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This past spring, I completed the script for my new film project, The Kaleidoscope Grimoire. I have also designed the sets and costume designs are in the works. It has been nine years since I finished my first silent picture and this one has been in the works off and on, through three versions, for seven years. It is time to move forward.
The Kaleidoscope Grimoire is a story of self discovery through an experience of loss and distraction, much like life. The story has been crafted from personal experience with and deeper research into themes explored in ancient philosophy and eternal truths. I choose to relate this story in a setting of fantasy and shadow, light and horror, hell and hope. It is a story with moments that will challenge the viewer to reach beyond what is merely depicted on the screen. It is a story for everyone seeking to understand the role identity plays in enlightenment.
Seeking to go beyond what I accomplished with Hell's Bells, I will produce a film with technical challenges not attempted on that picture. The Kaleidoscope Grimoire will be a silent period picture in black and white, shot to look as much like a late 1920s film as I can achieve with my resources. In this new film's favor are the technical resources. KG will be shot on DSLR cameras, giving me much greater margin for visual creativity than I've had before, as I will be able to use multiple lenses. Better lighting equipment than I had nine years ago is also part of my present toolbox. I also have a talented makeup artist and she'll be doing some impressive things in that regard. Just as with my first silent picture, KG will be shot on dynamic picturesque locations but will also feature detailed sets constructed in my home 'studio'. I'm already assembling a cast of diverse talent. All these elements, I believe, will serve to produce an entertaining and thought-provoking cinematic experience of the kind that only independent cinema provides in our times.
If you would like to see this film happen, I am accepting donations to the budget. I'm hoping to have at least twice as much as I had for my first silent film, Hell's Bells. The donate button is in the column to the right of this blog page. Naturally, there will be a threshold minimum required before I can commence with much more than continued pre-production. With the threshold sum, I could start principal photography and have it finished within a matter of weeks from the start date. That would leave effects shots, location photography, and other special visual sequences to be completed without haste. Conceivably, I could have The Kaleidoscope Grimoire finished and ready to premier by Summer 2022 in a theatrical double feature screening with Hell's Bells, which itself was screened at the Fox Theater in Redlands in November 2012.
All donors will receive a screen credit in the film as 'donor producer'. Donations of $100 or more earn the donor a special home video featuring the film and the 'making of' extra. Donations of $1,000 or more receive the home video, a production tee shirt, and a special screen credit as 'Associate Producer'. Before the public screening premier, I am planning to arrange a private stream screening for all who donated, an exclusive online event I will personally host. Though being a donor producer does not imply creative input on the film, your donation, no matter how small, will contribute to independent cinematic arts and entertainment. I am not producing this film to make a profit. I wish to make The Kaleidoscope Grimoire for the pure pleasure of the filmmaking challenge and the desire to share it with audiences.
Thank you for considering this film project.
