Article posted: 5/13/2013 1:20 PM

Hampshire HS senior hopes to make a career out of film

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Hampshire High School senior Danny Heck has been doing video and photography work during his high school career, and hopes to make video his life's work.

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Hampshire High School senior Danny Heck has done videos for his school and his church. His plan is to attend Elgin Community College for two years and go on to complete a bachelor of arts degree in filmmaking from Columbia College in Chicago.

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When Danny Heck was in eighth grade, he and his friends made an Indiana Jones movie with a camcorder. He had such a good time it prompted some research into the film industry and how one could go about breaking into it. Heck, now a senior at Hampshire High School, has worked with Nicole Thompson, the high school librarian, and the District 300 Foundation over the last year on videos for school and district events. "That's when I really knew that this is what I wanted to do with the rest of my life," Heck said.