A nearly 15-minute documentary centered on Heather Bulk and the story of an F-5 Freedom Fighter now flying in the civilian world. Originally created as a class project, the film uses interview-driven storytelling and aviation visuals to explore Heather’s connection to the aircraft, the team around it, and the jet’s life beyond military service.
PURPOSE
You’re Gonna Live Right began as a class assignment, but I wanted to create something far more ambitious than a standard school project. After reaching out to my friend Alejandro Paredes to see if he had any bold ideas, I landed on a documentary centered on an F-5 Freedom Fighter and the people behind it. Early on, my teacher told me I was “not shooting Top Gun” and to lower my expectations. I used that as motivation to push the project further and show that a class film could still feel cinematic, high-stakes, and visually ambitious. The goal became to build a character-driven documentary that used the aircraft as both a visual centerp...