Hitoribochi - "Alone"

Lawsuit_Boy said:
Sounds like someone with agoraphobia. Interesting concept. Interested to see what you bring! :)
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My understanding is that in some cases it is the same thing or the circumstances that lead the hikikomori to stay home lead to agoraphobia. In a lot of the shor term cases though, there is no fear, just no desire to leave home.

But don't think any of this is coming out in my 6 minute short! :)
It is a topic I am interested in and may come back to with a longer film in the future, assuming I learn how to do this filmmaking stuff ... :huh:
 
Ah, I see. The lack of desire to leave as a precursor to the actual phobia. Makes sense. Develop a fear as a justification of the need to stay in.

Yeah, for a six minute short, the story would have to be a simple observation of a character in such a state in order to really be effective, with minimal dialogue.

Keep up with it! Learn the techniques and bring a story of an Hitoribochi to the screen. :thumbsup:
 
warau said:
On a related note, is there any potential problem that I should be considering if I need to mix in footage without the 35mm adapter? For a couple of wide shots and shots with more movement, I don't think I can pull it off with the adapter. Keeping in focus during action or lack of space to get far enough away for the wide shot are potential problems.
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You should have no problem switching from shots WITH the adapter to shots WITHOUT the adapter, as long as you don't do something like a shot/reverse shot situation in which one angle covers with the adapter and one doesn't. If you cut to a wider shot that has no adapter, if you find a way to light so that you can open your aperture up very wide (and possibly zoom just a tiny bit) you won't notice a difference.

Even if you just drop off the adapter for the wider shots, it will still cut together well.
 
You'll have a good time making this Norman, no worries. You got a lot of things in place and sounds like you're planning for as much as possible so you should have a good shoot.
 
Thanks guys! I am looking forward to shooting on Sunday. Today I met with Fumiyoshi Iseri who will be playing Michihiro. I think he will do a good job. I forgot to get a photo so that will have to wait until Sunday.

I have spent a few hours today on set design. I received some good advice from friends who know more than me about hikikomori so the room should look believable....I think. My wife thought I enjoyed this part too much.
 
Norman, on Japanese actors, the professional actors I have worked with in Japan tend to have a relatively slow methodical pace, which you may come across - not sure what level your actors are. Which meant in western terms a 5 page piece would end up running for 10 minutes. I found you either had to push them through scenes, which can come across in your end piece or write to direct them the way they are. I like to shoot a scene the way I planned and not just get a bunch of inane coverage, like a wide master for every scene, but plenty of cut options will help you shorten in your edit when youre working with Japanese actors.
 
Thanks Noel, my actors are all at a low level of experience, one is a stage actor, one has done mostly small roles and commercials, the last one has gone to acting classes and been in 1-2 films in supporting roles. Because of space limitations (most of the story takes place in a 9x12 room) I am not planning a lot of wide shots, I am hoping to follow my shot list closely, that should allow me to do as you say and shorten things in the edit.

So far the three actors seem very open to direction so I am thinking we will have a good time. I am more worried about ME forgetting something major! I only have one day with Iseri so if I do something really stupid there won't be a film.
 
In 4.5 hours the cast will be gathering for supper and then on to begin our shoot. I have been running around all day trying to double check everything, I am sure I will forget something, I just hope it is something we can work around! :violin:

Assuming I haven't lost it by then, I am planning to put together a podcast of the evening. Don't hold your breath, I am expecting to flip out anytime now...
 
no worries norman. you'll do great and have a good time doing it. any problems can be fixed. just have fun with it dude.

after the shoot, then you can lose it. :grin:
 
I lived through the first day! We only tackled one scene but it needed to be rewritten before we could begin. I also knew we would have lighting issues with our location. Shooting anywhere in a Japanese house space is a problem but shooting in the front doorway gave us few options for camera and lighting placement. I am afraid it will be too dark. Fortunately it is a short scene so I don't think I messed it up too bad. :huh:

I saw Kenichi running around shooting video for a podcast so as soon as I have enough energy to sort through it I will put up something, not really sure what it might be though!

Planning to finish up on Wednesday. Then on to discover what kind of film I can put together from the footage I have!
 
Added Fumiyoshi Iseri's photo to the cast on the first page. Podcast #3 will be up soon!
 
Finished shooting! :thumbup:

In general things went OK today. We finished shooting all the scenes but most were in need of more light (apparently 35mm adapters work better with more than 250w of light....who knew...:shocked::shocked:)

Editing will start tomorrow, not sure I really want to see the results. But, everyone had a great time, enjoyed good food and asked to be included in the next project, I suppose that's a plus! :)
 
warau said:
Finished shooting! :thumbup:

In general things went OK today. We finished shooting all the scenes but most were in need of more light (apparently 35mm adapters work better with more than 250w of light....who knew...:shocked::shocked:)

Editing will start tomorrow, not sure I really want to see the results. But, everyone had a great time, enjoyed good food and asked to be included in the next project, I suppose that's a plus! :)
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Alright Norman! way to go. I'll bet that's a huge relief getting through that. Wasn;t as bad as you feared now was it? And I'll bet you even had some fun...
 
Oh, it was definitely fun! I was amazed at how much the actor really wanted to get into their characters. All in all a very cool experience. I will be planning to do it again soon!
 
Well, the first rough cut was almost 10 minutes! I managed to cut it to 8 minutes but cutting more without losing the story in proving problematic. In general it is way to dark, sound issues in places and currently 2 minutes too long... all in all not bad for my first try!
 
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