THE Story
A group of forgotten seniors at a private high school create a mafia-esque scheme of stealing test answers and selling them for money. When one student attempts to get the better of them, the student mob has to figure out how seriously to take their newfound power.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Brian Smail III
PRODUCED BY
Brian Smail III
Mark Albini
STARRING
Rynier Gaffney
Brian Smail III
RELEASED
2019
A PROOF-OF-CONCEPT
The script for this short film is taken from the larger feature that I wrote as my first project out of college. It’s a film that I still hope to one day produce, but even if that never comes to pass, I’m incredibly proud of the work our phenomenal crew put into make my first real directorial project a reality. We crowdfunded the ~$20k budget and filmed the project mere minutes from where I grew up, including at my real high school. Having my parents on set to see those tuition dollars actually get put to use was the cherry on top.
