The PARKER Family
Christian Allen - Videographer/Photographer
Mother: Kajunna "KeKe" Parker
Aunt: Deborah Ann Parker
Cory Photo
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tampa Experience #2
After visiting the grave with the entire immediate family, we had a chance to get some great footage of a round table discussion about the family's experiences with Coryell throughout his life.
This is when real elements of the story began to expose themselves. The mother and aunt of the murdered young man urged for someone to come forth with information about the case. No one has come forth but it is believed that some individuals have information about the details that occurred the night of the murder.
To me it was clear that all they longed for was closure from the person who had taken away Coryell's life.
Some thereafter, we went on ride through the tough areas of Tampa and ended up at the exact location were Coryell had lost his life and taken his last breaths. It was truly an eerie feeling.
We were guided through parts of the city that were known for high volumes of crime to occur. Being there to capture such a heart-felt experience was a nice way to start of the beginning footage of a great documentary that could hopefully be an aid to bringing justice to such a tragedy.
This is when real elements of the story began to expose themselves. The mother and aunt of the murdered young man urged for someone to come forth with information about the case. No one has come forth but it is believed that some individuals have information about the details that occurred the night of the murder.
To me it was clear that all they longed for was closure from the person who had taken away Coryell's life.
Some thereafter, we went on ride through the tough areas of Tampa and ended up at the exact location were Coryell had lost his life and taken his last breaths. It was truly an eerie feeling.
We were guided through parts of the city that were known for high volumes of crime to occur. Being there to capture such a heart-felt experience was a nice way to start of the beginning footage of a great documentary that could hopefully be an aid to bringing justice to such a tragedy.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Tampa Experience #1
The first location for shooting the documentary was in Tampa, FL. This would start us off on the right foot and allow us to test the waters a little with shooting styles and how effective it would be to obtain good hard audio.
Our first story consist of two strong elements that had deeply affected the lives of our interviewees. There was a unsolved murder of a transgender family member and another person who had been wrongly accused of a crime and currently surviving over 20 years behind bars.
Although the main focus of the documentary is "The G-Code" many more aspects of the story and struggle began to quickly reveal themselves. Our first sound bite ever shot was of a gentleman by the name if "Scooter". He talked about the effects that black silence has on a community as a whole. When he was growing up in the tough sections of Tampa's hoods and ghettos, he gained knowledge that led him into a different direction.
Not knowing how much of a touchy subject we were about to embark on with the lost of his nephew, a transgender named Cory; Scooter quickly showed strong emotions for the unsolved murder that had claimed a close family member's life.
After getting a little more comfortable, the rest of the family began to open up and it didn't feel like a documentary anymore but that we were apart of the family and they shared their grief so that the pain could essentially be felt at a high degree.
One moment that impacted me the most out of the entire trip to Tampa was when we actually visited the grave site of Cory, who lived his life as "Coryell".
It was then when I realized the documentary was started to fall into place because we were on the right path and had selected the best people to effectively tell their story.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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