Forensic files: "fate date" (excerpt) | Michael Ray Brown

This is from an episode of the popular truTV series Forensic Files. I researched and wrote the script, conducted the interviews, directed the reenactments and B-roll, logged the shots, and delivered the rough cut. We were in Tulsa on the first day of spring when a freak blizzard threw a monkey wrench into our schedule. I managed to get two detectives to come out into the sleet on their day off, secured a tavern for shooting at the last minute, and cast six actors for the reenactment... all in the space of just two hours.