Q: Recently you made announcement that you would be giving 13 AFF (Austin Film Festival) access passes to juniors and 13 AFF access passes to seniors that wrote you an essay on why they wanted to attend the AFF. Why should student be interested in this festival?


A:What people don't know is that this film festival is one of only two that happen in Austin all year Austin independent school district doesn't use the advantage of how famous Austin to the advantage of the students young film makers society give grants to students who relate want to follow this career path and since it was the arts and humanities academy it was a perfect fit.


Q: I also understand you are starting a film unit in you class room what do you hope your students get out of your film unit .

A:I have the intent to make the students speak intellengetly about films I want student to look at films as more than entertainment, but as an art form, I want them to feel so comftorble with films that eventually they would be able to write there own screen play.

Q: What will you look for in the essays that will eventually decide who will get the privilege of going on this trip? What topics do you want students to touch on?



A:I want them to show me what movies mean to them not just entertainment,I want them to be able to say to me that they want to do this as a career choice .

Q: Many students will use this opportunity to get a look of the film industry what do you hope they get out of this experience?

A:i want them to get an experience of the film industry and that anyone can becomea film makeri want them to see austin as the holywood of texas

Q: Many other high schools don’t have the chance to give an opportunity like this to their students how did we (Akins eagles) get this opportunity?


A:E-mails where sent to all austin high schools ours was one that responded we set up a meeting and the academies took interes