeYvI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/KAtgJcik73s/s1600/Screen%2BSample%2BCOVER.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zpJTYRYMBvg/TWfKNxQeYvI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/KAtgJcik73s/s400/Screen%2BSample%2BCOVER.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577649001431196402" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px; " /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zpJTYRYMBvg/TWfKNxQeYvI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/KAtgJcik73s/s1600/Screen%2BSample%2BCOVER.jpg"></a>So many options for the cover. And the fonts! So many cool fonts to choose from! I'm so glad there will be 4 volumes! This means I can design 4 covers!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qSs2eL3_5Uk/TWfKJScM8rI/AAAAAAAAAuI/34k5FP4Hu7A/s1600/Screen%2BSample%2BTASH%2B%2526%2BLARS.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qSs2eL3_5Uk/TWfKJScM8rI/AAAAAAAAAuI/34k5FP4Hu7A/s400/Screen%2BSample%2BTASH%2B%2526%2BLARS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577648924439409330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">A typical state of my pages: Partially edited, partially keyed out, partially desaturated...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I <i>WILL</i> be at MoCCA Festival with promotional material, teasers, posters and samples from the 1st volume, so DO stop by and give me a word of encouragement!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><br /></div></div></div></div>Stavit Allweishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294372957626098398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267119436291877109.post-18261331850633795212010-12-15T13:46:00.003-05:002010-12-19T10:12:56.436-05:00Long Time No Blog...<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">It's been almost 4 months since I wrapped up the Kickstarter campaign.</span><br /></span><div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">So many people came out of the woodworks to lend a hand (a buck, I mean). It was humbling and stimulating and scary...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">The 2 months of heavy promotion took their toll, however, and the journey back from the extroverted, manic PR mode to a more introverted creative mode, proved longer than I expected.</span></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zo1vRY7_dIw/TO1eCZb2tXI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/WH1MSvY37Pk/s1600/Lil%2527%2Bfor%2BBook%2BCover%2BBlog%2Bversion.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zo1vRY7_dIw/TO1eCZb2tXI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/WH1MSvY37Pk/s400/Lil%2527%2Bfor%2BBook%2BCover%2BBlog%2Bversion.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543190111643415922" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Lil' scratching in B&W</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I have long been toying with the idea of creating the novel in B&W. In fact it was the original plan but during the shooting phase I kept getting seduced by the tantalizing color images that were pouring onto my screen.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I have recently remarried the B&W option. Sure, it may cut down on the delicious visceral impact of each image but in the long run it will afford me greater latitude in the story telling as a whole.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">There is something about the way we absorb B&W imagery which leaves our many psychological responses to color untouched and offers it's content up for a more literary engagement.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">It is more like reading, less like passive absorbtion.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">It's not that I have anything against color. (Anyone who's seen the way I dress knows that that is hardly the case!) This story just does not want messy splotches of vibrating somatic-state inducers interfering with it's line of inquiry.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">This line of inquiry being the complimentary interaction between the cinematic moving image, indicated by the photographs, and story telling in sequential stills as executed in the comics form.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The B&W choice is also in keeping with the spirit of my homage to the original fotonovelas (also called <i>cine'-roman</i> and<i> roman-photo</i>) of the 50's 60's and 70's.</span>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; "><br /></span></div><div><div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; ">An exhilarating, celebratory look at the power of the cine'-romans of the era is Fredrico Fellini's<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>The White Sheik</i> (1952</span><span class="Apple-style-span">)</span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zo1vRY7_dIw/TQ4QOGSHnOI/AAAAAAAAAtY/vQItIH6TatQ/s1600/The%2BWhite%2BSheik.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zo1vRY7_dIw/TQ4QOGSHnOI/AAAAAAAAAtY/vQItIH6TatQ/s400/The%2BWhite%2BSheik.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552393224985222370" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px; " /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zo1vRY7_dIw/TO1eCZb2tXI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/WH1MSvY37Pk/s1600/Lil%2527%2Bfor%2BBook%2BCover%2BBlog%2Bversion.jpg"></a><div></div></div></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">Alberto Sordi as the White Sheik with an extra. (I have no recollection of this particular scene from the film... Can anyone enlighten me?)</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">A fascinating experiment in still/motion subject is the short film <i>La Jetee</i> (1962) by Chris Marker. It's a film offered up in sequential stills. So deep is our drive to complete the actions, that shortly after watching it, I forgot that it was in stills!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zo1vRY7_dIw/TQ4SYZsQnFI/AAAAAAAAAto/BRRdKfz3KSc/s1600/La%2BJetee%2BPoster.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zo1vRY7_dIw/TQ4SYZsQnFI/AAAAAAAAAto/BRRdKfz3KSc/s400/La%2BJetee%2BPoster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552395601017085010" style="cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">A poster for La Jetee</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div>Stavit Allweishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294372957626098398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267119436291877109.post-44813059736874882152010-07-05T11:30:00.011-04:002012-04-25T18:20:08.074-04:00CRAFTY TUESDAYS!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is called "CRAFTY TUESDAYS" and is a late night brain child of mine contrived to pamper my existing backers and attract some new one's!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The studio, now turned craft workshop for the miniature work, is a very welcoming environment for crafty gatherings. We have space, tools, materials, craft books, cookies, tea and great music!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">WE'LL BE MEETING EVERY TUESDAY OF 2010 AT 6pm FOR 3 HOURS OF FREE-FLOWING CREATIVITY & RADICAL CRAFTING:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sewing, weaving, knitting, spinning, beading, any hybrids of the above and much more!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bring your own project or conjure one up on the spot!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To join, click the widget bellow and make a pledge (at any level!) to "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ISNESS".</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Be sure to mention CRAFTY TUESDAYS in your comment to me or e-mail me directly at sallweis@gmail.com to get on the Craft Tuesday Mail List!</span></i></div>
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Strange beings inhabit a studio on the Northside in Williamsburg. Here are some of them: incredibly crafted rodents and fowl (thanks to special effects artist/prop maker Hiroe Goto); a taxidermized ferret oozing synthetic entrails; a lion of a man with an oversized ball sack; a voluptuous woman preparing dinner as her hair blows in a whirlwind of domestic ecstasy; a dying soldier and a young girl who has taken him in as her doll as she delves into an imaginative escape from reality; a boy who flutters around like a baby bird; a teenager on the brink of womanhood exploring sexuality with a younger brother, teddy bears, and Playboy; rotting food and a home brewery.</div>
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Every new backer adds to the "popularity" of the project on Kickstarter, which in turn generates more support! Go for it. Take part in the insanity of <i>ISNESS</i>!</div>
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