Q&A With Parker Hull, Scare Factor 2006 Winner

Parker Hull’s team (pictured below, left to right: Taylor Foster, Brad Fulk, Richard Miller, Z.J. Hull, Parker Hull, Bonnie Johnson, Austin Foster) won this year’s Scare Factor edition. Check out his film entitled “Missing”, in our WWFF Virtual theatre!

Tell us about yourself.

I am 19 years old and currently a freshman at UMKC. I am majoring in film. As long as I can remember I have been making films with my brothers and friends. Creating movie ideas is probably my favorite pastime.

What do you do?

I am a full time student at UMKC, so that takes up most of my time.

Where are you from?

I was born and raised in Weston Missouri. Weston is a small town north of Kansas City. It’s probably best known for its world-renowned Apple fest.

How did you hear about WWFF?

Actually my mom was the first one to tell me about WWFF. After I told her that I wanted to pursue a career in film, she went and searched for local film competitions.

Have you ever made a film before?

My family, friends, and I have always loved playing with a video camera. We have made some classic films such as “Monster in the Chair” and “Jackson Son of Jason”. Now these films never really hit it big, probably because we were all still in elementary school, but they are what sparked my love for making films. We also made Desiderium, which we entered, in the last WWFF.

What made you decide to enter?

I love competition and I love to make films. So what’s better than a film competition?

What was your story about?

It’s about a man who is being haunted by a girl. This girl is haunting him because he killed her one night while driving drunk.

How did you come up with the story line?

My very talented team and I knew that we wanted the girl to be haunting the man but we didn’t know why. So we just thought of certain circumstances the man could be put in to where he would have to murder this innocent girl. Someone came up with the idea that he could have just hit her with a car, the idea sounded good so we just went with it.

What was the most difficult thing that you encountered during the making of your film?

Well the dead girl in our film, played by the very talented Bonnie Johnson, could only film one night. We had so many shots that we needed her for and we had just started our shooting at around 2 in the morning. We were pressed for time but luckily we kept our cool and finished all of our shots right before the sun came up. That was probably the most difficult thing we encountered.

How did you organize your team?

My team consisted of my brother and a lot of our childhood friends. They are all very creative and talented in their own ways.

How much money did you spend on production?

Around forty dollars. It was all spent on makeup and food.

Explain your creative process?

My team and I just threw out a bunch of ideas that we used to put together a story. Since we’ve known each other for such a long time we all were on the same page when it came to creating this movie. That seemed to help us out a lot.

Did you find it rewarding?

I found it very rewarding, after I finally got some sleep. This competition is very mental because you are putting so much stress on your body. I feel that it is a huge accomplishment to create a movie in that amount of time. I feel that even if your movie didn’t turn out quite how you would’ve liked it to, you should still be proud of what you have created because you accomplished it in such a short amount of time.

Would you ever enter another WWFF?

Yeah actually I think my brother and I are going to enter in the next WWFF.

How would you change our event for the better?

The only thing I can think of is showing our films on a Saturday night instead of a Sunday.

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