artistic EXPRESSION
MISSPERCEPTION Wins Big With
O
aks Christian School continues to set the bar and innovate in the arts as one of the few schools nationwide to produce a full-length feature film
completely directed, produced, and filmed by high schoolers.
Missperception had its long-awaited debut on May 18, 2021. The premiere was originally scheduled to screen at Regency Theatres last spring but was delayed over a year due to COVID-19. After searching months for venues, even outdoor ones with safety protocols, the film found its home in front of a live audience at Calvary Community Church. “We waited so long for this moment, over a year. We worked hard through COVID to make this happen. To finally see it up on a screen with a live audience was pretty crazy. Seeing people laugh at the jokes and interested and engaged, to our production team that was absolute gold,” said producer Alexis Golin, senior. The story stars then juniors Camille Figueroa, Kennedy Benz, Dane Swenson, and then sophomore Abby Riggle. It takes place at the elite Ocean Crest High School where the top students vie for selection to the prestigious Next Level Academy where they will become academic superstars. Or do they? Amid nefarious happenings and relational tensions, two intrepid protagonists aim to find out. The story and production began in film teacher Andrew Christopher’s Advanced Film class in 2019. Then juniors Camden Park-Coburn and Romain Lagree pitched the story outline, but the entire class built it into a screenplay. Christopher selected then senior Conner Kershaw as the director and Golin as the producer. Editors were then junior Camden Reithmayr and then senior David Meriage. They worked in 60-minute class sections
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