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I dabbled a few times, but did not possess my own camera, which made it difficult.

Art class, 6th grade, I made a stop motion film using paper characters on a bulletin board. Not very good, but it lit the spark.

11th grade, film-making class, a half year elective. There were four of us, a class derived team set to make a 10 minute film, supposedly with all four contributing. Well, that never happened, as one kid was just non-existent and another non-productive. So it turned out to be me writing the story, starring in and editing the film, and the other guy filming and playing various characters, along with whatever other kids we could find during free periods or after school. Storyline was about me, a basketball player who is paid to throw a game, but does the right thing as game time expires. If I may blow my own horn, it was quite good and used as an example for future classes for years after. ( I had access to uniforms, gym and shot clock which helped authenticity. You hardly noticed there was no one in the stands! - The climax came with me taking a long shot to win the game as time expires, thwarting the crime figure who paid me off. As the shot is flying through the air, the clock ticks down, and I escape out the gymnasium door. Shot is good, time expires and criminal throws down his fedora in frustration. No, it really was quite good! )

My last foray was just after high school, when a friend and I drove around town shooting single frame out the window, which resulted in a cool fast forward around the local streets. My friend still has this treasured memento.


My two oldest kids have now picked up the gauntlet, filming many comical stories and wrestling movies with about 12-15 of their friends (uploaded to youtube, of course). Perhaps it's in the genes? They, also, are pretty darn good.