The Worthington Christian Film Club is one of many
student-led clubs at the high school and consists of members: Jacob Brammer, Andrew
Chope, Zach Hastings, Alaidrian Mabry, Jared McLean, and Wesley Murray and
advised by Mr. David Stoll. Recently the
team went on location to Creekside Event Center in Gahanna, Ohio to film a book
trailer for fellow club member and novelist, Alaidrian
Mabry.
During one of the regularly
scheduled club meetings, Stoll observed Mabry accessing a personalized
website. When asked about this website,
Mabry explained that Wattpad is used for writing and sharing stories. Stoll presented the idea to the club to shoot
a short book trailer to help market Mabry’s works. Once the idea was accepted, the group met for
several weeks to plan out the shoot.
Once the location was identified, contacts were made to obtain
permission to film at Creekside, using the foyer, the elevator and underground
parking garage.
One week prior to the shoot, Mike Edwards, (WC
Class of ’91) owner of 5 Stones Group, met with the club to help finalize the
shoot. Edwards provided the group with
professional insight that enriched the learning experience immensely. In addition, Mike Anthony, (WC Class of ’90)
owner of Chili Verde, graciously helped underwrite a portion of this special planning
session.
On Saturday, May 16 the club members met at Creekside for
the film shoot with lighting, tripods, sound equipment, cameras and snacks,
courtesy of WC parent, Kristen Hastings.
Martina Holbrook, (WC
Class of ’15) joined the crew as “Kingsley,” the main character in the story
Mid-Nights. Andrew Chope acted as
“Derek,” the secondary character. The
budgeted time limit was three hours, but Edwards, a seasoned film veteran, warned
that film shoots always take longer than anticipated. Edward’s caution proved true. Members of a wedding party repeatedly
accessed the elevator and interrupted the scenes in process. Several discretionary scenes had to be cut
from the story board to finish the shoot.
Wesley Murray, (WC Class of ’15) set up all of the camera
shots and lighting for each scene.
Murray also completed the post-edit and created the final trailer: https://youtu.be/8GF2YP33rN0.
Murray’s expertise will be greatly missed next year. In addition, Andrew Chope and Jacob Brammer both
plan to attend Delaware career center next year, so if any high school students
have an interest in joining film club, please contact Mr. Stoll at dstoll@worthingtonchristian.com.
