#rock afire stage idea

[yoshi-likes-art]

Another piece I finally finished! I’ve been eager to show this one for a while, because it’s also the plan I have in mind for Rolfe’s actual setup when I move to my own place.

He’ll have a standup comedy type stage setup with a brick wall that has neon signs that can be programmed to the showtapes, and graffiti written on the wall. The stage will be fairly small and circular, only fitting him and his cymbal. Spotlights will be hung from the ceiling pointing at the stage.

In the future, I’d like to build a retro bar-cade in my basement where my animatronic friends can hangout, and their unique stage setups with still fit the vibe of the room. It’ll be mostly dark, with signs and spotlights being the main lighting. To give it a modern but retro feel. That’s the plan XD

[thebigfudanshi]

This looks so chaotic when it's drawn out but I ADORE it! These four would steal the show if it was set up like this jhc such mess so chaos

Okay okay more dumb ideas! So i finally caved to watching chuck e cheese stuff because my brain latched onto the adventure machine chuck e animatronic and set and its making my heart flutter with how cool it looks and all the spinny stuff in the background and I'm sitting here like, "Hey! That background looks like some whack ass spaceship!"

Space ship? Dook LaRue? Oh my god?

My brain immediately graced me with the image of Dook ACTUALLY making it to space down the line if the Rock-afire Explosion had the chance to venture down the line of introducing those tv screens mainstream, and it's just Dook in some busted ass space-ship and his first introduction would be like, Nrae Looney spinning his monitor around or a big screen behind him flicks on and his animatronic slides over and it's Dook leaning in real close in like, drawn animated-form like Don Bluth, being like "I TOLD YOU FUCKERS ID MAKE IT!" and the screens all staticky cause it's from literally space and he floats back and he bumps into something while he's indistinctly bragging, and a pipe bursts and starts blasting steam at him and he slams a fist into it a couple times and fixes it. Then he's all shy and shit cause his ships kinda busted up but it still works! And those lead to branching adventures with animated Dook sometimes and can also tie into the band and that kinda stuff. By god I'm gonna draw some idea for this. Someone hold me to it.

[the-rockafire-explosion]

Alright, what are ur headcanons?😃😃

ok, hi! welcome to my brain, it’s a real fun time. LONG POST WARNING

I day dream, like a lot, and in these daydreams is this world. I have a main character named Miss Mandy Marie, and it kind of follows her and her adventures through life. if you want to know more about her I have a different blog @goldies-fun-emporium where I plan to write about all my OCs. She owns this restaurant called Goldies, and it is FULL of sentient animatronics(they have souls it’s cool) and they can change between being in a human body or an animatronic body. Well through her years of building this little empire, she found out about the Rock-afire Explosion, and fell in love (animatronics are her obsession) so she bought a show, the last existing one. She modified her restaurant to fit them and a munches make believe band on either side of the main stage. It took a few months of creating and running shows before she gave the RAE their sentience and they became almost like every other Goldies bot. except they cannot roam the restaurant in their animatronic form. They turn humans like everyone else, and I spend the most time on them as humans. so some of my head cannons revolve around that. BACKGROUND OVER ON TO THE MAIN SHOW 

Dook LaRue- 

He is my goofy space boi and I love hims

He loves The Beatles and classic rock, and is totally obsessed with the drums

He struggles a lot with anxiety and depression, which causes him to hyper fixate on stuff that makes him happy, i.e. the drums, the band, space

He finds the most comfort in his space costume, and when human will just wear it to wear it

He wears his own merch. like all the time

He is bisexual and in a polyamorous relation ship with Miss Mandy and two other characters of mine. 

He loves kids! and is really good at providing comfort when they are distressed

his singing voice? golden. his drumming skills? golden. his DANCING???? golden. he is a man of talent.

he is the second youngest member in the band, the youngest being Mitzi (he's 22)

Rolfe and Earl

I do love the idea that Rolfe and Dook are half brothers

in Human form Rolfe and Earl are twins

That makes Earl Dooks half brother as well really 

Rolfe is a TERRIBLE dancer, but he plays a lot of instruments

earl can’t really do all that music stuff, but he is a very good actor and comedian

Earl is ace and Rolfe is gay

earl likes punk rock and Rolfe likes disco and pop 

Rolfe is very active on most forms of social media even tiktok and earl low-key high key hates it. 

they are both around 25-30 I am still figuring that out 

Fatz 

The oldest and wisest member of the band - 30-35 

His sexuality is a mystery. no one knows... no one ever will. 

