Filming Hayato
Location: Bedford Stuyvestant, Brooklyn NY
Before Hayato flew to NY to race in the annual bike race ‘Monstertrack’ my boy Junpei hit me up and told me he’s sending his little brother to NY for the first time and he wants me to look after him while he’s here. I told Junpei to Say Less and awaited Hayato’s arrival. When he landed in NY he hit the ground running and was hard to get a hold of because he was being pulled in 20 different directions hanging out with all the homies.
After the Monstertrack bike race hype died down, I told him we should shoot a short film before he leaves NY. Mainly so he has something special to bring home to his family and friends. Nothing beats a video of yourself riding around exploring a foreign city. Hayato agreed and on a rainy Thursday afternoon we started shooting. Even though we had a language barrier between us Hayato understood everything I asked him to do. We started in Bedstuy, crossed the Williamsburg Bridge, shot scenes in L.E.S., crossed the Manhattan Bridge, shot scenes in Downtown Brooklyn, Park Slope and ended at TUNED bike shop. Hayato flew back to Japan a couple days later.
The Plot
- START
- I send Hayato a voice message, “Yo Hayato, Where You At!?”.
- He receives message & decides to link up with me so he starts riding.
- While riding to my location he takes a detour because this city is new to him.
- He crosses Williamsburg Bridge & makes his way to Manhattan Bridge.
- He sees friends on Manhattan Bridge and embraces them.
- Proceeds to continue heading towards my location.
- He arrives in Brooklyn and meets me at TUNED bike shop.
- Film ends with us entering TUNED bike shop together.
- END