The Adventurer awakes for another leisurely day off. He begins his day with a shower and a bowl of cereal. It's not until he catches the morning news that he sees the police case of a lifetime. This case has a reward. It was murder!

MEDIA: VHS | DATE: 1991

Directed by - Erick Brassfield

Edited By - Christopher Coe

Starring - Erick Brassfield Christopher Coe

Guest Starring - Otis Elis

...and after some research he manages to set up a meeting with Chris a local boy who might know something about the recent murder. In fear of being found out he knocks out the Adventurer and heads off to San Diego. A car chase ensues. Beat from the long drive the Adventurer checks in with the Boss informing him that the suspect will be apprehended tomorrow. Knowing that he was followed Chris sneaks into his room in an attempt to strangle the Adventurer and get away free. Of course the cop knabs him man and brings him back to Orange County. In a twist of fate he manages to free himself and begins to wander the house figuring a way out of this mess. As they fist-fight throughout the house a gun is pulled out which raises the stakes. Will the Adventurer catch his man? Will Chris get away?

BEHIND THE SCENES

The Adventurer was the first official movie made within the Brasscoe camp. It ran about about 20 minutes which qualifies it as a short film but we still called it a movie. This was our first video project that was filmed edited and completed with a simple soundtrack. It was shown to a small audience of family members and friends. All this in 1991 by two boys ages 11 & 12.

I decided to place the movie online as it was originally made. A new widescreen color & audio corrected version will most likely be coming soon. This version is quite poor as it was mastered on VHS and edited by me from tape deck to tape deck. The only non-original item in this version is the title and still credit sequences. For some reason the video card capture device would not record it properly as it was a direct video output from the Apple IIc computer.

Originally this story was filmed on a Betacam video camera in which The Adventurer followed some bad guys to their hide out got involved in a car chase and made out with the money. As cheesy as that sounds the remote control race cars we used help to make it look like Erick was driving.

In this new movie we developed the story a little better now involving a slightly bigger cast and an actual plot. It was filmed over the course of a month. Thankfully we took a trip with the parents to San Diego which gave us a chance to film Erick driving (he was in the back seat) and a hotel room for the big fight scene.

Being the first movie made by us in 1990 it does have an amateurish feel. Those were the days of make-up-the-story-as-we-go. Originally the story followed a guy nicknamed the Adventurer. He was a cop by day and an adventure seeker by night. We maintained the original story as best we could.

POST PRODUCTION

In 1990 the only means of editing anything was from tape to tape transfers.

I would take all of the raw footage I had play them on one VCR and hit record on the other one capturing only the shots I want. With that edited master now in one VCR I played CD's with instrumentals on it for the soundtrack. In the end the finished movie is basically a 3rd generation copy. Hence the reason for the poor color reproduction fading hazing and sometimes mono soundtrack.

The movie was all filmed on VHS by VHS cameras. Edited on a Sony Flying Erase Head VCR (was an expensive $400 at the time) and shown to our friends by video tape. As simple as it can be. All in all I think it came out nice for a 12 year old's first editing showcase.