Article by Chyna Varner, Assistant Editor and assisted by Anandah Brandy, Staff
Lights, camera, action and the movie is rolling. Behind the scenes is the aspiring screenwriter Zipporah Reeds.
As the Film Society Vice President at Tallahassee Community College, her career in the entertainment industry starts here. Reeds is free to allow her written ideas to go to the screen as a member of this organization.
Film Society is an organization that discusses movies and television shows, hosts table reads, and maintains a podcast. This club also creates films by using their camera equipment and members as actors. Students formed this organization in Fall 2018, and Reeds has been the Vice President since Fall 2019.
Reeds enjoyed film and screenwriting at a young age. In high school she took a theatre management class for two years.
Her first movie started out as a drama called “Pilot Jones.” It involves a police officer that struggles with drug addiction due to the loss of her sister.
In her movies it is important that she follows her vision closely. She likes the screenwriting process because the ideas are straight from her head to the paper.
“So when you film, it ruins it but when you write, it’s truly authentic and is 100 percent you,” says Reeds.
Her main duty is writing and helping other leaders stay on task with their projects. However, Reeds also wants to ensure that her actors closely match her script as she wants the adaptation as close to her vision as possible.
A frequently recurring actress in Reeds’ films, Hillary Eaton is familiar with Reeds’ filming process.
“She always gives really great feedback to help me give a better performance as an actress,” says Eaton.
Reeds enjoys her role as the vice president, but she likes the creativity that being a member allows. She says it motivates her to create content because everyone else wants to create and be excited as well.
To join this organization, contact them through social media.
Their Instagram is https://instagram.com/tccfilm?igshid=n5gd8zuzxccj and their Facebook group is https://m.facebook.com/groups/180413326207097#_=_.
Also view their works on YouTube at ttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR-Dwhm7R3_eHvTISwZBebg.
Look at Zipporah’s first work here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp4Ec02cId8
