Berkeley High School senior Zetta Revenaugh began filmmaking when she joined the Art of Video Production class at BHS her freshman year, and has continued to create films since. She was initially drawn to the journalistic aspect of filmmaking, but later gravitated towards narrative films and their storytelling elements.
“I really love the technical aspect of it, and being behind the camera and getting a really great shot,” Revenaugh said, “but I also really love the community and (BHS’) film community is really awesome.”
As a filmmaker, Revenaugh finds inspiration in a multitude of things, including in the films of her peers, other movies, and even occasionally Instagram reels. Music is another one of her main sources of ideas; many of Revenaugh’s films originate from a song that inspired a specific scene or character. She also finds that her films are often tied to her own memories and relationships, as she finds it most natural to create from them.
“The saying ‘write what you know,’ is very true to every type of art form, and I think that most of my films are based off of experience,” Revenaugh said.
Revenaugh hopes to continue filmmaking in the future as a career, but even if she doesn’t, she would still like to create films as a hobby in light of how important filmmaking has become to her.
“Almost every single thought I have is about filmmaking … it’s just very much infiltrated itself into my way of thinking, and that’s definitely really cool,” Revenaugh said.