"The Cellar" is a 13 minute suspense/murder mystery short developed for Halloween 2004. Principal photography began on the evening of October 15, 2004, and production was completed on October 20, 2004.

This project was Electrode's first independently produced creative project. It consisted of a 6 person cast, 5 crew members (2 of which doubled as cast members), with an extremely limited budget, and a lack of food, drink, and sleep for everyone involved. The film was directed by Joe Busam, Chris Malott and Jesse Rodgers. We decided to let Joe be the Cinematographer because of his use of angles and perspective. Chris was put in charge of the extreme angles for b-roll, and the vehicle shots due to his experience with vehicle mounted and handheld camera technique from the NEUROC video series. Jesse was chosen to direct because the story was written loosely off his ideas and concepts.

The project was a great learning experience for all of us, and was "Guerilla Filmmaking" at it's finest. Here's some behind the scene shots.

The finished product had it's debut at Joe's infamous Halloween party, and got rave reviews from all of the 30 people there. "The Cellar" paved the way for future projects, and gave all of us a great sense of working together as a whole. Joe, Jesse and Chris work amazing together and are planning many future independent film projects.

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