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READY ON THE SET: “ACTION”

COVER STORY

READY ON
READY ON
THE SET:
THE SET:

“ACTION”
“ACTION”

An Interview with
Kyle Wilson, an
Emerging Film
Director/

Screenwriter
Professionally how did
your journey in film
kind of fell to the side. I was inspired begin?
to be a film director who is When I was a kid, I saw this
responsible for guiding the artistic
and dramatic aspects of a movie movie called American
Beauty. There was a scene
and/or a screenwriter, a specialized
craft of writing a story in script form. where this kid had a
camcorder, and he was
by Debra Wilson filming a grocery bag flying
I dabbled in being a boom operator,
Emerging filmmaker and a crucial member of the sound in the wind. I don't know why
that intrigued me so much,
screenwriter Kyle Wilson shares his department, responsible for but that kind of led me to ask
journey from a childhood fascination capturing clear audio during filming. my parents if I could have a
with a camcorder to an award- I was pretty good at it and enjoyed it, camcorder. They got what
winning director and author, but it was when I started taking they could afford, and I
offering insights into the craft, directing classes that spurned to just remember it to this day. It's
challenges, and inspirations that me to take on a film project on my probably somewhere in my
shape his creative path. own.
grandma's or mom's house. It
was a mini tape camcorder.
What inspired you to pursue I wrote a commercial idea and some And I would go outside
directing/screenwriting? of my classmates liked it. I directed it
and got a standing ovation during recording leaves flying in the
It was while I attended Film School the premiere of it. And all of the cast wind and squirrels and just
at Full Sail University in Winterpark, and crew said I was the easiest weird stuff like that. I think
Florida, I initially wanted to be a director to work with. The set was that's what spawned my
cameraman, but when I found out really calm. That's when I knew that I passion for film.
my hands weren’t so steady, that could be a director and screenwriter. Do you have any formal
training or did you learn
on set or both?
Barring your current film endeavors that are
private at this time Yes, I have a Bachelor of
Science degree in Film
Production from Full Sail
University located in Winter
Park, Florida.

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