(clap board claps) - My name is Bill Murray III.

- And my name is Leigh LeFevre, and we created the short film "Never Again."

"Never Again" follows these two best friends on their night out at a roller rink, and it's soon interrupted by someone whose behavior is becoming increasingly threatening.

- I've seen a lot of sexual harassment revenge movies in the past, and I thought, "Can't that situation be stopped?"

So I had this small idea in my mind of a movie like that I wanted to make.

And at the same time, I had just seen the episode of "Stranger Things" that happened in a roller skating rink.

I met Leigh on a set where she was acting and I really loved her performance in that, so I brought the film to her attention.

- You had reached out to me and said, like, "Women empowerment film, love your acting, I'd love for you to just act in it."

And then you sent me over just a couple ideas and said that I could give feedback if I wanted.

And so I did.

And then you were like, "Want to write this together?

Do you want to direct it too?"

I was like, "Of course."

And so, that's kind of how it happened.

Yeah.

I think, the writing process at first was a lot of troubleshooting, going back and forth about what the structure of the film would be or how it would end, and how violent we wanted the film to get.

- I admit at first I wanted it to be a little more violent.

I come from a horror background.

Leigh's more of a drama background.

So having those two different sides really made us, I think, really good collaborators.

- This was my first time directing and acting at the same time and directing in general.

Definitely having a co-director was amazing because when I'm acting, I know that someone's watching camera and really trusting you and our vision.

The character I play, Sadie, she's very similar to who I am, so that made it a lot easier as well.

It was a little challenging kind of balancing being in character, especially for the ending scene when we're outside.

That day on set was really crazy, but I just had a great team to support me.

(bright synth music) You'll see some dolly-looking shots and it's the girls holding hands while they're skating and just really enjoying their time together.

And it's just really smooth and fun.

And the way we shot that was by having our DP sitting on a longboard skateboard.

You'll see a shot of Jesse and Sadie's skates on the ground and the lights shining and it's just beautiful.

And that's- - Yeah.

- Our DP taking it on the skateboard.

- Yeah, I think I'm rollerblading behind him looking at the screen, pulling him along a little bit.

Yeah, it was, got to do anything for the shot.

And sometimes you got to be creative if you don't have a dolly.

- I think doing that really brought so much movement and life to the scene.

- The filmmaking landscape in Western New York right now is on the rise.

It's really growing.

There's a lot of independent filmmakers like me that are willing to support each other.

Right now I'm working on directing my first feature film this summer.

We are going to shoot on Woodlawn Beach out in Buffalo.

The landscape in Buffalo has changed majorly.

There's a lot of people are coming back to the area.

It's a great place to be right now whether you're an actor or part of the crew.