Wê: The Making Of
It’s the warm spring of 2012 and I’m at screenwriting master-class at the Universidade Lusófona in Lisbon. We’re 8 sitting around a medium-sized wooden table and Gonçalo Galvão Teles (the writer who brought Mia Couto’s The Last Flight of the Flamingo to the big screen) is asking each of us deep and hard questions about our stories. Questions such as what are our character’s needs and wants — and why anyone would want to watch on a screen what’ve we put on the page? The workshop takes place every Tuesday evening — and by every Sunday night we have to submit our latest draft for the fellow students to review. To me it’s an influential experience and makes me want to always keep doing writing workshops such as this one. Writer’s groups that would allow me to keep collaborating with people who love writing as much as I do. But also a place to get away from the hustle and requirements of daily life, light up my imagination and cook up stories, one more fantastic than the other.
A few months later. Walking up a stone track to Obidos I distinctly remember listening to a podcast on writing. Before I reach Pedro Reis’ inspiration space I hear the two writers in the podcast saying: “Give us space and just let us go on a trip and we’ll come back with the writing”. I reached the top of the track when I realized the space was in the other direction. That time I was left without shoes so I had to walk barefoot and wash my feet in the fountain. People thought I was on a pilgrimage while I’m not even religious. Anyway..
Escritores Wê a questionar Nezo em Angolares. As esculturas do Nelito Pereira não deixam ninguém sem emoção. Uma primeira alusão ao serie intitulado “Nós: Ninguém Deveria Estar Sozinho”. Equipa de escritores Wê a visitar artistas em Angolares.
Cara Diferente. Wê Trombone. Francisco Julio. “Porque o Cacau está a chorar?” Artista atrapalhado pelas perguntas. Jesus Quaresma #Wê. A almoçar com Dio Lima. Nós temos que crescer mas nunca deixar a cultura.“Palaye já era?” Dio Lima Japan. Escritores a inspirar-se na arte.
Osvaldo Reis: A arte ajudou-me a ultrapassar a minha deficiência. Pintor Osvaldo Reis com os escritores. Esta manha os escritores do Wê a inspirar-se nas obras do Guilherme de Carvalho. Miguel Angel sharing his passion for turning trash into art with the writers of Wê. #recycling #art #luxury
In July 2013, together with the painter Dio Lima, we brought together 6 young writers Akaisa Borges, Marlucy Bandeira, Gilberto “Gil” Ceita, Luisa “Sofia” Santos, Wilme Dias, and Edneyse Coelho for a writing workshop sponsored by myself and Mart Tarmak, the Estonian Ambassador to Finland (who signed Estonian diplomatic relations with STP in 2008).
The goal was to write over 2 weeks 6 short stories. Each would be based on one painting chosen from the hundreds we’d see. To enter into the paintings and imagine what could happen to the characters in there. Much like the Art Story by Aaron Blaise & Chuck Williams, as I only found out later.
Grupo privado para os escritores do filme Wê. 6 historias de 3 minutos pegando nas personagens presentes nas obras dos artistas e dando-lhes vida.
Wê Can Imagine. Wê Can Write. What the eye can see. What we can imagine. The artists paint what they can see. Creativity. Potential. What could be. What could be behind the paintings. Laiendada seda maastikku. Game of thrones map. What’s the map startup where u pay? What tech do they use?
Visitors Guide
Creativity & Imagination think-tanks. Transmedia Experiences. Design. Design Thinking. Architecture. Music. Games. Navigate cities in a new way thanks to stories. Internet Of Things. Usually you get attention for doing one thing really-really well. Instagram. iPhone. Is it possible to be great in multiple things? No. That’s why transmedia is about partnerships. Getting game-makers play with filmmakers. Youngest demographic. Multicultural. Portuguese-speaking. Webseries. It’s always worth asking “What is your story teaching people? And why are you spending your time creating it?”
Check Japanese and Korean web-series. Henry Jenkins has been calling out for more Transmedia critique to help create better projects. This would also justify transmedia and give it more credibility. Digital media awards already exist, including the Digital Asia Festival, The Weebies, The Favorite Website Award (while focused on websites, actually features many multimedia productions), the Ireland-based Digital Media Awards. Product Design Awards. Transmedia. Digital. Movie. Webseries.
