Senior Davis Boedeker spent his summer break pursuing filmmaking and throughout three months of work, he created the script for his first feature length film. As a theater and video production student, Boedeker has prior experience in filmmaking and he created his newest script with ideas he was not able to cover in his last shorter film, “Code Jam.”

His new film titled “The Assassins Act” lasts roughly an hour and a half. Boedeker said the main plot is focused on two assassins who are hired by different bosses with the goal of trying to take each other out. According to Boedeker, the film is more centered around dialogue than action. Although some films have superficial plots, Boedeker said he created the film to represent an idea more than just at surface level.

“It’s not so much a movie made to entertain, but a movie made to persuade, because it’s about politics,” Boedeker said.

Boedeker cast sophomore James Green as a lead actor. Green said he was unsure at first about participating in the film because of the amount of time it would take up, but after attending a few sessions he started enjoying it.

Boedeker said he’s had to rely on a small group of students in the community in order to be able to produce his film. He said that the group were all friends before starting the film, since most of them came from band and or theatre. The group’s biggest challenge has been scheduling difficulties according to Green, but he said that they usually are able to meet every Sunday to shoot scenes.

“Everyone’s been very flexible about rescheduling to different times and days,” Green said.

Video production teacher Joy Baze said that the amount of time and planning involved in Davis’s film is substantial, from the creation of ideas to the production and editing. She said that most filmmakers obtain years of experience before taking on such a film and she admires Davis’s ambition to create the film in high school.

“I have a tremendous amount of respect for Davis taking this on,” Baze said.