teens meet at our local library weekly.

The Teen Video Club at the Fountain Hills Branch Library is making a movie. It is a 40-minute spoof called “Brit-Asian Cops,” a quirky “cops and robbers” story about two inept cops whose task it is to take down a common criminal and get him into custody.

The story is full of humor and fun, though they are not playing it for laughs.

“It is a standard story not told in a standard way,” said the club’s dramaturg, Maria Muto-Porter.

When I arrived to observe the filming of the robbery scene, five young people were diligently setting up the equipment in the River of Time Museum adjacent to the library.

Matt Ruby, Andy Chen, Anthony Domingo, Daniel Plotzke and Alex Harney, all between the ages of 12 and 17, had been working on the actual filming for two weeks and plan to have it completed by early December.

Though the story line of the movie was cultivated by the group, the screenplay itself is credited to author Matt Ruby. The producers and cameraman often double as characters in the movie.

When asked what had been one of the biggest challenges, they replied emphatically, “the weather and people!”

I learned that much of the early filming took place in a home garage. These teenagers are using imagination, limited conditions and limited resources to “learn by doing.”

In the words of Rob Wilson, teen librarian at the Fountain Hills Branch Library, “To make a feature-like movie, even for adults, is a major undertaking. So it requires people who are motivated and mature. I applaud these guys for having those qualities that enable them to see a project of this magnitude through to the end.”

The club has been meeting for three years and has produced several shorter movies. The movie “Brit-Asian Cops” will be screened at the library sometime in 2015.

Wilson and the Teen Club want to thank the Sunset Kiwanis Club for the use of facilities for on-location shots. Also, thanks to the River of Time Museum, the Maricopa County Library District and the Fountain Hills Friends of the Library for physical and financial support to make this opportunity possible.