Thursday, May 28, 2009

You'll Never Guess...

This short was inspired by a black and white photograph of a theater full of laughing children on a postcard. Who knew I could do this in just 10 minutes?!


Chrissy had never laughed so hard! She had been led to believe that this was a serious film. But what she was seeing couldn’t be, could it?

Sure, she enjoyed dreaming about the future as much as her friends next to her. They all hoped that one day there would be flying cars. But she could tell by their laughter that they doubted. Even the boys were laughing. If anyone could comprehend the magnitude of the scenes before them, surely it would be the boys!

Faced with the contents of the film she was forced to mock or consider the possibilities presented to her. With technology evolving exponentially every day, she guessed that it could happen.

In the dark theater she felt safe among the other scoffers. However, it would be at home later that night, lying in her familiar bed, that she would allow her imagination to take flight. She let the scene unfold in her mind over and over again.

Maybe, just maybe, someday the newsies would proclaim the day’s newspaper headlines, “Christa McAuliffe: 1st Female Astronaut”.