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12. GUNSLAUGHTER clip

by Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films

1 month ago

11. Dear Shane Trailer (full version at hulu.com/dear-shane)

by Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films

9 months ago

10. 12:01

by Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films

1 year ago

9. Daros Films & 36 Hour Contests

by Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films

1 year ago

8. Anthony Tyler Quinn Interview - Greyscale

by Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films

1 year ago

7. Greyscale: Oliver & Julia's Theme

by Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films

2 years ago

6. Greyscale Teaser Trailer

by Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films

2 years ago

5. Leave Me (now on Hulu at hulu.com/leave-me)

by Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films

2 years ago

4. Leave Me (3 minute contest winning version)

by Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films

2 years ago

3. Greyscale Hit Parade

by Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films

3 years ago

2. Viva La Vida (non-official music video)

by Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films

3 years ago

1. Battlefield: Chapter One

by Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films

3 years ago

"Dear Shane," the 2nd in the Camera Trilogy has premiered on Hulu! Here is the film! hulu.com/dear-shane

Also, if you'd like to help support Daros Films, "Leave Me" has also been accepted into the ranks of Hulu and every view helps us to make more shorts! hulu.com/leave-me

A recent widower deals with his grief through his wife's broken camera.

Find Daros Films on Facebook! facebook.com/darosfilms

Shot the weekend after the wrap on the feature film Greyscale - greyscalemovie.com
Greyscale Teaser Trailer - youtube.com/watch?v=vGXuDCDkr6A
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*WINNER of the 2009 36-Hour ChristianFilmmakers.org Contest
*Honorable Mention for Drama at the indieProducer Film Fest (10/1/2009)
*WINNER of the Best Short Film category at the 2009 Script2Screen Film Fest in Tulsa, OK! (10/4/2009)
*Official Selection of the Mammoth Film Festival
*WINNER of the Best Narrative Short for the Trail Dance Film Festival (1/24/10)
*Placed on the Paste Magazine Quarterly DVD Lineup for subscribers
*WINNER of the Best Short Film Award by HOSFU at the Gideon Media Arts Conference & Film Festival (6/6/10)

Credits

Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films
Producer/Co-writer/"Jack"
Gloria Ballard
2nd AD
Greg Thorne
Partygoer/Grip
Nearsighted Productions
Camera Op
Fred Roundtree
2nd Unit Makeup
Slow Fade Media
Sound Recording
Nathan Ashton
Audio Post
Mark Gullickson
"Dad"
Joseph Hutson
Cinematographer
Lydia Ashton
Composer
Marisa Draeger
DP/AD
Dustin Ballard
Director/Co-writer

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that jon jackson 2 years ago

nice.
Paul Munger 2 years ago

Sweeet!
Zac Crosby 2 years ago

awesome
Jawad Mir 2 years ago

Great Film. Great Story and Beautifully Acted and Shot
Derek Bommel 2 years ago

Very well done. I love the music.
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Thanks! All credit goes to Lydia Ashton (lydiaashton.tv) for the emotional heart in the score! She composed blind too... didn't even get to see the footage before we put it in.
Daniel Bittner 2 years ago

Just now noticed "the brothers" picture at the beginning. Very well done, and obviously clearer in this extended version.
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Yes, the redone beginning and ending were mostly for clarity sake. Thanks!
Eldar Bayburin 2 years ago

truly a masterpiece! thanks!
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Thank you!
mezza001 2 years ago

I wish I can do it!

BTW, what did you use to shoot this? By any chance what camera was used? I gather this is a really professional shoot!!!!
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

We used a Panasonic HVX200 with a Brevis35 lens adapter and Nikon primes. So glad you enjoyed it!
mezza001 2 years ago

Oh my god!!!!

THIS IS BRILLIANT WORK!

For once, a short film makes me wanna cry!!!!!

Good idea and work!!! I want your creative brains!!!
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Let's make a deal, we keep our brains, and you can enjoy future projects we pump out? That work? :)
mezza001 2 years ago

Its a deal!!! You have just inspired and urgency in me to do a short film!