He tolerates kids, but he loves his music and that is his venue

He doesn’t actually hate Rolfe but he wants everyone to think he does

Beach Bear is his best friend because they both have a really laid back energy

he will protect mitzi with his life

Beach Bear

big ol softy 

gay af

he actually does art too, a little bit of everything but mostly drawing and sculpting 

he is 29 

he has seasonal depression and hates winter time

while he is a very talented guitarist and loves the band, his true love is his art 

Mitzi

OK so Mitzi is fresh out of high school and going to college for music theater

she is 17 

she has braces 

she doesn’t know her sexuality or gender pronouns yet

she has a beautiful singing voice

she can DANCE OH MY GOD CAN SHE DANCE

she was not the most popular girl, though she was a cheer leader

she got bullied for being in the band ( she joined when she was 15) 

She has a lot of anxiety and panic attacks

I love her

Billy Bob

BIG ol softy

he short compared to his band mates, who are all 5′9 or over(he is 5′5″)

He had a rough background, and people make fun of him a lot for saying words wrong(he is dyslexic) and not being able to read and write well 

One thing he can read and write really well is music! it’s his creative escape and he writes most of the bands music. while he prefers guitar, he can play drums, keyboard, bass, trumpet, violin and saxophone. 

He loves to be read to, so audio books???? his JAM

He loves everyone and everything and is probably too trusting. 

He is 27-33

Looney Bird

struggles with addiction but the band really helps him though it

I feel like he has some anger issues

isolates himself a lot 

he is pansexual 

in human form he wears a suit and tie most of the time, but has flaming red hair and wears make up(rainbow eyeshadow and highlights to the heavens)

he/they pronouns

is a mystery to children 

will spike up his hair sometimes with WAY too much hair gel 

as a human he has a soothing deep voice 

HE CAN SING but oh boy he cannot dance

Ok I am done for now, but seriously thank you! It feels good to put all this out there. more fan art(maybe more than just Dook but I cannot make any promises) to come! 

[bahrlee]

I actually convinced my dad to take me and my sister to chuck e cheeses and we had so much fun! I got to see the animatronics up close!! It was a 2 stage in good condition! When we pulled up to the place I saw them through the window and I was absolutely about to lose it, and when we first got in there I literally stood next to the stage and watched them do their idle movements for about 15 minutes (I had a staring contest with Jasper lol)! I was so excited to see an actual animatronic show!!! I havent seen this show since the third grade and I used to be terrified, but I wasnt anymore and i afraid I was going to be just as scared but I wasnt and I loved it! I actually reached out and touched Helens hand for a quick second while the cast members weren't looking lol

Also I was absolutely infatuated with their Helen animatronic. She was a really pretty one, and I loved that she still had the black and white hair. And she had glitter eyeliner.... What a queen (ome of her eyelids was a little stuck but that didnt stop her from being beautiful)

And my family also wasn't mean about it either. Theyd usually tell me my interests were ridiculous and stupid and I shouldnt be wasting my time with them, but they were legitamently interested in what I had to say about the band and they let me watch them and didnt force me to play games instead, and even watched a couple shows with me! My dads favorite it Helen, same as me, and my sisters favorite is Mr Munch!

They had play passes instead of tokens. I actually really liked it and I think they were a good idea. Sadly this means renovations are coming soon...😢😢 they also had no skytubes, and no funny-looking soccer dude. Plus it was a rather small location. But oh well, they still had some classic avenger-era artwork up, and since they never even updated their Helens hair, and Michigan is always the last to update things, I can probably go see them at least a couple more times. I'm also hoping to persuade my dad to take me to a three stage so I could see the rock-afire explosion in spirit.

