WGAW members draw on drawing—and collaging, doodling, photography and dancing—to enliven their work.
WGAW members who employ other art forms while writing find it enriches their stories in surprising ways. We’re not just talking about such writers as Guillermo del Toro, whose journals are filled with extraordinary renderings of the monsters that have gone on to populate his films. The art can be rudimentary, while revealing new depths of meaning to the one doing the drawing.
She's behind many of the films you've loved over the past 15 years – so why haven't you heard of Joan Scheckel? Lauren Sandler gets in on the act.
YoungArts Winners in the visual, literary, performing and design arts take part in a week-long intensive and work with masters in their field. Lauren Sivan sat in on this workshop to see what these Southern California artists are treated to.
On a recent afternoon in Los Angeles, a movie director was having trouble accessing her inner life. She was rehearsing a scene from her first feature film.
“Joan Scheckel is a bit of a witch,” confided actor Josh Radnor when I told him my plan about shedding all my earthly goods and spending the rest of my life learning at the feet of the Technique’s creator. It’s not that I’m a hippie-dippie person (though L.A. will do that to you in half a second if you give it a chance) but Joan Scheckel, guru to TRANSPARENT creator Joey Soloway, does have an otherworldly quality about her.
Joan Scheckel in Soho. (Photo by Ben Zucker)
“Jill asked me to join her and the cast at rehearsals with indie filmmaking guru and consulting producer Joan Scheckel. The time spent was not about running scenes, but about exploring character, relationship and emotion — all with music and through movement. Jill or Joan would call out specific actions: ‘Go to the person who you feel most connected to, or least connected to,’ for example. And while I had my still camera there to document moments for possible reference, I was participating as fully as the actors were. That’s a treasure for a DP. And it was fantastic.” ~ JIM FROHNA
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