[Behind the Scene] Nihonshu murder
A few days ago, I made a video about a detective investigating a case where an amakuchi sake murders a karakuchi sake.
Today, I’m going to talk about the making process of that video—this is the “behind the scenes.”
Here’s what I’ll cover:
1. Video idea
2. Filming
– What worked
– What didn’t
3. Editing (based on Final Cut Pro)
– What worked
– What didn’t
4. Closing thoughts
1. Video Idea
The very first idea for this video came to me while I was out on a morning run.
I suddenly thought, “Wouldn’t it be interesting to have a scene where someone crosses a police line?”
Starting from that idea, I began to build the story step by step.
If someone is crossing a police line, there has to be a case behind it.
And if there’s a case, there needs to be someone investigating it—like a detective.
That naturally led me to the idea of making it a murder case.
From there, I developed the concept into a story where a karakuchi (dry) sake is murdered by an amakuchi (sweet) sake.
To bring that idea to life, I even bought several bottles of amakuchi sake from a local shop.
For this video, I also wanted to incorporate more cinematic elements.
So I built each scene around a master shot, and then added medium shots and close-ups in between
to make the visuals more engaging and dynamic.
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