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night, John Doe discovered several people congregating inside an abandon
warehouse, after several days of investigation, he drawn into a conclusion
that illegal activites is happening in his neighborhood...
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On
March 30, 2001, The Vigilante was completed after 4 hours of gruesome
continuous shooting utilizing 3 cameras (one GL-1 and two XL-1s). The
team worked together as a great asset to helped made this completed.
With several hours of meetings, rehearsals and planning, we are proud
to present some camera shots taken during the shoot date from 6pm to
10pm)
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 Mr. John Doe taking a break. |
 2 undercover officers (Andy Schofield and J. P. Paxton) posing for a photo shoot. |
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"It's nice to go home at night knowing you've worked with such a creative team. That's where you feel a real sense of accomplishment." - John Doe "The most professional like acting experience I ever had" - Charles Phelps (actor) |
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 Camera 2/Editor (Mark Stavnicky) checking the scene making before the shoot. |
 Director of Photography (Jamie Richey) testing a breakable coffee table (made by Mark Buzza) |
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"I walked into the project really late. I only had the one rehearsal day with Johnny Wu before the shoot. It was a very loose rehearsal, and I was really worried that the shoot was going to go the same way. I asked Johnny where the lights were going to be at, and he said, "I don't know." I thought, oh man, we're in trouble now. It was nothing personal against Johnny Wu. It's just that there are a lot of people, especially in this town, who claim they know what they are doing. And you really can't say if they do or not, until you get on the set. Yet, when I got to Johnny Wu's set, I was happy to see that there were lights and Johnny had pulled it all together. He was giving orders with a smooth calmness. I still wondered what I was supposed to do. He told me to focus on John Doe. I thought it was great that I got a chance to focus on shooting the main character. I hadn't seen the real actor at rehearsal, just a stand in. Mark Moser (John Doe) was really intense and he drove the whole story. And I got a chance to get shot John Doe while he was blowing people away with his two guns. Thank you Johnny Wu. I will never doubt you again." - Alex P. Michaels "My experience with working on the Vigalante Project can be summed up in 4 words 'no food, no drink'" - Mark Colella |
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 A pose shot of Camera 3 (Alex Michaels with his Canon XL-1) |
 The cast rehearsing before the gun fight (center with Charles Phelps and Jeffrey Fritz) |
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 2 undercover officers playing cards (Michael Lazroff and Tom Trassare) |
 Officer Jeff (Jeffrey Fritz) relaxes before his take. |
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 Taking a break before another scene, David Reichert relaxes on the couch while Mark Stavnick and Shawn Wickens receiving notes on scene preparation. |
Additional
guests/observers at the shoot include all photos taken with Canon PowerShot S100. |
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Director's comment: The Vigilante John Doe was a series of shorts to tell the stories of people who live in our society. It is also a reflection of the fantasies we dream or wish to become. The concept of John Doe was developed in December 2000 during a meeting between 4 people: Marc and Patti Moser, Greg Petusky and myself. The idea is to tell shorts that are related to real world incidents or fantasies we all had one time or the other. And the most important aspect of this project is to try to break as many rules as we can while moving forward from one short to the other. To tell a story without using the conventional concept is what this experimental project is all about. As we found the concept to be exciting, I decided to further develop a few scripts, which include Vigilante and a few others that will be produced shortly. The group continue to develop many ideas and started pre-production of Vigilante, one of the key member, Greg Petusky, decided to pursue other interest, it was almost become a project to be placed on hold. Eventually, we decided to move forward with the project, and it turned out better than we expected. During our pre-production period, we received numerous supports from many people and signed up a few extra cameras to help make the shoot easy and quick. Alex Michaels and Mark Stavnicky agreed to provide their expertise and help with their XL-1s side-by-side with our own GL-1 DV camcorder. A small test shoot was done a few weeks before the official shoot date of March 30th, 2001. In between, we had a few rehearsals with the three characters, John Doe, Jeffrey and Chuck to be prepared for their intensive conversation. On March 30th, starting at 7pm, Shawn Wickens and Nathan Wagner started to set up the lights for the shoot, while Jamie Richey prepares to visualize the entire set. Although we have 3 cameras available, the storyboard we had and the production script were meant for one camera shoot. I had to quickly rethink the angles and redefine several shots to make things moving quickly without slowing down the set nor to let anyone getting bored, shooting the short in a organized manner. It went well, with 2 wide angle shots and one concentrated on John Doe, we finished the shoot in 3 hours. It was a very enjoyable team, and it was fun working with a group of fun people, everyone eagerly put their dedication to the short. Once a draft cut was created, we use the fast connection of the Internet to communicate with our composer Joel Corelitz, he and I worked together in establishing the mood/tone/style of the music and it as all up to him to make each piece out. He gave us a great music that makes Vigilante alive! The next John Doe, A Business Day, will be directed by Shawn Wickens and we are very much confident that it will turn out to be fun to watch. Give us your comment and suggestion or if you do have a script for John Doe, we would like to hear about it. Again, thank you all for your generous support! Johnny Wu |
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2001 by Media Design Imaging.,
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