So my abilities to draw and create storyboards are horrible. I was trying to layout 6 wrap around book covers as well as 6 more shots for the inside cover page. After a few hours toiling in a note book, I gave up on the project and went outside to enjoy a little time in the sandbox with my daughter. She was making a lake with the hose and floating her delightful little Playmobil characters up and down the waterway. Inspiration struck. The first book in the series is called “The Flood.” I grabbed her Playmobil mansion, the shot list and the ipad. In no time at all we cranked though 15 set ups that became instrumental in completing the shoot later on. All the post production on the images was done on the ipad using Snapseed. Just a technical note – ipads are pretty sand proof except for the earphone jack.
The Black Water series is a set of southern gothic novels that follows the Caskey family for over fifty years. What makes the books interesting is that the female lead can change into a river monster with magical powers. The books also include voodoo, ghosts and good old murdering in-laws. Michael McDowell, the author, was mostly known for his original screenplay “Beetlejuice.”
This whole project took months to complete, but I had a great time producing and shooting it. I’ll post more images soon.
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by Paul
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