Home Alone Production

Production eventually commenced and Alexander was tossed into a new field. His self-centeredness as a head programmer was to be put down as filmmaking needed a lot of teamwork.

Interactions with cameramen and co-actors were a necessity. An introvert like him needed to adapt and he was much more receptive to it when he thought about the plans he had for the future.

Alexander also got to know about the technicalities of acting.

Kevin McAllister had to be relatable to children and a novelty to adults. He had childlike tendencies but had matured meticulous actions to deal with things beyond his league.

For Alexander, who knew the script from conception, playing the character under the view of lenses was just a matter of expression.

He also had a lot of NGs like laughing uncontrollably for no reason and forgetting lines. It was a natural process that didn't need much digging into.

All the while that he was acting, he kept in mind the rebirth novels he read.

"I just want to act as scripted and not be so cheesy as getting lost into character like some Oscar actor." This was his motto in acting and the affirmations from his grandpa were good enough to tell him that he was doing great.

Whenever he watched some Oscar actors, the movies they starred in, and compared them to his acting now, all that he could say is that they were overhyped.

"They were just memorizing and expressing what they learned from acting class. There was no need to deify them. I didn't even go to acting class and my image in the footage was perfectly Kevin-ny and even better than Macaulay." Alexander now knew that everything was in the magic of editing, so he assumed that perfect acting was birthed from ingenious film splicing.

This was his smug scorn towards the overhyped Oscars as he didn't have the passion to grovel over a gold statue as his life depended on it.

He could be the richest man so he has no time to care about pleasing old academy people. He was in the field to make money, not care for glory.

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For Sullivan and the crew, Alexander's adaptable mentality on the set helped with the progress of filming.

For the spoiling grandfather, it was natural for his grandson to be talented and mature.

For the crew, his attitude on the set was contrary to how they imagined child actors should be. When they compared him to the much rowdy and temperamental child actors of the crew, he was extremely well-behaved.

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Contrary to Alexander's preconceived estimates, filming took much faster than expected.

He knew that his grandfather was speeding up to save money but the quality of the recorded footage still coincided with the images in his vision.

There was no pursuit of perfection but the practiced efficiency of quality and naturalness.

Even the group scenes with the many child actors and uncles and messy dining tables were shot within a day's shooting.

It was too quick that Alexander had to ask about it.

"Grandpa, aren't we too quick? Shouldn't we take some retakes and other camera angles to serve as a contingency?"

"Nah! It's good enough for me. If I needed some other camera angle and footage, I would have listed it when planning."

This was Sullivan's guarantee and Alexander could very much guess the reason behind it.

When other directors cut down 10 hours of footage to make a feature film, old Creed with business efficiency compressed his footage by half but is still able to achieve the same feature film.

It had something to do with the overplanning and strategizing on the preparatory stage and his precise insight into the finished product.

It also helped that the production crew that was hired had Silicone Valley roots. These were the kinds of film shooters that perfectly balanced and angled sex positions in the rawest time.

The 20-minute Horny Robocop must have only taken an hour to shoot.

With those conjectures out of the way, Alexander had peace of mind and acted as he needed to.

The early Christmas-ed-up neighborhood set was achieved with the help of friendly citizens that volunteered themselves.

The wet bandit actors had flooded up a house that was set to be demolished in the first place.

Sullivan shoveled up snow with his specialized shovel. One had to admire and worry about his old grandpa when exposing himself to the cold.

There were tarantula shots that freaked out the Buzz actor.

The ingenious set designers also came into play when the dancing silhouettes of fake relatives scared off the bandits.

The Grinch and gangster movies had to be changed due to copyright problems but the substitute films still achieved the same result. Kevin had fun and the pizza delivery guy was scared of gun sounds and remote-controlled dialogue.

The mother's journey home needed a separate team to take the shots but the effect was still good. Alexander was sure that the talented lady that was casted would have a change in her life trajectory like him.

Although he was still a prick, he still had a good kinship with the mother actor.

Brave body doubles took in the beatings and the special effects team formulated plans to make it seamless in post-production.

The absurdity of human-killing traps against cartoonish villains was toned down a little but it was still entertaining and innovative.

It was only in the future that eagle-eyed Youtubers would abuse the traps in movies but Alexander hoped that he wouldn't be implicated much.

Alexander breezed through the one-kid show with relative ease with a bit of mistakes as footage reels.

It was a fun process. The only thing he was regretful about was when he made the iconic Home Alone gasp. He was much more handsome than Culkin and that goofy look was a weird blend.

In a breakneck speed of under two weeks, the first Home Alone movie was wrapping up.

Marley played by Old Sullivan was being shot with the reunion of his family and waving goodbye to the camera.

When the designated assistant director put out a thumbs up, Sullivan roared himself.

"Cut! Home Alone 1 is now finished, everybody."

Everyone cheered despite the fall of snow.