The Boy Who Was Too Old To Go Trick or Treating

This is a dramatic video that I did for my Field Production and Editing class. I did a Christmas themed video before, and I wanted to do another holiday video - and Halloween was around the corner so it was a perfect fit. The idea behind the video was about a boy who wanted to go trick or treating, but he was just too old. I recruited my 13 year old brother to play the role, and he did a good job! My Dad also has a cameo as the masked parent in the last scene.

I shot the majority of the video on Halloween. I followed my brother and his friends around, and pulled my brother or his friends aside whenever I could to shoot scenes for the video. I hadn't gone trick or treating in years, so it was fun to be in the neighborhood when the kids were out.

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But, being that my brother was 13, he didn't like me tagging along the entire time so I went out alone and shot b-roll that I would use as cutaways and transitions in the video. I went up to some of the houses and  politely asked if I could shoot on the front lawn, and all of them were more than happy to allow me to.

I had no lighting in the video, so I had to use a flashlight in the last scene to give some light on my brother. But, I wanted to keep with the dark tones since it was Halloween.