Westside N ‘Ja

Letter from Antonio Allah, director and producer:

Through the combined efforts of y•NoT Media Productions, Ego Productions, Film Noir Entertainment, Kenyatta Productions, Aswad Entertainment, Megabyte CoffeeHouse and LBCC (Long Beach City College), Radio and Television Department, will try to attempt the biggest project the department at LBCC has ever challenged.

Low Budget: Hell Yeah!!! The budget for this video production is now $3000. 95% of the moive is completed. With only four scenes to shoot, this video will set a mark for Long Beach City College. With many trial and errors, all of the students involved with this video production has learned a lot about film making.

The class of R/TV 14AD, as taught by Vickii Chaffee, was the main backbone for this student production. The class has learned the many fundamentals of film making, including lighting, organizing, acting, camera working and sound operating. VITC and LTC time code was also learned which will mark the first movie shot at LBCC using SMPTE time code.

Westside N ‘Ja was a great learning experience for all who was involved, including I. I hope to accomplish a good relationship with the people I’ve worked with. So when the big budget comes my way, I can ask the same people. When the movie is completed, I will sale this movie over the Internet. Only charging my cost and not making profit, this possibly 45 minute production should be a great experience for you and your friends.

Melanie & Manuel
Played by JoAnn Pantoja & Erick Ferman

Writers
Tony Smalls &
Antonio Edward (Allah at the time)

STORY

Westside N ‘Ja is a balance between cult, drama and a little of comedy. This story will be shot on S-VHS video using film style techniques. A lot of people asked me if the movie is a documentary because it’s shot on video. Of course not, it is a video shot film style.

Westside N ‘Ja is a local city gang. Most of the members of the Westside N ‘Ja are ninjas. In public, Westside N ‘Ja is known as a high class gang, a million dollar operation. They are also known as a ruthless and dirty business handling gang. People know not to mess with the Westside N ‘Ja. In private, they practice cult. In most cases, they would sacrifice one of their members who they felt were traders or not following the rules.

The story is about a student of Long Beach University named Manuel, who was given a tape by Janitor Bob. Janitor Bob started the Westside N ‘Ja years ago and due to his old age, Janitor Bob is now a janitor of Long Beach University. The Westside N ‘Ja has gotten out of hand and Janitor Bob wants to stop what he created. So he choose Manuel to take down the Westside N ‘Ja. On the tape shows two women kicking and torturing a guy who was a trader to the Westside N ‘Ja.

Manuel is a soft spoken, considerate individual who lives with his fiance’, Melanie. Melanie works with the Dean of Students, Dean Matthew Dean. Melanie is also a fighter and is skilled using her legs, while Manuel is a master using his hand and arms. Every morning, the two love birds exercise by fighting eachother, both keeping in shape and sharpening their fighting skills.

James, a classmate and friend of Manuel is a skilled computer user and is also a reporter for the Long Beach University News Show for local cable. Bill is also a friend of Manuel, but is connected with the Westside N ‘Ja unknowingly. Bill turns on Manuel and James when it’s found out that Manuel has the tape.

Melanie has a friend too that turns on her when Westside N ‘Ja is expose to them. Her name is Claris. But there’s one more twist. The school is also involved in the Westside N ‘Ja illegal activities, and you know what, Dean Matthew Dean is involved too. In fact, it is found out that the Dean is the ring leader.

The movie Westside N ‘Ja has a lot of twist and climaxes. The fighting styles used is Karate, Judo, Tai Chi, Chang Shai and various other styles.

Credits in 1997

Registered Number R643 000 904 through the United States Postal Service on October 21, 1996 at the Bryant Station, Long Beach, California under name “Antonio A. Allah.”