ABSTRACT

A statement that addresses the director’s connection with, and commitment to, the material. How they may not know. Excitement. What distinguishes the story as special? Why does it beg to be told? Why should the filmmaker make it? Does it engage? What issues, questions does it explore. What connects the filmmaker to the story, world, and characters? Is there something in the story that cannot be articulated in words? Is there a heresy? The issue of “appropriation.”