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...However, short stories seem to translate well to film, sometimes becoming something even better than the original work. Where a novel must be condensed, short stories must be expanded, gaining a more complex plot, more characters and more detail. Also, most short stories develop an overarching theme rather than character, so the film version can spend more time on the development of these characters...
...Heighten the contrast. The more gray tones you eliminate, the less detail the photo reveals...
...When your captain and your older guys buy into the wants and desires of the team, when they understand the execution and attention to detail [that are necessary], then the other guys will follow," Mazzoleni said...
Three large garage doors lead into the shop, which even when empty, looks like a fully functioning engine and detail center. Just inside, propped on cement blocks, is a rusted, formerly red 1979 Jeep Cherokee, used to teach bodywork. In the back of the shop, huge wooden slabs, stained by oil and grease, lie on top of old gym lockers, creating the lab space where students learn engine anatomy. All sorts of auto parts fill the shelves and remaining floor space. "All this stuff is just tools," says Mandernach, looking around his shop, "tools to motivate kids...
...long way toward understanding what's in the head and heart of Michael Pritchard with one detail from his resume. In 1980, when he won the San Francisco International Comedy Competition, he was also named California Probation Officer of the Year for his work with kids locked up in juvenile hall. It was the kids, in fact, who persuaded him to try stand-up comedy. If he could get laughs out of hard-core punks like them, they reasoned, he ought to go cash...