Baldwin Native Plans Film Directorial Debut
Baldwin native Mikayla Davic plans to get behind the camera for the short ice-cream themed film, "Rocky Road." Mikayla Davic, a 23-year-old graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, is raising funds for her directorial debut - a comedic short film titled "Rocky Road." The fundraising campaign is taking place on Seed & Spark, a platform often used by aspiring movie makers. Davic is no stranger to fundraising, having previously founded a fundraising organization called Mik's Wish, which raised $68,000 for Make-A-Wish. The film is about a stoner named Henry who manufactures a marijuana-infused mint chocolate chip ice cream and is set to shoot and post-production by early autumn so it can be screened at festivals and then be available online.
प्रकाशित : 11 माह पहले द्वारा Eric Heyl में Entertainment
BALDWIN, PA — Mikayla Davic can vividly recall the day she first decided she wanted to be a filmmaker. She was about 12 years old and watching a video of the classic 1985 Michael J. Fox comedy "Back to the Future" that contained extra content detailing the efforts of the people who made the movie.
"Watching the dedication and devotion that all the people who were working behind the scenes had was the most awe-inspiring thing I had ever seen," Davic, a 2019 Baldwin High School graduate, told Patch. "I immediately knew then what I wanted to do with my life." Flash forward to the, well, future.
Today, Davic, 23, a 2023 graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts is raising money to make her directorial debut - a comedic short film titled, "Rocky Road." The fundraising effort on Seed & Spark, a platform often used by aspiring movie makers, runs until June 15. Davic is no stranger to raising money. In middle school, she founded an organization known as Mik's Wish. The endeavor involved her producing, directing and writing five musicals over five years; the result raised $68,000 for Make-A-Wish.
Now she has embarked on obtaining the funds for "Rocky Road." The plot involves a stoner named Henry who works at the ice cream truck that his grandfather owns. Henry manufactures a marijuana-infused mint chocolate chip ice cream, and is horrified when he realizes his grandpa has taken a batch of his special recipe to a catered children's birthday party. Henry then faces a comical and rocky road as he races across town to stop his grandfather from unknowingly serving the cannibas confection to a bunch of kids.
Davic said plans are underway to shoot the film at the end of the month, with post-production finished by early autumn so it then can be screened at upcoming festivals. Eventually, the plan is to have it available online. Davic also would like to screen the movie in the place where her love of film making first was fostered.