{"id":3609,"date":"2016-08-29T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T00:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3609"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:39:40","slug":"times-recognizes-film-writer-cameron-martin-award-winning-magnet-alum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/times-recognizes-film-writer-cameron-martin-award-winning-magnet-alum\/","title":{"rendered":"Times recognizes film writer Cameron Martin, award-winning Magnet alum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3610\" src=\"http:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cameron-Martin-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cameron Martin\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cameron-Martin-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cameron-Martin.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shreveport native Cameron Martin is well on the way to achieving his dreams in independent film production and acting,&#8221; writes Times reporter Lex Talamo. &#8220;His screenplay<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobokeninternationalfilmfestival.com\/winners-nominees-2016\/\"> \u201cPossessing Eden\u201d recently took Best Unproduced Screenplay at the Hoboken International Film Festival.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Talamo wrote, &#8220;The 25\u00a0year-old radiated both humility and confidence as he spoke to The Times about the screenplay, which he described as a &#8216;sci-fi thriller with a futuristic adolescent wrestling with conflicts of spirituality and political motivations in a dystopic, post-apocalyptic world.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His life changed when he got into drama, he told The Times. &#8220;Also while at Caddo Parish Magnet, Cameron came under the instruction of drama teacher Patti Reeves, a woman who would change his life.\u00a0Cameron started in theater by doing technical theater tasks, such as constructing props for the stage productions. Reeves\u00a0quickly noticed and praised his extreme focus and work ethic, which Bonnie (his mother) said made Cameron want to work even harder for her.&#8221; Continued Talamo, &#8220;Reeves also gave Cameron his first role in acting, as\u00a0a Jewish father in the play \u201cEnter Laughing.\u201d The next year, Cameron played the part of a\u00a0doctor in \u201cThe Outsiders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shreveporttimes.com\/story\/news\/2016\/08\/29\/caddo-parish-magnet-graduate-harnesses-power-aspergers-nto-become-award-winning-film-writer\/89107410\/\">more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And more at <a href=\"http:\/\/film.rrfedu.com\/shreveport-la\/cameron-martin\/\">Film Connection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Martin was a Class of 2009 grad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Shreveport native Cameron Martin is well on the way to achieving his dreams in independent film production and acting,&#8221; writes Times reporter Lex Talamo. &#8220;His&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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