by Eva Knutz (story-concept) & Gabriëlle Marks (graphic design)*
The interface of Sherwood Drive is non-figurative. We have chosen abstract images in combination with sound and dialogues, to visualize the dramatic story-line, which takes place at several locations at exactly the same time.
What we made, is a "pilot-edition" for the web (tv) and/or the radio. The "pilot-edition" consists of "5 layers" (5 timeslots in which the drama unfolds on different locations simultaneously). When produced these "layers" could be added up to for example 12 "layers" in order to produce a serial-soap with 12 episodes.
SHERWOOD DRIVE (the pilot) uses the following components:
8 Characters, 5 Locations, 5 timeslots, 3 simultaneous narratives
See flowchart
The story has the following startingpoint:
Mr. Richard has to leave for a business-trip abroad and has asked his brother, uncle John, to look after his two teenage-daughters, Marian and Diane, until the day of his return. Marian is secretly in love with the young man next door, Robert, who´s living alone with his mother, Mrs. Hood.
From the beginning the audience must choose at what location he/she wants to be. For instance: One can choose to stay in the Kitchen with the two sisters Marian and Diane, checkout what Robert is doing in the Greenhouse or follow Mrs. Hood and Mr. Richard, who are in the Car on the way to the airport. Whatever location (and part of the plot) one chooses to be in, something else is taking place at another location at the same time - and the feeling of having missed "something" somewhere else is part of "Sherwood Drive".
Mr. Richard
single father
Marian
Mr.Richards youngest daughter
Diane
Mr. Richards oldest daughter
Uncle John
Mr. Richards brother
Robert
the young man next door
Mrs. Hood
Roberts mother
Will&Dale
Roberts two friends
Locations:
the Kitchen
of the Richard family
the Basement
of the Richard family
the Living room
of the Hood family
the Greenhouse
of the Hood family)
the Car
on the way to the airport
