Paris Peterson is a junior at
Melrose High who has recently entered a short film contest with a three minute
film about the common fire hazards which happen in everyone's households. The
video includes acting from his friends and some easy steps anyone should take
to prevent house fires. Paris entered this contest after his TV teacher made it
an assignment to make a fire safety video, and encouraged the students to enter
the contest held by the State Department of Fire Services. Prizes for the
contest include gift cards and other benefits for the high school's TV
production. Even before entering the contest, Paris always had an interest in
film making. "It's definitely something I've been looking into ever since
I started acting in student films. There's a lot of freedom in the field.
Something I'm attracted to," Paris says.
His involvement with film making
started when he was a kid living in South Boston, improvising skits with his
siblings and filming them. Paris also enjoyed acting in the skits, so he began
theatre. When he moved to Melrose in third grade, him and his brother, Dakota,
started making skate videos. Paris's involvement with theatre and film making
has had a huge influence on working on his own material. Not only does Paris
enjoy film making, he also enjoys acting in his friends' films. Acting in these
films for colleges led Paris to begin making films himself. Paris says that
"taking the knowledge from that and TV class have driven me in a new
direction of thinking cinematically. Experience can only lead to
improvement." In addition to his brother Dakota, who is currently in
college for ion, Paris's uncle and cousins are in the filmmaking business.
After the competition is over, Paris is going to Iceland with friends this
summer and hopes to make a short film while there. "Regardless of me
winning, bringing audiences something meaningful through film is what I plan to
do for quite some time."
By: Megan Wolley
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