A kid mistook me for a cast member and asked me for more balloons, to which I had to say "sorry, I dont work here, I cant get you more balloons." So jokes on everyone who said I didnt look my age. I look like I work at chuck e cheese which you have to be at least 16 to do and I'm still 15 so HA

And when the cast members were setting up for tomorrows parties they had the ages the guests turning written onto the table cards and there was a woman who was turning 20, shes an absolute legend and I aspire to be her

It was so much fun and so much better than I expected and I really wanna have my birthday there now bc if that now 20 year old can do it so can I

Pics soon to come!

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Looks like someone would like to hear about my incredibly stupid au, thank you for having interest in it, i didnt think anyone would want to hear about it

buckle up kiddos this is gonna be long and stupid

this took an hour to type, was it worth it? probably not, this is dumb

The year is 2015, and the Wolf Pack 5 has just recently been brought up from the basement of CEI. Although they’re all a bit rattled and falling apart, the group is glad to finally see the light of day for the first time in 35 years. Everyone is excited at the prospect of getting to play again, especially Dingo. Often does the topic of Funtown Mountain worm its way into conversations with him, and he cannot wait to get his drumsticks back into his hands. Along with the buzz of getting to preform again, the gang is itching to get back into perfect form, and as the months pass, refurbishments take place, like Wolfman and Beach Bear getting new masks, and a few small adjustments here and there.  

However, Aaron and Will had some complications, and the Wolf Pack Five did not get sent to FunTown Mountain. The news was hard on the small group, and once the Rock Afire gang gets sent to Will, everyone’s spirits are almost completely shattered. Wolfman attempts to assure them all that someone will buy them, that they are still beloved, and that they will continue to get refurbished as the years roll by.

Unfortunately for him, he was partially wrong. The Wolf Pack 5 still had many fans, but no one ever bought them, so refurbishments were almost completely halted. As Aaron would be flooded with other projects, the only somewhat completed Wolf Pack 5 sat in his warehouse, each one handling their undesirable situation differently.

Wolfman still attempted to stay optimistic throughout the years, but the rest of the band did not. Fats and Beach Bear both had scorn against the Rock Afire Explosion to begin with, as they both believed that the Rock Afire group stole all the fame that could have been theirs. Queenie, although having shown similar feelings to the two of them at first, now was a paranoid mess. Having worn Mini’s cosmetics for 35 years and then switching so quickly to Queenie’s caused her to feel completely out of place and she yearns to go back to who she once thought she was.

The one who seemed to handle the situation the worst was Dingo. He had waited for so, so, so long to finally get back on stage and see adoring fans, and he had been hit so, so, so hard by Will not taking them. Dingo had tried to remain optimistic that he and the gang might get to see the public once more, but as the years passed, that minimal optimism quickly faded. Yet instead of being scornful at how the Rock Afire Explosion had supposedly replaced the Wolf Pack 5 in the public’s eye like how Fats and Beach Bear saw group, Dingo was furious at Aaron himself. Dingo had convinced himself that it was all Aaron’s fault that they were all in the state state of existence that they were currently in. To him, if Aaron would just bother to fix them, then everything could be so much easier. It didnt help Dingo that out of the five, he was the least refurbished. He had barely been fixed at all, and had been nothing more than his fiberglass shell, tubes for his arms (and legs in this AU), his dirty mask, and wig.

Constantly seeing fans touring the CEI warehouse walking right past the Wolf Pack Five to see the famous and far more popular Rock Afire Explosion, hearing the band play songs that the Wolf Pack could have easily played, and nearly rotting away eventually caused something within Dingo to snap. Although still angry at the RAE band, Fats and Beach Bear would never have done anything to harm them. Dingo had become so disillusioned after nearly 40 years of not doing the very thing that gave him his life’s purpose that he decided that the perfect plan to become noticed by Aaron and the public was to rip the mask right off of the fully functional Dook animatronic in Aaron’s warehouse and replace it with his own minimal cosmetics.

