The Academy

An Interactive Story

directed by

Louis A. De Barraicua

After twenty years of teaching, Louis felt he had developed his a narrative style of his own that could be encapsulated with his first feature film - OptomystiK | Chapter 1 | The Los Angeles Dystopia

Louis decided to create a process to organize the community that would make producing this film a collaborative effort where everyone who participates earns a percentage of the film's revenue using Web3 infrastructure that gives participants credit for their local involvement.

The OptomystiK Academy of Story & Performing Arts was founded by Louis after he reflected on his experience at the University of Southern California where studied Literary Theory, Creative Writing and Filmmaking. Louis was surprised how challenging it was to acquire the knowledge and skillset to improve, even as a highly motivated storyteller.

After teaching filmmaking for twenty years, he worked with young filmakers to overcome the challenges of working

Realizing that the nine elements that made a film worth producing were often intangible:

1) Script

2) Actors

3) Directing

4) Editing

5) Sound

6) Cinematography

7) Timing

8) Process

9) Marketing