Four of the Eagle Production program’s films were selected to be screened at AMC Times Square.

“We had four films that were official selections,” said Kelly Maxey, “which meant that they were screened at the AMC times square.”

The All American High School Film Festival (AAHSFF) was a 10 week competition. Preparation for the event started as early as last spring.

“We started meeting in the spring and then doing team building and doing practice films, working together,” said Kelly Maxey, the Eagle Production teacher, “so they’ve been working since August 1st on their writing and getting all the preproduction things of the storyboard and script writing and shot list and all of that.”

Taylor Moore and Sarah Stiles produced “Victorious Music Video,” which is a music video based off of the song Victorious by Panic! at the Disco. 

Noah Maxey produced “The Star of David.” 

Noah Maxey, Peyton Thorne, and Carter Cole produced “College Access PSA.” A short film showing what is needed to get ahead in school.

Peyton Thorne produced “Moments,” which shows how opportunities in life can pass you by if you don’t seize them.

The competition took place from Oct. 5-7 and  allowed students to work together in teams to write, direct, and edit an 8-minute film. There were two teams that represented Prosper in the invitational out of the 27 or 28 total from across the country.

“We had two teams,” said Kelly Maxey, ” one with seven students – one with eight students.”

The student’s didn’t just view the beauty of the AMC times square, they also traveled the city.

“We just walked around a bunch and took it all in,” said Carter Cole, a student involved in the Eagle Production program, “the last day we went, looked at the statue of liberty.”

In the future, the program plans to build off of their success in New York by continuing to submit films to competitions that will help to expand their program.

“We’ll continue hopefully participating in the invitational and students are always submitting films to that festival, ” said Kelly Maxey, “but we’ll continue doing that and hopefully get more students to be involved.”