The Making of Grayson

Most of us have all seen John Fioella's short film Grayson, a fan made trailer about Dick Grayson returning to Robin after the death of Batman. It has been floating around the Internet since it's creation in 2004, and to have missed it would have been a great feat.

The magic behind Fioella's short film is that it isn't a short film at all, it is a movie trailer to something bigger and better, and also something we may never see because of copyright issues.

To accompany the Grayson trailer, Fioella has also released three making of doc's that reveal the art behind the trailer.

As an aspiring independent filmmaker, I saw these to be a wonderful look at how Fioella was able to create a short film with the look of a $100 million dollar budget.

I can't say that every idea Fioella had was well played out. He claims that Grayon cost him up to $18,000 to make. Unfortunately, in the world of independent n0-budget films, he could have filmed a feature for that cost. Following by Christopher Nolan and El Mariachi by Robert Rodriquez each cost almost 1/3 the price tag Fioella paid for Grayson. But I guess, as they say, the proof is in the pudding.

If you are a fan of the fake trailer, or even an independent filmmaker, take a look behind the scenes of Grayson. Like Robert Rodriquez's Rebel Without a Crew, these behind the scene's videos are a tutorial on all the little tricks that can be pulled off the create the illusion of a film with a multi-million dollar budget. Hopefully, you will find these as fascinating and inspiring as I did.

Grayson trailer

The Making of Grayson