Pleased with his own flawless-in-his-mind plan, Dingo grabbed a crowbar and eagerly told Wolfman about his plan. Dingo was expecting pats on the back and applause for his ingenious plan. Instead, Dingo was met with worried looks and Wolfman’s concern. He tried to gently explain to Dingo how that was a terrible idea and how it would never work, but Dingo only grew angry and ran off, yelling about how if no one thought it was going to work, he was going to prove them wrong.

By the time Wolfman had untangled himself from the messy corner he was stuck in, he saw Dingo and Dook fighting while the rest of the Rock Afire Explosion tried to tear them apart. Dingo’s bloodshot eyes bore right into Dook, and fueled by pure rage, Dingo had managed to pin Dook to the floor and was attempting to pry his mask off. Before Wolfman could do anything to stop him, the Rock Afire Beach Bear tore Dingo off of Dook and threw him against the wall with a loud CRACK resounding.

As the Rock Afire gang crowded around Dook to help him, Wolfman grabbed Dingo and rushed him back to the other Wolf Pack Five. Part of Dingo’s back fiberglass had cracked, and he was completely unconscious. Once Dingo finally regained consciousness, he had changed. No longer did he voice any scorn against either the Rock Afire band or Aaron. He was now the most quiet of the Wolf Pack Five, and wasn’t the same enthusiastic Dingo that the group had loved. 

and thats about it, i dont have a good ending but ahhgfshlkkhsgdfiho im gonna eat lunch now im starving

[arsenicolada]

Do you know the age ranges for each RAE member? Just asking since I have no clue where I'd really find that out and it seems like you would know :0c

It’s really hard to say what exactly their age ranges are, I mean Mitzi is obviously a teenager and Choo Choo’s a baby, but for everyone else it’s pretty vague

There are a few hints sprinkled in every now and then, like when Billy Bob mentioned that Beach Bear was an english major at the time, so I would guess that Beach is at least college age. Definitely out of high school since he referenced it in past tense: “Back in high school they used to call me Ool’ Blue Eyess~”

Fatz made a joke in one of the Letters to Looney Bird segements that he’s “11 in gorilla years” when asked how old he is, but of course that was a joke and literally no one in the band believed him because he is blatantly an old dad

Rolfe is obviously old enough to drink and hold more than one job under his belt prior to rock afire, since all of that was confirmed in a few showtapes

Dook is kinda hard to pin down cuz I can’t seem to recall any references to what his age might be, also it’s hard because he’s got the voice of a 40 yr old crooner but the goofy and slightly rude personality of a teen, so I have no idea

I don’t remember where I found it but at one point I did read an official document that said Billy Bob was “as old as Showbiz Pizza”, which would make sense now since that would make him in his 30s, but that would also mean he’d be playing on stage at like… 4 years old. So I’d take that with a grain of salt.

I’d say that the rock afire’s ages are up for interpretation to a degree. Like as long as you take the little hints into consideration, cuz otherwise it just feels… weird.

[reelybadfnafocs]

 (ok, here’s my oc for real this time)

Name: Tabby Tickles

((Oh, that’s a cute name. I like it))

Species: Cat

Job: She’s a side act, intended to be a comedian, but none of her jokes are good. She does occasionally have a singing role in songs, but not often.

(( That’s cute. Although, is it a role as a main singer or? Because when a company has gone as far as to purchase an specific animatronic to take a lead singer role, it is not likely to have another animatronic fill in- unless the other is having problems))

Purpose: She was created to keep the kids entertained while the band wasn’t playing music. She’s mainly used in skits.

Where: She’s on a stage to the left of the Rockstars, but it’s built kinda like Chuck E. Cheese’s Studio C stage, so she doesn’t have the lower half to her body.

((Oh! I really like that! Not often that you see animatronic OCs in this style))

Creator: Violet Atkins (another OC; she’s the one responsible for opening this new location. Her name is subject to change)

((Oh! Interesting. I’d really like to hear more about that. Like why she did that!))

Location: Rockstar Pizza (It’s this headcanon/AU I have where Michael didn’t buy the Rockstar animatronics in Pizzeria Simulator, so Violet bought them and they moved on to a different location. This name is also subject to change.)

((Oh, I see! An interesting business move.))