I just hope it can be even a fraction of what you all did here!!
Kudos to all at Daros Film!!!!!
Sanif Olek 2 years ago

i love this. genius.
Jorge De Silva | Reez Films 2 years ago

Amazing job... =) five stars! =)
nns 2 years ago

Nice one!
HappyCatFilms 2 years ago

I like the vimeo 4-minute version better. Better pacing, more emotional. Nice work!
Sawang Treetippitak 2 years ago

so sad. I love it
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Our director for this (and my co-writer) and I decided that when we get together to write, we keep coming up with maudlin plots until we can't stand it anymore... otherwise we're both happy, well-adjusted guys.
Donatello Romanazzi 2 years ago

Great job! Congratulation!
I like this version better,too
GILAL 2 years ago

a little touch of eternal sunshine...
great !
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Yes, definitely a little ESotSM going on... a little Twilight Zone too...
Dominic Easter 2 years ago

I Love It I Love It I Love It, I wish that there were more short films in the world like this one, its so simple and creative, and it just works... please keep up the good work!
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Thank you! We've got more short films lined up.. just trying to fit them in between post production on our feature (Greyscale) and pre-prod on our next one.
graceShine 2 years ago

sad...
but I'm happy to see it

thanks
Medinamo 2 years ago

Increíble.
Lo he visto cerca de 250 veces, porque de verdad me encantó.

Greetings from chile!!
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Thank you for the support!
Audy Erel 2 years ago

Making short movie is my passion, thanks for this one true gemstone.
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Thank you!
Ecke 2 years ago

very impressive... go on with that!
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Definitely will! We have plans for future shorts in this vein.
2 years ago

Beautiful.
Christian Offner 2 years ago

Wow... I'm very impressed - this is the best short I've seen for quite some time and one of the very best I've every seen!
Thank you so much for this film. Just a couple of days ago my girlfriend and I talked about how she would love to freeze time in moments of perfect happiness... I'll have to share this with her and my friends.

By the way, I agree with HappyCatFilms - I like this version better than the 3-minute-cut as well.
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Thank you! Sometimes we feel like we shot ourselves in the foot having 2 versions, mostly because people stopped judging it on its own but instead started to weigh in on which version they liked better. But it's nice to know the extra effort (making it 4 minutes) is appreciated. :)
abadrivera 2 years ago

that was stunningly beautiful!
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Thank you so much!
Robert Kirkpatrick 2 years ago

Wow. Just wow.
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Glad you liked it!
AyalaDesign 2 years ago

Amazing. very emotional.
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Thank you! I had to take a 2 month break from watching it.. got emotionally burned out on it.
edwin tejoz 2 years ago

hahaha yeah, happens to me all the time after producing an album!
ingrid f 2 years ago

heartbreaking.
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

We like to joke that Kleenex hired us to make this...
Matthew Helms 1 month ago

My chair couldn't support the laughter.
Jack Zerby 2 years ago

Was engaged the entire way through, amazing. Beautiful...
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Thank you for the kind words! Very humbled to see a member of the staff noticing us!
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Anybody have any ideas why we've gone from ~15 views a day to ~230?? Has this been featured somewhere?
Susanna Celso 2 years ago

Wow. That's all I can say. Brilliant. And as for the jump in views, all I know is that I found it through StumbleUpon...
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 2 years ago

Cool, thanks for the heads up! It's starting to ramp up to 500 and I was curious. Glad you liked it!
Wally Alarcon 2 years ago

I just saw this and cried. I never seen anything so touching in so long. Really, one of the best short films I seen in hella long. Found this through stumbleupon as well.
Tim Büthe 2 years ago

Amazing! (via stumbleupon)
Kyle Hagan 2 years ago

This is the best short I have ever seen. Found it through while stumbling (the user anitab is responsible for getting you so many daily views). I love this extended cut more, because of the great attention to small details you throw in. Also, wonderful acting. I feel like in lots of shorts, the acting is terrible. Every actor seemed fully in their roll.

Awesome video, great storyline, and real acting! I joined vimeo just to leave you a wonderful comment and I will check back on your vimeo page to see if you do some more. I hope other aspiring film makers take notes from you and reproduce something half as amazing as yours.

Thanks
Terry Mun 2 years ago

I wonder why this short wasn't an immediate favourite - I fell immediately in love with in after watching it, and up till now (a day later), I'm still getting the chills down my spine everytime I reach the ending - so sad and yet so soulful.

I'm glad that Jack finally met his wife. *wipes misty eyes*

And I love the sub-message that this video conveys - usually the photographers who take photos don't have much having themselves in it, do they?

I've never watched such a touching work before. It moved me right from the very bottom of my heart. This is one fine short, brilliant work!

