Home productions

Home Productions is an independent, non-profit film creation outfit founded by four youths (Fabian and Stephan Bergeron, Johannes Chun and Kevin Schmider) in the spring of 1996 in Singapore. Major productions include (1996), The Man 2 (2001) and Harry Cane (1998).

The Early Years
In 1996, three fourteen year old boys by the names of Fabian Bergeron, Johannes Chun and Kevin Schmider from the German School Singapore (now known as the German European School Singapore), together with Fabian's older brother Stephan decided to shoot a short action movie, inspired by the then recent James Bond outfit, Goldeneye.

A fictional studio name had to be invented to make the opening credits look more professional. And so, Home Productions was born!

Unfortunately, this film was never completed, as filming was discontinued after the opening scenes had been shot. Everyone at Home Productions had however learnt some valuable lessons about the difficulties of movie making, and vowed to make it better the next time. One or two further projects were started in the following year, but never made it to post-production...and then came The Man!

The Man
Story
The story of The Man is simple. A top secret weapon has been stolen and the fictional counter terrorist unit T.E.A.M. is tasked with bringing it back. The film opens with an attempt to retrieve above mentioned weapon. Agent Hale, played by Johannes Chun, enters the secret compound, but fails to complete the mission and is killed by the villain, played by Fabian Bergeron.

Agent Steve Gordon (Kevin Schmider), codename The Man, is shocked by the death of his friend Agent Hale and does not want to have anything to do with the mission. He instead goes to see the grave of Hale, but is ambushed and attacked by two masked men at the cemetery. He kills one and chases away the other, and decides to pick up where his friend failed.

On his hazardous way through the jungle leading up to the villain's compound, he is trailed by two elite soldiers (Johannes Chun and Jonathan Hoser), the Delta Team. Naturally, they are no match for The Man as well, and he disposes of them easily. After arriving at the compound, he fights his way past a couple more guards, all played by Johannes Chun, and then finds and kills the main villain by pushing him out of the window of the eighth floor.

Multi-Guard
The Multi-Guard concept is, next to the zero-budget production value, one of the trademarks of all Home Productions releases. According to this concept, minor characters (usually henchmen who are killed almost immediately after making contact with The Man) are played by one and the same actor. This is often confusing for the viewer, who is usually already confused by the rather intolerable line delivery and acting, for it appears as if a character who just died has come back to life.

Upcoming projects
The Man 3
Oliver Welzel, one of the stars of The Man 2, is currently working on a script for The Man 3. Production could begin as early as Fall 2006.

===Kickpoker!===
In September 2006, Founding Fathers Stephan Bergeron and Johannes Chun, as well as Martin "Marwan" Schaarschmidt converged in Singapore, the cradle of Home Productions. There they met up with life-long HP fan and collaborator Jonathan Sun, and over the course of two intensive weeks, shot the latest and perhaps greatest HP feature, titled Kickpoker!.
Principal shooting wrapped on September 25, 2006, and post-production is currently underway. Delays are to be expected due to the heavy studies-related stress many of the crew members are currently going through, nonetheless Kickpoker! will hopefully hit youtube, google video and similar sites by the turn of the year.

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