Introduction

    Stories have always fascinated me. Some of my best memories I have are of my dad reading to me from books like The Secret Garden, or the adventure tales my mom made up about "Betty Bunny" and "Bobby Beaver". I spent the majority of my childhood— my life really, coming up with every kind of story. What I like most about them is that a good story spans all cultures and social classes. They bring truth by relating it to a person's own life. Even the most unwilling have accepted truths they previously rejected because of a story they heard told. That being said, stories are far more powerful than we ever imagine.
 
   It was storytelling that originally led me to film. Film as a medium is complex— detail oriented, and yet simple. A good film is natural, in that you interact with it as though you were inside it. You see the emotions played out in facial expressions, body movements, music, sound, landscapes. And I, as a storyteller, find in it a natural outlet for my passion. I've been making movies ever since I could get my hands on a camera. When I got to high school I had the opportunity to work on a student-produced t.v. show that aired on public television in our town. It wasn't much, but it was because of that I realized film was the thing I wished to pursue.

   After high school I took a semester to intern overseas in Cardiff, Wales making videos for a nonprofit organization. When I got back I started college in Oklahoma, where I was born, and quickly realized that if I was going to pursue film I needed to get out of Oklahoma. I looked into a few places and fell in love with Wilmington. So here I am.

  I don't know where I will be in ten years, but it is unlikely that I will stray from the course I have been on most of my life. I am a storyteller and a filmmaker. I have the potential to take that anywhere— hopefully everywhere. I have a heart for travel, and have seen amazing places such as East Africa and most of the United Kingdom. I've seen three of the four corners (as I would define them) of the U.S. and continue to seek out new adventures in places I've never been. So maybe this will help in the location scouting department. :D

   I look forward to meeting all the members of 201 and reading about your interests in film!

Audra

This is from the top of mountain in Scotland. The picture doesn't do justice to how beautiful it really was. It's the most beautiful place I've been.