What’s it like living out your dreams on screen?
This post was written by Allisyn Snyder.
I have a complicated relationship with the internet and my cell phone.
At the age of twelve, my employers at the Disney Channel provided safety training for my family, teaching us about privacy settings and geotagging. Unfortunately, our precautions weren’t enough, and with a quick search of our family name, a man discovered the location of the bungalow I grew up in.
He showed up at my doorstep claiming to be my guardian angel, and explained to my nervous father that he had a van full of barrels of gasoline to help our family escape the apocalypse. Since he hadn’t broken the law, there was nothing the police could do. I moved in with a friend while my parents packed our things and left in the middle of the night.
When my former Disney cast mate, Matthew Scott Montgomery, pitched the idea for Howdy, Neighbor! to me, it wasn’t difficult to imagine how a story about childhood fame could transform into a horror film.
Author: Guest Author
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
