Jason Kraynek | 224.612.1584 | jacenk@gmail.com
woman in a basement dancing in shadows

Gancho | Short Film

JACENKNET | Very Cool Videos

Cast | Crew

Jason Kraynek – Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Gaffer, Colorist
Michael Lucas – Director, Writer
Morgan Bass – AD
Robert Felker – AC
Jessica Lynn – Hair, MUA
Anthony Farinas – Producer
Jim Sharp – Producer
Andy Hopple – Audio
Hilary Schwartz – Actor
Gerrit O’Neill – Actor
Christopher Marcum – Actor

Gear | Production

Cameras – RED Dragon
Lenses – Canon CNE Prime set
Lights – Hive, Litepanels, Quasar Science, Blind Spot Gear
Rig – Shape, Wooden Camera, Easyrig, Flowcine, SmallHD, Teradek

Awards | Fests

Chicago Horror Film Festival
Chicago REEL Shorts
DC Shorts International Film Festival
Independant Shorts LA – Gold Award

man and woman in a green-tinted basement

Gancho is a film set in the late 50’s, about a young woman who stumbles upon an uneasy relationship that is brutally interrupted.

This short film was shot in October of 2017. Director of Photography Jason Kraynek on RED Dragon Cameras. Director Michael Lucas and Production company – Very Cool Videos.

Pre-production scouting consisted of 1 day, while filming took 2 (using inside locations blacked out during the day and outside for the night scene). Inside apartment scenes were shot using crew members’ rented rooms. Outside bike shots were close by that. For the night stairwell scene, we used the outside of the director’s apartment complex, while all ‘basement’ shots were done in the storage space of that building.

The crew was very small and the budget was zero. I brought everything that I owned to shoot this project and was very happy with how it came out. I color-graded the frames to achieve the look and images shown, though the final film was never finished or released (reason unknown).

A full list of shots from this project can be found on my portfolio – https://jasonkraynek.com/gancho

BEHIND THE SCENES

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