September 2010
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Production Journal: Day 5
Saturday, October 4th Our second day at Tulsa Bible Church proved to be the longest day of the first leg of production at fourteen and a half hours. It definitely put our crew to the test, biting off almost 9 pages of the script, but we also were working with one of Tulsa’s best known and beloved actors: Brian Shoop.
Brian is a writer/director that first directed me in the musical My Fair...
January 2010
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Behind the scenes photos from Greyscale! →
December 2009
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Voice Acting Auditions!
Interested in being a part of Greyscale (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321390/)? While the film has reached picture lock, there is now an opportunity for three new roles!
SCENARIO: Within the film there is a scene where a character named Winston is watching his beloved TV show when he is interrupted by the main protagonist, Oliver. We start out on a long dolly shot of Winston in his house before...
October 2009
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Greyscale's Soundtrack
Are you an unsigned artist or in a band? The Tulsa-based independent feature film Greyscale (www.greyscalemovie.com, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321390/) is looking for local talent to showcase for the movie’s soundtrack.
With nearly 50 Tulsa-metro based locations and over 70 local actors (with a few Hollywood actors such as Doug Jones from Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy 1 & 2; Tim...
Project Update: 10/12/2009
Much has been quiet on the waterfront… which is what happens when the production crew has long since disbanded and the 44 locations around the city are silent where the sounds of “Action,” “Cut,” and “Let’s set the dolly up along here…” once were yelled.
Nowadays the movie lives in a single room on a couple of computers. Things are quiet, and...
June 2009
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Project Update: 6/18/09
A lot has been going on with Daros Films lately. We’re essentially booked until October, and this is a very good thing.
Greyscale is deep into post-production, and some of the team got together to watch what I like to call Version .03. There are a few elements missing still, such as soundtrack and foley, and it’s being run through rudimentary color grading to get a feel for the...
Doug Jones interview
Official Greyscale Trailer
Greyscale Trailer from Daros Films on Vimeo.
May 2009
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Production Journal: Day 4
Friday, October 3rd
This was the beginning of the church invasion… We set up in Tulsa Bible Church’s sanctuary to find our runaway Roger, played by Aaron Kruse.
Again we employed the very noir-styled lighting techniques (making sure lights were 90 degrees away from camera, etc), and for the first time we were reshooting over one of our equipment tests as we had a callback for 4...
Interview: Aaron Kruse
We’re starting a series on interviewing the actors of Greyscale, starting with Aaron Kruse, who played the runaway brother of Dan Canton (Roger), and Aaron took a moment to sit down and answer a few questions about his background, the auditioning process, and what it’s like acting in film as opposed to theater.
So, Aaron… what got you interested in acting?
Aaron Kruse: Well, I...
Production Journal: Day 3
Thursday, October 2nd
With the rom-com nature done, I got a proper haircut and readied myself to play the role I would be playing for the majority of the film… colorblind Oliver. I don’t think colorblind Oliver laughs or ever gets much more than a little grin… but then again, he has little reason to.
Aging the characters 3 years wasn’t too difficult… Oliver dressed more like an artist than a...
April 2009
6 posts
Production Journal: Day 2
Sunday, September 28th
After opening weekend of filming, Greyscale was beginning to feel a touch like a romantic comedy. We went out to Longshot Ranch in Skiatook, Oklahoma for the backdrop of Oliver and Julia’s first date.
It was a beautiful day for filming. Sun was out, wasn’t too hot (well, warm enough for makeup to need to blot away sweat from time to time), and we learned a valuable...
Production Journal: Day 1
Day 1 was frought with nervousness and excitement as we were let in by security to use the main lecture hall I spent many an hour in during my time in the film studies program at my alma mater: The University of Tulsa. The first scene shown chronologically in the movie’s timeline was the scene where Oliver (our protagonist) meets his wife-to-be, Julia in a classroom.
After seven months of...
Greyscale written up in IndieWIRE.com →
Welcome!
Hey, thanks for dropping in on the new Greyscale blog! We’re moving from the Daros Blog in order to have updates solely on the movie as opposed to Daros Films’ goings on as well.
Some recent news: We are officially wrapped as of April 4th!
Things you can expect here:
Screencaps
Bios
Production Diaries
Links to Greyscale related materials
Updates on News and Events
As I keep threatening, I...