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a good idea for a documentary. I cold-called Oklahoma D-Day founder Dewayne Convirs and explained who we were and that we may be interested in making a film about his game. He was very friendly and open to the idea, invited us to come out and gave all-access passes. A month later we drove out there from our homes in Washington, DC, for the 2007 game and within a short while after arriving we were pretty confident we had found something that had the ingredients for a potentially moving and entertaining film. Tell us a bit about your compaWhat was it that you saw ny. at D-Day that made you both realize this was what you were Our company is called "Double Six looking for? Productions." It's the company we have whenever we collaborate on a project, At Oklahoma D-Day we found a game such as "Soldiers of Paint." I have my own filled with a lot of action. That right there freelance cinematography and photogra- was a big attraction for us, especially for phy company for my "day job." a documentary. We all tend to think of documentaries as being kind of slow, dry Please tell our readers how the or meandering, and we wanted to make idea for Soldiers of Paint came one that was highly entertaining packed about? with a lot of action that you usually only find in a fiction film (ala, "Saving Private Mike was playing in a paintball game near Ryan"). So that was the initial attraction, Baltimore as part of a bachelor party one but by itself is not enough for a film. The day. After the game a kid walked up to him most crucial ingredients are a good story and asked, "Hey, are you going to D-Day and compelling characters. As we startthis year?" Mike had no idea what he was ed introducing ourselves around the OK talking about. When he got home he D-Day camp and getting to know people, looked it up on the internet and then sent we were able to identify a number of peome the link to "Oklahoma D-Day." When ple who we though film-goers would be I saw it I thought that this may be some- drawn to watching and following through thing that could fit the bill in our search for a movie. Their passion for the game and