Age: She’s brand new when my AU takes place (the store just opened)

Haunted?: No, but her programming was hacked by a copycat killer who wants to make the place haunted.

((Oh, this really called my attention. A copycat killer and hacker... that’s a very unique idea. A story I’d want to hear about.))

Skill: Given that she doesn’t have legs, she can’t exactly move, so she provides an audio distraction by playing her daytime showtapes loudly.

((GOD imagine you are playing FNAF and you hear the worst dad joke that was clearly programmed into this thing by an underpaid dad.))

Appearance: She’s a shiny, plastic orange with dark orange stripes and green eyes. She wears a green tie and she has long eyelashes.

((Fair enough! Although- I feel she could benefit from having her design be more in line with the other rockstars, you know? She’s a side show, but still represents the brand! Rosy cheeks, some star motif, off color knee join, patterned tie- little things

Personality (daytime): Despite her jokes being awful, she thinks they’re great, and she tends to be a little arrogant. She’s also incredibly naïve and clueless. She doesn’t get along with the Rockstar band at ALL. 

((Interesting! So she’s a bit of a comic relief villain for the animatronic set? That can definetely work! Especially if you go a kinda team rocket route with her, where she IS able to get along for a common objective?))

Personality (nighttime): She doesn’t really have one aside from wanting to kill you.

((Mood))

Inspirations: My old FNaF OC, Chuck E. Cheese’s retired cabaret characters, and Rolfe deWolfe from the Rock-afire Explosion. I kinda based her off real animatronics more than FNaF ones.

((Nice! That’s cool to hear, actually.

In general? This is very solid OC! Though I feel that the stars of this are the pizzaria owner and most importantly, the copycat killer. That’s great. You’ve got something better than a good OC imo: An intriguing story concept. So, great work!

-Mod Moth

[explorationfilms-blog]

Portraits of Colorado- The Making Of A Modern American Symphony

The Backstory

...by Steve Greisen / Producer, Director.

I walked into the Crowfoot Valley Coffee Shop in Castle Rock to meet a guy named "Charles". I didn't know much about him other than he had tried to arrange this meeting for the last two years. A year earlier a monster Colorado blizzard that closed all the highways and roads knocked out our scheduled meeting. “O well”, I thought, “If this is supposed to happen it will in God’s time”. So here I was two years later, arriving at the meeting. Better late than never...

A Divine appointment?

How we first met was so serendipitous that it was almost comical. I was visiting The Park Meadow’s Mall on the south side of Denver, and I had stopped to listen to a guy play a beautiful Celtic style electric violin. After his performance we chatted together for a bit and then I headed off about my business when suddenly I heard someone running up behind me. I turned around to see a smiling Charles with his beautiful 10-year old daughter in tow. Catching his breath from running he panted, "I didn't mean to be listening in on your conversation but did hear that you produce films?" "Documentaries" I replied. “My name is Charles Denler and here’s my card” still grinning while he gathered his composure. “I write film scores, so if you ever need any music let me know! And oh! This is my daughter Moriah.” And off he went, back into the busy mall.

Charles’ claim to be a film score composer brought bit of a cynical response from me. Honestly if I had a dollar for every time someone told me they were in the film business….well you know the rest. But on the flip side this could be a divine appointment, I’ve had plenty of those. Time would tell.

A walk through an open door

So the day had finally come and I arrived at the coffee shop with more questions than answers. Entering the room I saw Charles was already there, sitting at a table. He quickly stood up and with a big grin, reached out his hand and proclaimed, “I don’t know who you are, but I’ve had three dreams about this meeting!”. Now I REALLY didn’t know what to think! But as he described the dreams it became clear he was an intuitive, spiritually sensitive person and while this sounded a bit weird at the moment, it felt authentic and sincere. I’ve witnessed how creative types are often this way. As we talked I learned that Charles was the real deal and I liked him! He was also a very accomplished film composer and had worked on projects for National Geographic Television, Oprah, History Channel and many more. His music had won him two Emmy Awards and his impressive client list spoke for itself.

As we shared our stories over coffee we quickly realized that we also shared similar life journeys. Charlie was an upbeat positive guy and easy to like. We got along famously.

