On June 21st, 2019, three different characters collide at a Brooklyn intersection; taking us on a life-changing journey in an urban melting pot.
“Brooklyn” is a narrative feature triptych in the style of an anti-racist, psychological, dark dramedy, set during the sweltering summer of 2019 in Brooklyn, New York. The screenplay is based on the 1997 script “Three Stories,” written in Polish by Daniel Strehlau based on his original idea. The project is ready for production, and preparations for full production were completed during the pandemic. A seven-minute short “Intersection of Lives” created by Daniel Strehlau through generated images of artificial intelligence (the first American short ever created by AI), has also been produced as a proof of concept.
New York Governor approved and allocated for Daniel Strehlau’s ‘Brooklyn’ 2026 a Tax Cut of 30% of ‘Brooklyn’s Budget!
Samples from 340 AI generated storyboard based on Strehlau’s e-drawings
in addition to 310 hand-made by Daniel Strehlau
From June 10, 2021 till today, I prepared exclusively 95% of the full-scale production in New York State for planned shooting in 2026, among others:
- As the director, writer, executive co-producer, co-producer, casting director, actor and editor of this film project I stay opened for collaboration.
- Stars were available and interested in my BROOKLYN, in 1st, 2nd, 3rdcharacter roles in all three stories, such as (April 5, 2024): Ana De Armas, Luke Evans, Jane Fonda, Paul Deno, Ken Jeong, Beau Knapp, Irma-Estel Laguerre (Wokanda), Jimmi Simpson
- 70+ extraordinary talents chosen and auditioned exclusively by Daniel Strehlau:
Lenny Thomas, Marianne Goodell, Devon Diep, Raye Levine Spielberg, Whitney McIntosh-Joseph, Coley Campany, Jared Johnston, Joe Maruzzo, Ilene Kristen, Clem Cheung, Maximo Masefield, David M Sandoval Jr. , Eric Bear, Candi Boyd, Michael Bakkensen, Jennifer Knox, Ken Holmes, Jack Sochet, Amy Chang, Robert G. McKay, Frank Rodriguez, Sibyl Santiago, Frank Bal, Tina WongLu, Ross Alden, Amy Mack, Stephanie Chloé Hepner, Amanda Brooke Lerner, Parish Bradley, Natalie Yale, Brian Adam DeJesus, Shelby Alayne Antel, Dwayne Moore, Paul Syre, Alexandra Merritt Mathews, Erik Potempa, Stephanie Pham, Buzz Roddy, Stephany Hitchcock, Kenneth De Abrew, Nancy Eng, Pepi Streiff, KB Park, Seth Abeita, Josh Daniels, Chérie Celeste Malone, Edward Furs, Maria Peyramaure, Sharon Little, Orion Phillips II, Valerie Terranova, Megan Ermilio, Mike Bash, George Katt, René Zara, Andrea Galata, Whitney McIntosh-Joseph, Christian Rozakis, Swen Temmel, Thea Schwartz.
Cinematography by Praveen Elankumaran
Production Design by Carl Sprague
Script by Daniel Strehlau based on his 1997 script „Three Stories”
Casting by Daniel Strehlau
Editing by Daniel Strehlau
Assistant director – Lissa Carandang-Sweeney
Location scouting by Daniel Strehlau
Storybord by Daniel Strehlau
Pitch by Daniel Strehlau
Transportation Departament by Daniel Strehlau
Rigging – Rell Putt
Fight stunt coordinator – Manny Ayala
Driver Stunt coordinator – Frank Bal
Attorney – Harris E. Tulchin
- 47 locations were found and scouted exclusive by me, even for camera and actor positions in NYC, Brooklyn, Long Island, and Nanuet, NYS, including steps of Spike Lee home in Brooklyn, several hundreds of photo documentations was made by me.
- Set builders from ARGON PROPS for shooting in studio (Be Electric) in NYS are ready to build multiple set.
- I provided written descriptions of my ideas for production design of all locations: interiors and exteriors
- Detailed shooting schedule was created on Yamdu platform.
- Props vehicles, like MTA bus, Subway car, Police units, e-motor and more were found by me to rent for production.
- Special effects equipment for car accident was found by me to rent.
- Stunts and doubles were found by me to hire.
- Storyboards for first 8 minutes of the movie was created by me, descriptive storyboard with elements of my drawings for all of 1134 shots for 271 scenes were created by me between August 2021 and January 2022.
- The collaboration with NYPD film Units and Riverhead PD units was established by me.
- The insurance broker provided the proposal of the insurance for the film to apply for city permits.
- The management of City Parks is ready to secure access for film shooting.
- Cop Prop Rentals of NY by Joseph Fisher
- A detailed draft budget has been created by me, executive co-producer, whose cash & non-cash contribution work was valued for about 10% of the total cash and non-cash budget.
- I created description for all characters together with objectives for the actors.
- Table of cast proposals was created for all characters, minors, background actors, extras and their replacements – 286 pages
- I created my director’s notes, how to work with actors, which will be developed and implemented in the period of cooperation with individual actors, using their emotions, feelings, temperament, personality, etc. adequately to the emotions, feelings, temperament and personality of my characters. On the level of collaborating with my actors, the goal is to create boundaries between characters and actors through objectives – inner actions etc.
- January 2022, I completed descriptive storyboard and diagrams with camera and actor positions on all sets together with descriptions of props, wardrobes and design for locations. I am not a storyboard maker or cartoonists.