Our project was as ambitious as the book choice, so ambitious that it took two sessions to complete. We worked together to create a short film based on the book. Our ideas were grand, and we learned a lot about paring down our visions to a workable place.
The movie depicts some TB patients getting ready for bed in a sanatorium, and was meant to mirror the cover of the book. We were all a little sad we didn't get to include the part where they collapsed people's lungs and then stuffed them with ping-pong balls, but maybe that will be another project, another day.
So, without further ado, I present to you Bookshop's very first film. It's called Sanatorium Blues. Warning, there's a little (LEGO) blood.
Note: A few people have already asked "Is that how you spell sanatorium?!" The answer is it's ONE way to spell it. There are three accepted spellings of the word, including sanitarium, which means (basically) the same thing, but is actually a different word! Sanatorium is apparently the spelling used most often when talking about American and British TB sanatoriums, and is the spelling the authors of the book used.
