Students in the Film, Television and Media Department are getting ready to showcase “GPA: Grade Point Abduction” a 30-minute movie, and their other works at the “Premiere Fest” film festival.

“Premiere Fest” will be held on Monday, May 9 at 6 p.m. at the High Street Arts Center in Moorpark. Admission is free, but seating is limited.

Although students will have short films, their main feature presentation of the night will be “GPA: Grade Point Abduction.” It was filmed in the FTVM M90, Film/Television Portfolio class with the script being written in the previous semester’s script writing class, according to Reece Oliver, 21-year-old film major and executive producer of GPA. The theme this year is science-fiction.

The class has put 100 percent of their time into making this movie and meeting outside of class to get things done, said Oliver.

“This class is beneficial to the students as it teaches them how a real working environment on how a movie really is,” said Oliver.

Oliver added that the film process has been smooth for the most part, and have included a couple of re-shoots, which is normal within production.

“I’m really excited to see what people who haven’t worked on this movies think of it,” said Oliver.

Although this is a project for students in the FTVM M90 class, the whole department ends up collaborating and helping each other out. The theater department brings in actors and the music department helps with music composition. It’s a good opportunity to collaborate with a lot of people, according to James Hawe, 22-year-old film major, GPA director and film festival organizer.

“A working relationship with people you know really well is different than just hanging out,” said Hawe. “It really does prepare people for this type of working environment.”

The film festival is expecting a good amount of people to show up considering that the film department is pretty big and they will be inviting friends and family to see the what they have been working on all semester, said Hawe.

“In making movies there are three steps: planning it, doing it, and showing it,” said Hawe. “This is the last step and I hope people are proud of their work.”