Picturedaking is a lot more fun. for the subjects. if the pictures have "la-stóry to-tell. At our house, we do it this wa; inst; I pick two "story" idehs—oné, for Ann to be the model, another for Jack. Then I jot down motes for six or eight pictures that will tell each story—picking the high spots; of course.
To decide which story shall be pictured first, we toss & coin. If Ann wins, it's her story and she is the model while Jack and I take the pictures. Actually, I suppose, I do most of it—plating the-lightts. setting the camera, and so on—but I try to let Jack feel that he's really the director. We.tell Ann what to do, for each shet—and usually the whole picture" series" is made ina short time, The following evening, it's Jack's turn as model and Ann helps me shoot.
Sometimes we invite the next-door neighibour's little girl over, as model, so that both Jack and Ann can help supervise. She enjoys it-if' my story "idea gives her something interesting to do. We made a sequence showing how she learned to bake biscuits, We pictured he: measuring but the flour, kneading the dough. rolling it out, cutting the biscuits, sliding them into the oven—end, finally; taking a big bite out of the first one. It's a good story.
That outline, incidentally, is typical of our snapshot sequences. Just a step-by-step account of thigs the children do. Jack, building an aero-por model or packing his knap-for a hike; Ann, learning how io roller-skate, or how to make a fag doll' And they have already made one story sequence of me—loading my pipe, lighting it, sitting down with the evening paper, puff ting away as I read, and finally dozing off. Pretty good pictures, too, for yo You should try this idea of snapshot sequéhces, if you haven't already. "heres fun, in it end the tyres. are more int ing al usethéy f together to tell'& real Black to play and win,
The latter wins quickly.)
(Pollock-' in, New York,
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