Coincidentally, the next day, I was flying with my film crew to Canada to film a bizarre story of a guy with an unusual connection to wild bears. I thought to myself, “This would be a great first project to work with Charles on”. So when I proposed it, and he agreed and our working relationship began. Charles would do the scores for my films, "The Gentle Bear Man of Emo" and later would create an original theme for my film "The Master Designer – The Song" that we would record with The Prague Symphony, one of the greatest symphonies in the world. As time passed whether we were working or just hanging out, it was clear I had found a ‘brother from another mother.’

An invitation

The Colorado Symphony performs in the incredible Botcher Concert Hall in downtown Denver, a spectacular venue for a really spectacular orchestra.

Charles had recorded music with them. He had written a score for a worldwide add campaign by the Colorado Department of Tourism called ‘Come To Life’. Later the Denver Post reported the campaign was the most successful in history bringing $1.8 billion (yes that’s a ‘B’) into the State of new tourism business. So the symphony directors floated an idea, a commission for a modern American Symphony (not many of these exist) but even better, a symphony that was inspired by the incredible beauty of Colorado. A film score if you will, but the film is what you see in our State when you hike, ski or canoe.

So, Charlie conceived the idea of Portraits of Colorado, An American Symphony. “Nothing like this had ever been done” an excited Charlie said to me, in a phone conversation. “There has never been a symphony created, inspired by the Rocky Mountains!” “I’d really like you involved with me in the project. Would you consider a film on this?” The answer for me was easy. I love music. I spent my young life with a band entertaining U.S. Military troops in Europe, which led to managing other music artists. Later, I married Nelly, who was a well loved Christian music artist with a band called The 2nd Chapter of Acts. Our early lives consisted of touring the world, doing 1600 concerts and playing for an estimated 4 million people. I also worked with a record company. Now as a film producer, for me the music of the film becomes the single most important element to the visual and emotional experience. So this was too easy… a music project with my dear friend, based on the beautiful State of Colorado where we both lived. What’s not to like?

Fine art and music

Charles needed inspiration to write and has always loved fine art. One artist in particular that caught his eye was Jerry Malzahn, a landscape artist with a fondness for Colorado scenery. His notable work hangs in the White House, Navel Academy and in galleries across the U.S. Jerry and Charlie had briefly met some years before when by coincidence, the Denler’s bought their dog, a King Charles Spaniel from Malzhan’s wife. Charlie had noticed his art in the house, and as they said goodbye, left a couple CD’s of his music with Jerry as a thank you for the dog.

Now, years had passed and Charlie needed inspiration. Remembering his meeting with Jerry he pulled up his paintings online. He found Colorado scenes named Long’s Peak , Spanish Peaks and Dream Lake at Rocky Mountain National Park. Malzahn’s work echoes the inspiration of masters like Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran and it captured Denler’s heart. Charlie printed copies of the scenes and hang them around his studio for inspiration. It worked. The writing process began to flow and Charlie began to compose.

One day feeling a bit guilty Charles gave Malzahn a call to tell him about the symphony and the art inspiration he was drawing from. Jerry was stunned. This would be one of the great honors of his life. Jerry explained that he had been listening to Denler’s music as inspiration to paint. Well, it left them both stunned and amazed. The symbiotic relationship between these two artists is captured in the film and its significance is worth pondering.

A conductor, a composer and a filmmaker

Scott O’Neil, the resident conductor of the Colorado Symphony, is a really remarkable guy. He was the conductor of the Utah symphony and now was the Denver Symphony resident conductor. He’s a brilliant musicologist. His Ted-X talk is mind bending, his education and depth is a wonder to behold. He would be intimidating if he wasn’t so humble. Scott is a good-humored gentleman and Scott, Charlie and I got along famously as we worked through pre-production planning and discussions. It would take a year, but it was a year I wouldn’t trade for anything because friendships were forged, it was fun…not work at all. Scott with his classical training and Charlie with his film score approach and me with my documentary gifts now melded into a project that was modern but still symphonic. Yet it wasn’t without controversy.

