This year, members of the class of 2024 formed a guild with Sean Fitzpatrick to produce a short film based on the classic short story, “Bartleby, the Scrivener” (1853) by Herman Melville. Together, they read and discussed the text, established an interpretation and theme, conceived an adaptation into a different but fitting context, created storyboards, costume concepts, shooting schedules, props and sets, and hired a professional videographer. Then, once pre-production had gone two months, they shot over two days, edited over two weeks, and thus, created a short film. All told, it was a good deal of work and gave all a new appreciation for the complex process of the visual arts and the translation of a vision. The story is famously cryptic, and much could be said (and has been said) about what it may be about. Suffice it to say here, that it is a story about humanity, about the problem of the human condition, and we hope this and the original story (available here) may prove material for contemplation and conversation for all of you.
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