http://citizenshift.org/blogs/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook Join four talented artists with Down syndrome as they tackle the enormously complex process of animated filmmaking with joy and intense concentration. Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:45:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some more photos of the gang after some follow-up interviews in October. http://citizenshift.org/blogs/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook/2007/10/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook-new-photos/ Over the next few weeks I will be uploading some short clips of the live interviews conducted with the gang. The interviews were full of bright humour, profound answers, and (later on) some outrageous comedy! Enjoy... This was the response to "why are we doing this film?" (Right to left: Matthew, ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook/2007/09/18/sketchbook-interview-1-why-we-made-this-film/ [flv]http://citizen.nfb.ca/media/sketchbookscreening.flv[/flv] Just a brief moment of the gang after the screening... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook/2007/09/07/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook-our-screening/ Packing up was hard. It's been a week since I've been back at the NFB in Montreal and I miss the dynamic, hilarious, wonderful gang very much. I'll be back in Toronto often this fall to meet with the group again - can't wait... For now the next step is to ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook/2007/08/15/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook-post-screening-photos/ I miss the gang already! I will post the screening photos soon.It's so hard to believe the workshop part of the project is done! As I'm packing up boxes I realized that some of you might want to try setting up an animation stand on your own. There are tons of ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook/2007/08/03/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook-equipment/ Sigh. Exporting DVDs always seems to be more of an ordeal than it is supposed to be...but the screening will go on! Today we are screening the very rough animation for family and friends. We had a sad and lovely and hilarious last workshop day today. Everyone finished their last bits ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook/2007/08/01/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook-late-night-editing/ It's interesting. I'm sitting here editing all this beautiful footage and seeing what the group has accomplished in this very short time. I'm also thinking about what we decided not to attempt - with no regrets but with curiosity as to how things might have been different. The workshop plan ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook/2007/07/28/978/ Hard to believe that we've just finished our last full week of this 6-week animation workshop, and I am really feeling the sadness that comes at the end of a project. I must have looked sad this week because I've been getting a lot of hugs from the artists! We've ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook/2007/07/27/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook-2/ July 3, 2007 Petra's really enjoying trying out new stuff and making things move! I love that car!!!! Tomorrow we will have our 2nd interview. We've booked an editing suite which has more soundproofing than the room where we conducted our first interview, and will work in there from now on. ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook/2007/07/25/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook-early-notes-contd/ Here are some notes compiled from early emails and writings from the first days of the project. June 20, 2007 Hello all, Just a quick note to say that our first day went wonderfully! The group was so excited and they all seemed to really enjoy the experience. I was very impressed with ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook/2007/07/24/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sketchbook-early-notes/