Breaking rules and creating something new

Charlie’s Portraits of Colorado would not feel like a traditional symphony. After all it was a modern symphony. But to some classical music purists, the words modern and symphony don’t go together in the same sentence.

During the Classical Masters the only way you could hear music was attending a live performance and it was typically structured in three to four 20-minute musical movements. But in today’s modern world Charlie understood that people listen to music differently, on their iPods and mp3 players. For his symphony, he would employ shorter songs of three to four minutes, be a related collection of ten melodies, all inspired by different Colorado locations and all connected by a strong central theme. And this symphony would draw from Denler’s film score sensibilities, where the over-arching music theme in a movie typically reprises in various forms throughout the film reminding the listener of the ‘grand story’. With Scott O’Neil’s support, encouragement and guidance the project was completed and a date set for the premier and the recording.

The premier

To say it was nerve racking to premier such a piece would be an understatement. The hall was buzzing with guests, many who were symphony members. How would they respond to a modern symphony? Artist Jerry Malzahn art was boldly in display down the halls of the spectacular Boettcher Concert Hall. Denler would play the grand piano during the performance and Moriah now just 17 years would step out on the stage to with her big soprano voice to sing the solo on the spectacular song “Moment At Dawn”. The night was a resounding success with some in the audience even brought to tears. We all felt exhilarated and relieved.

A film about a film score.

The film I was creating was a story of the making of the film score and included the full performance of the score. So we called it Portraits of Colorado - The Making of A Modern American Symphony. It would take over a year for my crews to capture spectacular images of towering snow capped mountains, morning sunrises of shimmering pinks and sunsets of peach and dark red...

..deep blue carpets of summer Columbines stretching across the massive mountain landscape and fall Aspens afire with gold and red..

..the sounds of crashing waterfalls, the hoof beats of wild horses running the plains, and the magical silence of a gentle snowfall.

Each season brought another breathtaking image that once married to the music, turbo charged the whole emotional audio experience. But there was more. Music doesn’t come out of a vacuum, it comes out of a human soul. I wanted the viewer to see and feel Charlie’s personal journey, which was a mix of brokenness and overcoming joy.

What we ended up with was what Colorado sounds like. An inspiring and moving audio and visual experience that celebrates beauty. Author Matt Heard probably described it best when he said,

“The Film Portraits of Colorado is a virtual feast for the senses, a visceral masterpiece. It invited me to truly experience the story of a symphony and the sound of the Rocky Mountains. The mesmerizing teamwork of artists and technicians led by Charles Denler, Scott O'Neill, and Steve Greisen beckoned me beyond the mere passive posture of listening to a performance or watching a film. In addition to witnessing the authentically human journey of a composer, I lingered with the smell of wildflowers, inhaled the mist of a canyon waterfall, felt the rumbling of a running herd of buffalo, and squinted as mountain peaks relinquished a sunrise.

Further, I was invited into the dance that happens when humanity embraces the beauty of nature, and nature actually returns the gesture with the sum of the impact being far greater than the individual parts. The majesty of the music and images partnered to amplify our ability as human beings to enter into the heart-nourishing power of Beauty.”

The film would go on to win film festivals across the country, and be nominated for a Grammy for ‘Best Music Film'.

That serendipitous chance encounter was indeed a ‘divine appointment’ and I believe for a divine purpose. When you watch the film I hope you agree.

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Post Note:

- Steve, Charlie and Scott remain close friends and brothers.

- Landscape artist Jerry Malzan would provide art for the film cover.

- German microphone company Neumann donated over $80,000 dollars in mics for the recording.

- Later Charlie would sink his musical influence deeper into Colorado writing a music theme for The Colorado Rockies baseball team.

- As of this writing Senator Owen Hill has written a proposal to make Portraits of Colorado the official symphony of Colorado.

Festivals Won

• Worldfest Houston - Special Jury Remi Award

• Canada International Film Festival - Rising Star Award

• New York City International Film Festival

• Cape Town, Winelands International Film Festival, South Africa

• Southeastern International Film Festiva

• Accolade Global Film Festival

• Grace Film Festival

• Grammy Nominated for “Best Music Film���