All Delia wants to do is escape. The young woman struggles with drugs, sex and the need for acceptance. Striving to find her own self -worth, she even resorts to self-mutilation.“Finale,” an independent film written by Ball State University senior Maggie Kubley, will bring Delia’s story to life Saturday when it premieres at the Music Instruction Building’s Sursa Hall.The premiere, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 7 p.m. “It’s pretty amazing,” Kubley, a theater major, said. “I’m honored, really, that so many people had so much faith in my script. It’ll be great to see the final project.”Rodger Smith, Center for Media Design associate director and associate professor of theatre, said Kubley has demonstrated her strong writing abilities in the past and was asked to create the script.“She’s an excellent student, excellent writer and shows great promise,” Smith said.The 35-minute film, sponsored by the Center for Media Design, is based on the original “Two Character Play” by Indiana professional playwright Chris White.Kubley adapted the play for screen, using similar settings as well as characters with the same basic personalities, she said. On the whole, however, the movie is really nothing like the play, she said.“I kind of cut the play apart and pieced it back together so the lines told a new story,” she said.Kubley said she did not really begin writing films until the beginning of Spring Semester last year. She wrote scripts for her friend, who was part of an independent study, she said.“I was very fortunate,” Kubley said. “I haven’t been writing too terribly long — at least not films — so it seemed to work out OK.”Kubley finished her “Finale” script in March and met with Smith to go over it, also working with independent filmmaker Steve Marra, who helped with script rewrites.The film was later shot in high definition and full surround sound, said Smith, who served as an actor in the film as well as the film’s executive producer. Features such as high definition and surround sound keep Ball State on the cutting edge of technology.“Ball State University is one of the few colleges that has high-definition cameras and editing equipment, period — and that makes it available to undergraduates,” he said.“Finale” was produced in association with Indianapolis-based Adrenaline Motion Pictures. Marra also directed the film, most of which was shot in Muncie. Rich Swingley in the department of telecommunications even created a course for the summer in which students served as the crew during the filming and also worked on the postproduction, Smith said.Overall, it took about eight weeks to complete the project, Smith said. Kubley said she is pleased with the hard work that was invested into “Finale” this year.“I hope it just makes people think about their own lives,” Kubley said. “I really just hope it’ll make them feel. I want their eyes to be opened.”
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