Handcuffs

Good evening everyone! So over the past week I've been wrapping a lot of things up with the first stage of production. We've finished location scouting, I've almost finished compiling a list of actors, and I even obtained permission from a friend to use his airsoft firearm for filming. The only issue with it is that it has a bright orange tip which may need to be covered with black electrical tape or removed completely. (Removing the tip is a one way process as the tip needs to be cut out). As for the handcuffs, I managed to talk to Roy. In fact, the story of how I found out Roy has handcuffs is quite interesting. So if you guys have some time to spare . . .

It was a fine shiny morning at Cypress Bay High School, one of the largest high school campuses in the United States. I was on my way to my usual 5th period class, AICE English Literature, when I found my peers waiting outside. We were locked out of the room for a good 20 minutes until security sent in a backup sub and let us inside the room. The chatter filled the room as the teacher was still not here and she left us with no assignments to complete. Until we heard it. The code red alarm. Fast forward approximately 4 hours of cramped sitting positions in the dark and the armed police personnel had finally reached our room (Like I said it is a large school, so it took a displeasing amount of time to check every single room for weapons in every single student's backpack). So they began checking our bags until they came across Roy. And the police officers stared at each other when the pulled out that strange item—the fake handcuffs. "Someone's feeling kinky," the officer said. And that's how I knew Roy had handcuffs.

This week I asked if I could borrow his handcuffs. He said yes. I asked him whether he had real ones too. He said yes. I asked him why he even has handcuffs in the first place . . . and he said yes without compromising a single detail.

Meanwhile, I've also been focusing on camera technique recently. Since I'm an extremely low budget filmaker, I have to make the absolute most out of the little resources I have and substitiute them for the equipment that I don't have access too. For example, a camera slider. These devices can usually cost upwards of $100 and I simply do not have the budget to include one. However, a quick Youtube search allowed me to find the "towel technique". Essentially, the towel is placed on a smooth surface with the camera on top of it. Then the towel is dragged, carrying the camera along with it producing a makeshift tracking shot. And there's been some other experimentation but we'll get there soon.