THUNDER BAY -- A strange dream was the inspiration for Kemba Drakes’ revenge thriller that she hopes will leave audiences with the creeps.
Titled Remember Me, the second-year film production student from Confederation College’s movie is the story of a man who develops a virtual reality game to take revenge on his high school bullies from 12 years ago.
Drakes was the director, writer and editor and Remember Me is one of 31 films being shown April 16 at SilverCity in the film production program’s student film showcase.
“I’m very proud of my film and how it turned out so I am really glad people are going to get to see it on the big screen,” said Drakes.
“I’m also excited for everybody else because there’s going to be a huge diversity of different types of films.”
Classmate Levi Shillum’s film is called Hero and is an action film about a man who decides to become a superhero and fight crime but soon discovers the task is more difficult than he thought.
The hero’s struggle mirrors the filmmaker’s as Shillum hit many bumps along the road making the movie, including suffering a concussion and forcing a recast.
“I’m proud of it,” he said of his film.
“I wanted to do a fun action film. I wanted it to be like a rock and roll song.”
The students worked on the films from September to April and film professor Lee Chambers said it’s been eight months of hard work.
The lineup of films is diverse and different every year as students learn art and business and Chambers said they teach protocols that are standard across the industry but each student comes with their own personality and creative mind.
“They come out with crazy, whacky stuff. We always get that mix of comedy, horror, action, thriller. There is always a variety and every year’s reel is completely different than the previous year,” he said.
The films start at 6:30 p.m. on April 16 and admission is free. The first half of the evening features the more family-friendly films and the second half is for more mature audiences.
