"RED AND THE WOLF" -- a film by AJ Brooks...

AJ Brooks

AJ Brooks

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Once upon a time...

Trails. Forest. Picnic basket. Wolf.

A horror story based on themes from the classic fairy tale.

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SECOND PLACE in MonsterFest user voting and ranked THIRD PLACE with the surprise Panel Vote!

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Writer/Director: AJ Brooks
Director of Photography: Ryan E. Walters.
1st AC: Jerry Turner
AD: Ashlie Jorgensen
Sound: Ken Kupelian
Key Grip: Justin Leddy
MUA: Margaret Gorman
Craft Services: Sarah Garcia

Featured Music by Justin R. Durban

Lead Special Effects Coordinator: Damien Brooksbank
Creature Concept: Claire Craig-Sheets
Effects Engineer: John "Dys" Niehaus

Wolf Construction Team:
Mary Lynn Jamison
Claire Craig-Sheets
Damien Brooksbank
Rosemary Craig
John "Dys" Niehaus

Wolf Makeup effects:
Claire Craig-Sheets
Damien Brooksbank

RED HOOD: Serah Pope
STANLEY: Jesse Henderson
WOODSMAN: Austin Hillebrecht
WOLF: John "Dys" Niehaus


Special Thanks:

Norm Sanders
Shawn Nelson
Luis Garcia
Liz Foltz
Rod Longanecker

Shot (ironically and quite fittingly) on the RED.
 
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Sept 8th: Met with makeup/fx team, worked out a few sketches for how we will create "the wolf".
Sept 9th: Cast has been confirmed. Welcome Serah and Jesse!
Sept 10th: Scouted location with the brilliant DP. Worked out a few shots. Mental note: always find people to work with who are more talented than you.
Sept 14th: Fabric for the iconic RED HOOD obtained from the lovely ladies at Fabric Depot. They loved it when I told them what I was using it for.

Shot Sept 25th-26th.
 
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Thanks for the comments!

Scouted the location today with the talented DP Ryan Walters.

Spooky woods are in the works!
 
what else would he shoot "Red and the Wolf"on? Fitting that RED shoots Red. And she'd better be a red-head or I'll be pissed.
 
Ryan is definitely a gifted DP. I am thrilled to be working with him.

I'm glad I can say Red and the Wolf will be shot with the RED rather than my humble dvx. That would be such a let down.

However...DVX and the Wolf... I like the sound of that. That's my next short right there!
 
Thanks. :) I'm looking forward to this project. I had a good time scouting the locations with AJ and talking over his vision for the film - I'm excited to see it come together. AJ did a great job writing the script and finding great locations.
 
Jeez! Does everybody have a RED cam., but me? LOL. Story does sound quite interesting. Great location - Good luck!
 
Is the *RED* in your title the camera... or Little Red, as in riding hood :)

Looks like your going to have a fun project. Can't wait to see it.
I laughed when i saw your finger pointing as a reminder which
way the actors are running on the bridge, I do the same kind of personal
hand cues all the time in my projects. Certain patterns of waving
my hand in front of the lens give me editing and post cues :)

Best of luck!
 
Did you enter this script in the MoviePoet 'Grimm Brothers Adaptation' contest? There was quite a few Red and Wolf stories, but all were very different.
 
Chris_Keaton said:
Did you enter this script in the MoviePoet 'Grimm Brothers Adaptation' contest? There was quite a few Red and Wolf stories, but all were very different.
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That sounds like a cool contest. Yeah, when I was researching I was surprised at how many versions of the story there were before the Grimm's telling.

I started with a story idea that had nothing to do with any of the numerous "Little Red Riding Hood" stories ranging from the original Charles Perrault, to those creepy swedish versions, and the classic Grimm tale.

I explored different settings for the story and then Red Riding Hood came up and it just fit really well. And "red riding hood as a horror" is something that everyone can easily picture in their head.

Hopefully since I didn't start the writing process with "Red Riding Hood" in mind, my version will have a fresh feel to it.
 
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