Palm Springs High School students are shooting a commercial for a local business

Students are shooting a Holiday commercial for I Heart Mac and Cheese. Out of 190 students competing in a script writing competition, 12 were selected to shoot the commercial. They wrote multiple scripts and will make up the entire film crew. The cast consists of students, parents, family members of students, and local actors from several organizations.  

At Palm Springs high school, students can study what's called "Pathways", by taking specially-focused classes. These students are involved in the "Futures in leading media" or F.I.L.M. Pathway. The commercial shoot is one step in a competition involving nearly two hundred students. 

The12 students range from 9th to12th grade. "This is really a professional film shoot today," says Miss Bea Haven, a Palm Springs Drag Queen. Three different scripts will embrace the LGBTQ community and celebrate the upcoming holidays for I Heart Mac & Cheese. "I wanted the youth of Palm Springs to have the opportunity of a real-life experience of shooting a commercial," says the Franchise owner of I Heart Mac and Cheese Palm Springs, Blu Bryan.

"I love it," says Javier Lune, a 12th-grade 2nd-year F.I.L.M Pathway student. "Because it's a great opportunity for me to show off my creativity skills. And I like working with the team. And it's just a really perfect opportunity for that."

After the students wrap filming, the footage will get edited by the students and hosted on the program's website pshsfilm.com where there will be a voting option for the community to engage in.

 Two weeks before Thanksgiving, the owner of I Heart Mac and Cheese Palm Springs location says, "We will air the final commercial."