Dean Production Company

It was Saturday night. My wife’s friends planned to take her out for dinner and bowling to celebrate her birthday. It was decided Lucky Strikes at the Block of Orange was going to be our destination.

We arrived at 7pm as a party of 8. There was another party that had arrived 30 minutes before us. They gave us the option of taking a lane, but there was a 2 hour limit. We decided to wait and eat first as we had planned to play 2 or 3 games.

I applied for a job shooting at Arian Cafe every Friday and Saturday night in Mission Viejo. It was supposed to be shooting handheld for $100/night from 10pm - 2am for the next 12 weeks. The goal was to use the video and have it broadcasted back to Iran as part of a nightlife Tv series.

I met the owner he explained that he could find a professional to do it for $200, and that he wanted to do it for $100. He stated that he could easily find a Canon GL2 on ebay for $600. I explained lighting may be an issue but he showed me his little consumer camera and said it could do the job just fine.