Aaron Dylan Kearns

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to see Intravenus' premiere. I'm still kind of in disbelief of how everything worked out. It's one thing to make the film in your creative space, it's another to see people get involved with the final outcome when it's being performed.

As many followers would know, my approach to film is greatly influenced by Harada's theories in both style and politics. It's really an honor to have his feedback and support for Intravenus and I give my greatest thanks to him and everyone else working with the Kiryukan.

Intravenus in Atlanta | Kiyubaru 地下資料館　Underground Museum Atlanta-based filmmaker Aaron Dylan Kearns, who produced the international ve...

Alongside what I'd already posted, Hiroshi Harada's @kiyubaru.bsky.social have also provided a handful of insightful statements regarding Intravenus and its upcoming screening, a few of which are linked below:
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If you're around the Atlanta area, I hope you come to the screening as it really is an experience made for the theatric space with its incredible acting and style of filming and sound design. I can't emphasize enough the talent our actors brought to the film.

While I don't know a thing about promotion, I do know my love for the lost art of lobby cards, so in preparation I did this set of cards built up from numerous production stills.

With the screening being just a day away now, here is the complete set of lobby cards I designed to promote the Buried Alive Film Festival premiere of Intravenus at the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta, GA.
Tickets on the @plazaatlanta.bsky.social website:
www.plazaatlanta.com/movie/baff-2...

BAFF 2025: Tempo Rubato and Intravenus Feature In this chilling and darkly comedic block, audiences are drawn into worlds of unsettling obsession and bizarre circumstances. One story follows an overworked, underwhelming pianist who, on the night b...

A complex, closed room exists deep within a dark, multi-layered labyrinth.
Experience with all five senses in the darkness of the theater space the intense vibrations of the images, sounds, and words that unfold there...
www.plazaatlanta.com/movie/baff-2...

...And it is only when the audience actively thinks about and accesses the various keywords mentioned throughout that a door will open, leading to freedom from the suffocation of reality.
We recommend seeing Intravenus.

Eisenstein advocated "intellectual cinema" as a form of dialectical fusion between science and art.
Intravenous is an intellectual horror film that skillfully combines this dialectic with a nostalgic sensibility of 1970s horror and a discussion-based political drama from the same era.

YouTube video by Aaron Dylan Kearns Intravenus - Second Trailer

The second trailer for "Intravenus" has been released.
As the world moves in an ever more dangerous direction, we believe the significance of this film's release in 2025 is enormous.
www.plazaatlanta.com/movie/baff-2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5POr...

A newly edited trailer from my upcoming horror film, Intravenus.
This one's got more footage from the movie, including the video synth goodness that's typical to my stuff now. The movie will be premiering this Friday at 7PM as a part of the Buried Alive Film Festival at @plazaatlanta.bsky.social.

If there's one thing our crew and cast made certain of, it's a one of a kind film and not something you'd want to miss: Anatomical Venuses, industrial noise, phrenological black comedy, ghosts of the Futurist movement in a nightmarish present day and more...

Quick reminder for those in Georgia that the Buried Alive Film Festival Intravenus tickets are currently being sold on the Plaza Theatre''s site! Seating will sell out so get your spot before it's too late.
www.plazaatlanta.com/movie/baff-2...

Tickets for the Buried Alive screening of Intravenus are now live! You can get them on the Plaza Theatre's (@plazaatlanta.bsky.social) website. This is gonna sell out fast so reserve your seating while it's available!
www.plazaatlanta.com/movie/baff-2...

Long-time followers will also remember that the Buried Alive Film Festival featured my prior film project, The Face of Oblivion, in their 2023 selection. If you're around the Georgia area and you've wanted to see this film, now will be your chance.

Exciting bit of news today: I'm happy to announce that Intravenus will be having its first public showing this upcoming November with the 2025 Buried Alive Film Festival in Atlanta, GA. More news will be coming very soon about the date it will be shown and where you can get your tickets.

(Epilepsy warning)
Yesterday I edited the trailer for my newest micro-budget film project, Intravenus. Aside from sending out private screener copies, I'm currently planning possible ways to have the film shown.

If you've seen the original 1970s teaser for Mario Bava's Bay of Blood, certain stylistic details of this trailer may ring some bells. I really had 70s to early 80s Italian film on the mind while editing this.

(Epilepsy warning)
Yesterday I edited the trailer for my newest micro-budget film project, Intravenus. Aside from sending out private screener copies, I'm currently planning possible ways to have the film shown.

Intravenus Poster Version 1: drawn by Aaron Dylan Kearns.

Intravenus Poster Version 2: painted by Juli Maria Kearns.

Intravenus Poster Version 3: drawn by Aaron Dylan Kearns.

With Intravenus' recent completion back on the 12th, now is as good a time as ever to reveal its three primary poster deigns. The first and third versions were designed by me while the second was painted by @idyllopus.bsky.social. More info on the finalized movie is to come soon.

Silhouette of masked man entering screen with projected painted backdrop.