The music was beautifully composed - I can't believe that Lydia composed it blind, and yet her piece manages to lend so much feeling to the film *thumbs up*
Esben Rahr Gotfredsen 2 years ago

This is a great and touching little film!
Andrew Mok 2 years ago

this is completely awesome, so simple and yet so moving... what is this shot in?
Joseph Hutson 2 years ago

We shot this on the HVX-200 with Cinevate's Brevis 35mm adapter. For lenses, we used the Nikon Prime Lenses. 50mm/85mm were used the most.
Cheri Root 2 years ago

Amazing. Definitely touched a place in my heart. Thank you.
Kage Imagery 2 years ago

WOW made me cry, thanks I was having a bad day..however some how this cheered me up. THANKS
Jefferson Henson 2 years ago

Wonderful short... Great concept and superb acting...
Joshua Brown 2 years ago

Keep making great films. We need filmmakers like you who arn't afraid to break out of the strictly Christian Genre and make films that appeal to "normal" people.
rick ash 2 years ago

very original, and beautiful. so much emotion froma a short, congrads.
i have a 28min short on vimeo in storytellers paradise callled "all in passing" if ur interested
beautiful story, congrads
Blake Moore 2 years ago

this "short" is nothing short of amazing. So simple and yet such a touching story. great work.
Cheryl B. 2 years ago

Someone posted this on Tumblr and I immediately loved it. Perfection.
edwin tejoz 2 years ago

Man I love your video's
I'm a music composer! tell me if your making another one i'll be gladly to help out with some music.

check my portfolio at thesixtyone.com/tejoz
DJ Terry Moran 2 years ago

What a great piece. Anyone that loves their wife would do anything for her. I hope this film makes people realize that they should not sweat the small stuff.
Stake Productions 2 years ago

WOW! Love it.
Gilly 2 years ago

You touched my heart! Thank you!
paul herrin 2 years ago

great stuff. awesome Story.
Markus Rose 2 years ago

I would I could bring my beloved women back.
I love this movie.
Phoara 2 years ago

Really made me cry!
Palomar5 2 years ago

:)
Quan 2 years ago

WOW! truly bittersweet.
Masl Tov 2 years ago

Great Great Film. You forgot to turn on the Adapter at 1:33 though :P
Joseph Hutson 2 years ago

Actually, what I believe happened was our monitor died without having a spare. This was one of our last setups out on location so, it was a difficult task getting the focus perfect out in the sun without the external monitor. Add to this, the time crunch and the fountains only working sporadically leaving us little time for a second take. :)
Masl Tov 2 years ago

The Focus is good, but I think you can see the grain structure of the Adapter especially in the upper left corner. That was what I meant.
Mathieu Falaise 2 years ago

such a beautiful story ! Loved it !
Fero Zboray 2 years ago

really a great story...nice one...
ray wil 2 years ago

great short story. very nice.
Lewis-Martin Soucy 2 years ago

Great story, very touching! Acting sometimes too much though... But it's a great film with a brilliant story, beautifully shot, congrats!
Joseph Hutson 2 years ago

Thanks! (you must've seen my sig on RedUser.net) :)
Lewis-Martin Soucy 2 years ago

Indeed!... :)
Quiet Sight 2 years ago

Wow! I'm very impressed. Quality story and quality presentation. Well done.
Jonathan 1 year ago

is incredible, is fantastic. And The quality is excelent.
BumKi Cho 1 year ago

Lovely.
Amine Hattou 1 year ago

awsome!!!!!
Ricardo R. 1 year ago

I've seen this movie over 10 times and every time I watch, my eyes fill with tears. Perfect! Congratulations for the great work!
Hassan Saddiq 1 year ago

awwwww i'm gonna cry

well not really, but it is a really touching story

very nice short film
Andy 1 year ago

I believe that was the most emotionally evocative piece or art I've ever seen. Superb
Alvin Nyemah 1 year ago

The best short film hands down, what did you use to get your sound?
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 1 year ago

Hey Alvin, thanks so much! We recorded the interior sound with the Sennheiser MKH 8050, and exteriors with Sennheiser MKH 416, run into a Sound Devices 302 and then into the HVX.
Whitestone Protege Program 1 year ago

Really nice emotional film. Great concept. Is this original music?
Ryan Dunlap // Daros Films 1 year ago

Yes! Composed by Lydia Ashton (lydiaashton.tv)
ACW Productions 1 year ago

As others have said, brilliant work. It's such a simple story, but well-executed. As I've written elsewhere, filmaking is about storytelling (not preaching) - and this is GREAT storytelling.

I first saw the shorter contest version - I think they both stand on their own quite well.
Neil Larson 1 year ago

Very well done. Gave me chills.
Jay Hoffer 1 year ago

Well done... very well done. :)
NaKiD EyE 1 year ago

hate to just repeat everyone else but seriously well done! great acting too btw if i had to critique i would wish that the "dad" was a little more freaked out about what was happening lol j/j
Michael 1 year ago

Lovely. It's amazing how much ground you covered in four minutes.
ARLA AABBA 1 month ago

Exactly.