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“First Serve” is the title of the short film created by students that will be shown during the Moorpark Film Festival on May 8th at the High Street Theatre.
Executive Producer Sara Arledge, 21, talked about her first time collaborating on a film with other students.
“We’ve spent the last two months making this and it has been amazing to gain so much experience and knowledge on what it’s really like to be behind the scenes of a movie,” said Arledge.
This is the first time that multiple classes have been combined to create one cohesive movie. Professor Candice Larson’s script writing and film portfolio class has been working together to come up with the 25 minute “teen comedy” as described by one of the films directors, Clinton Bragger, 21.
Bragger goes on to give details about First Serve.
“To sum it up it’s basically about this guy Ray who is in love with this girl Un, but she is in love with this guy Karlos. Karlos is your typical jock where he gets all of the girls, is captain of the ping pong team [which in this movie is a big deal] and has taken something from everyone in the school. So Ray along with Karlos’s little brother, Willis, and other people are tired of Karlos’s reign, place a curse on him to stop him,” said Bragger.
The film is student made, so the actors may be recognizable to viewers. Ray is played by Nick Norjean, Un is played by Rebecca Delsesto, Karlos is played by Spencer Boatman, and Willis is played by Dereck Stern. These actors are working alongside many others to make this production.
The large amount of people working on the project has been a good experience for everyone involved.
“It’s the first time that I’ve done anything like this so it’s been great to get this kind of exposure to what it’s like to produce something” said Arledge.
Both Bragger and Arledge praise Professor Larson for her help with the film.
“She has been the most amazing teacher ever,” they said. “She will treat you how anyone else would treat you on set and that’s the best kind of experience we could ask for.”
