PARALLEL PARKING
*Explicit Content
Parallel Parking is my own take on creating a futuristic dystopian world, as well as telling a short story that self-explains how humanity had fallen in the first case. It is a byproduct of my StreetBrawler 2050 video game project as both pieces sets in the same universe.
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The plot of this short film revolves around a young person trying to park his A.I-rigged "intelligent" car in the dystopian future of 2048, which went terribly wrong...
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this film is (very much) entirely produced my myself, I wrote the script in the summer of 2018 and started pre-production shortly after. Two prop vehicles were modeled in Fusion 360 and later 3D-printed. Marcus Baldwin portrayed the Young man; Brian Keith Dawson and Fiona Dyer portrayed two versions of the A.I.
The set is entirely designed and constructed by myself, Scenic Designer Woori Kim helped me out for painting and airbrushing.
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This is by far my cheapest film, in total cost me under $250 to produce. By far I'm still working on sound editing and I plan to release this film on YouTube this summer.
<My poster design for Parallel Parking
The film takes place in a fictional city-state called "New Chateau", its name is a play on words of the term "Chateau Slave" as in this dystopian future, governments and cooperations utilizes technology to enslave their own people to maximize their profits. The film is set in New Chateau's "Probation Center District", heavily inspired by the Hastings Street in Vancouver, Canada.
<Concept Art of the Probation Center District
Due to time and resource constrains, I've made the decision early on that this film would souly tell its stories via the environment, without using any puppets nor live-action footages. The audience would only hear the conversations between the protagonist and the A.I. however they won't be able to see any physical representations of both characters. As this film is a comedy thriller, I believe by leaving this part of the world to the viewer's imaginations, it would enhance the experience.
<Doodles of the protagonist's car
The protagonist's car is called "Chotto", a tiny Japanese-inspired economy hatchback mass-produced in the 2040s. The car has a retro style appearance while cramming in as much today's terrible automotive design trends as possible. Since this film is about how capitalism destroys the world, the Chotto is also equipped with an A.I which would demand micro transactions for literally every operations--you even have to watch five advertisement videos to just start its engine.
<Fusion 360 renders of the Chotto car
The set is mostly made of foam boards and card stocks, then sealed with masking tape. All prop cars were printed with PLA plastics on a FDM 3D printer, then sanded and painted with automotive lacquer for the authentic automotive finish.
<The unpainted set
The set is painted with spray paint and acrylic paint. Several layers of oil paint washes were applied on top and sealed with spray varnishes.
The set also has numerous "inappropriate" signs and flyers depicting businesses of the Probation Center District, including a Chinese restaurant with a sign that resembles the banner of a notorious cult, and a fetish shop called "Supervert"- a parody of the Supreme brand.
<Painted set
The Completed Set
Replacement animation components
Originally, a punk was going to drive by the protagonist (when he accidentally hits the other car) and mocks him in his "really inappropriately" modified car. This scene was eventually cut but I did finish rendering the punk's car. Its'...well... "gentlemen's sausage" shaped exhaust pipe was my friend's suggestion as he thought this car needs a more perverted-looking exhaust to match its theme.
<The cut punk's car
