Davıd Emerson

FADE IN EXT. BOYHOOD — DAY DAVID EMERSON JACKSON lived his formative years climbing broadleaf MAPLES, riding BIKES on gravel STREETS, chasing POLLIWOGS and building FORTS in the company of his DOG, among dandelion patches and evergreen forests of the Pacific Northwest. Central to his tiny town’s identity—and increasingly his own—was its history as the set of a movie wherein a FIRESTORM razed its LUMBER MILL. On frequent walks between home and school he indulged in naïve adventure fantasies of what transpired in that CHARRED WRECKAGE of concrete and tin, pondering how the making of a movie could have so transformed the landscape and its inhabitants. Summers thrilling at CAMPFIRE stories and playing in the rustic environs of Scout camps shaped him into an ecology-minded young man defined by ethical discipline, moral fortitude, and showmanship. INT. BACHELORHOOD — LATER College refined a facility in the creative arts. By graduation his theatrical designs had displayed at the KENNEDY CENTER. He'd sung opera and toured with a modern dance ensemble. As an actor he performed on professional stages in Oregon and Connecticut. On a summer job at a drive-in theater he spliced and projected show reels while completing his first screenwriting effort—before starting what would become a recurring side career in commercial art. He met a GIRL he would marry and shortly thereafter landed a movie LEAD, in renewed pursuit of his acting ambition. Three years later he would leave everything behind to reside with his bride in her native MEXICO. EXT. MANHOOD — CONTINUOUS When he returned to Portland the ROSE CITY was blossoming into the dynamic center of filmmaking it now is. A FLURRY OF ROLES followed. Shifting frequently between performance and visual art, he began to find his VOICE writing scripts and illustrated stories. In 2005 he was admitted to the SCREEN ACTORS GUILD. Soon a former costuming colleague recruited him to dress the fashion MANNEQUINS at Macy's. Appointment as Wardrobe Supervisor on a feature film was the next natural step. When not employed in film production he keeps company with dogs whose masters need roam. DISSOLVE