We had a basic outline of what we would be doing, but we learned a lot more during the project itself.

Our principal, Bernard Rogers, approved the project after I presented him with the outline of what, how, where and to whom Gautier High School students would donate their items. Soon donations of books, bears and buttons (coats) started coming in. Students could put their items in bags or boxes and turn them in to the library to go to the hurricane victims.

If I've learned one thing in life, it's: Stand for something or you'll fall for anything.

They were going to have to put a chalk outline on the wall because that was the last place he was seen. He kept us in the game.

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

I learned from making a few of these low-budget videos early on that the best way to go about doing it is just to keep it honest and real.