Forget what you're used to seeing...
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 black and white (which to be fair, is what you’re seeing in the trailer and screengrabs, so it’s a bit more involved than slapping on a basic black and white filter).
At the moment I’m very pleased with how things are shaping up, and as we bring in fresh eyes to watch the edit, it’s incredibly enlightening to see what elements people are picking up on, and what’s being glossed over.
I learned something recently though…
(Brian Shoop as Gabe)
.:MacGuffins and Love Stories
…As long as the emotional heart of the story is clear and working, the plotline that accompanies it that deals more with the twisty nature of noir doesn’t have to be fully understood, and spending time making sure the audience gets everything at first blush will probably bog things down (go ahead and tell me you understood all the double-crosses and factions in The Maltese Falcon the first time you watched it…).
All of the needed info is available, but it might take more than one run through to understand exactly how the 3D puzzle fits together. Did I mention Memento is a favorite of mine?
The emotional track though… I still get a little choked up every time I watch the end (and I’m told I’m not the only one), so as a storyteller, I feel like my goal is accomplished if I can get people to care more about the characters than the macguffin… because I’ve yet to leave the theater thinking about a macguffin that made me want to be a better person.
.:Other Things
As I continue to work on the edit, the rest of the Greyscale crew is continuing to hone their skills on a pet project that our world-traveling DP, John Barnett (just left Israel and is in France at the moment) is coming back into town to shoot on the new Canon 5D Mk II. I’m excited to see how it turns out and hope to be able to make it to set a few times and be more than just a producer. More details on that later.
-R