Production Still from Aaron Kearns' @eyeodyssey.bsky.social film “Kafka’s Supermarket” 2019. Photo by Martin Kearns @martinkearnsatl.bsky.social

Production on The God Machine continues at the same time as Intravenus. My current plan is to have both films completed around the same time, likely following Intravenus directly with The God Machine.

*Correction, the 26th and 28th of May.

Megan Poole on the table, waiting while we prep her for the shoot, and Joshua Haire behind her with the respirator on.

Our last day of Aaron Kearns’ @eyeodyssey.bsky.social “Intravenus” shooting was Wednesday with Megan Poole and Joshua Haire. And it went great as well. Megan was a wonderful person with whom to work, and I am glad to have made her acquaintance. I went home on an emotional high...

Aaron Kaarns(his arm), Joshua Haire, Rachel Walker, Chandler Balli and Lawson Reis.

Filming “Intravenus” Monday with Aaron Kearns @eyeodyssey.bsky.social, Joshua Haire, Chandler Balli, Lawson Reis and Rachel Walker. Monday’s shoot ended our main days of filming. They have all been heavy-lifting, intense days with a lot demanded of the actors. At the beginning, I felt that…

The headmaster looking over an IV bag.

The unknown woman reluctantly approaching a stairwell that leads to the building's exit.

A distorted shot of the headmaster authoritatively looking over Comet in the corner of the infirmary.

Rudolph taunting the frozen doll version of Clarice with his horse marionette. Her eyes have moved, showing that she's still conscious despite her frozen state.

I can't emphasize enough how essential the talent of the actors and crew who volunteered was to giving the film its final personality. Fully knowing the minimal resources they committed themselves to the film, giving a surrealistic script a level of human realism.
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The headmaster and Comet, the two are stood at a podium in the corner of the infirmary while the headmaster speak to Comet.

An unknown woman (Megan Poole) trapped in the classroom from the film's prior scenes. She corners herself to one of the walls as she anxiously inspects the space.

The unknown woman sneaking her way into the classroom.

The headmaster laying on the floor in the infirmary, he's dying with some leftover rose petals from the table spread across the ground.

The two days saw the wrapping of a large majority of the cast alongside the introduction of a new character. Most of the time since filming has been spent on editing and animating for The God Machine. Only two cutaway shoots are left later this month before the film officially wraps production.

A distorted long shot that shows the headmaster (Joshua Haire) approaching Rudolph (Chandler Balli) and Comet (Lawson Reis) in a derelict infirmary. Comet is contorting on the ground in pain as Rudolph watches in fear.

A shot of Rudolph and Clarice (Rachel Walker). Comet is inspecting an IV lead connected to Clarice as she is frozen in an unnatural doll-like state. They are in the infirmary.

Rudolph, the headmaster and Comet overseeing Clarice as she is in her plasticized doll form. Rudolph and Comet are stood at IV stands that frame Clarice as she sits on a table that's decorated with rose petals and horse toys.

The headmaster looking into a room through a door.

The 26th and 28th of June were the final days of scripted principal photography for Intravenus. These filming days counted for a large part of the movie's closing segment alongside the first of a set of cutaways that provide further context to the film's scenario.

Brice Anthony Heller, Lawson Reis and Chandler Balli as they appear in Intravenus, acting as Hermey, Comet and Rudolph respectively. The three stand in a stairwell facing a derelict industrial doorway.

Rachel Walker as Clarice in Intravenus. She is peeking out from behind an open door.

Lawson Reis, Chandler Balli, Joshua Haire, Brice Anthony Heller and Rachel Walker in Intravenus in a lineup shot of the full cast. Lawson, Chandler, Brice and Rachel are seated at a long table while Joshua is at a podium directly behind them.

Lawson Reis, Chandler Balli, Brice Anthony Heller and Rachel Walker in Intravenus. Lawson and Chandler are staring down the table in Rachel's direction, with Brice seated in the middle.

Filming on Intravenus continues. The 21st and 23rd marked two of the three ensemble cast days in filming, tackling a majority of the film’s first act and a sequence for the second act. Alongside returning faces we also see the arrival of the last two primary characters, Rudolph and Comet.

Another shot of the full cast. The headmaster (Joshua Haire) is no longer at the podium but rather standing at the side of a TV that's displaying abstract medical imagery. Rudolph (Chandler Balli) is playing with an antique horse marionette on the table out of boredom.

A closeup of the table, giving a good view of the horse marionette and decorative siamese twin skull alongside the assortment of medical cutouts that are spread across the table.

A shot that is framed between Chandler and Brice's heads. The headmaster (Joshua Haire) is behind the podium, a jarred conjoined embryo is by his side.

Joshua Haire and Rachel Walker in Intravenus. The two are speaking as the Eve marionette puppet looms behind the two in an open cabinet.

Amidst the activity of production, the 23rd also sadly marked the last day of production for Brice Heller and makeup artist and production worker Zia, both were involved with the production since its first day and will be missed on the last few days of shooting.