The next potential scene in the real-life story of the Natrona County High School senior who started the school's Turning Point USA Club America chapter may have to include a credit to ChatGPT.
That’s because a young filmmaker in Florida used the AI software to hunt for the right subject for a short film project he wants to pursue.
Aidan Fridman, 19, founder of the production company Idea2Result, said his idea centered on someone who wanted to start a Turning Point USA Chapter and got rejected.
“The idea was to have it be a boy, not a girl,” Fridman said. “And then I actually had a conversation with ChatGPT … and one of the people it recommended was Kylie.”
That would be Casper’s Kylie Wall, a high school senior who initially started her high school’s Club America chapter fighting her principal and strong opposition from some teachers and students.
Wall was inspired to start the club after the assassination of TPUSA Founder Charlie Kirk, and the turbulence she has navigated through to open up a chapter has inspired students, parents and others across Wyoming and the nation who also have felt moved by the loss of Kirk.
Earlier this fall, Wall told Cowboy State Daily that Natrona County High School Principal Aaron Wilson told her that she could not speak with reporters, even off campus on her own time, about the group.
She also was told that she could not represent the group at a meeting to celebrate the group with the Wyoming Family Alliance, which defines itself as an advocacy group for Wyoming families.
She had said she felt her group was being treated differently than other clubs at the school.
After media coverage, a school board meeting in October involving several members of the public speaking on both sides of the issue, and a clarification by the school district, things have gotten better.
“We’re not seeing as much pushback. I am seeing some aggression from other students, today I actually had a student try to square up with me in the stairwell,” Wall said. “They have screamed at me before and said that my club is awful and I am awful.”
An actress in the proof-of-concept video for "My Turning Point: Kylie Wall Episode 1" portrays Kylie Wall reacting to posters for her Club America chapter torn off the wall and a message written on a poster that uses an expletive and calls the group “fascist.” (Courtesy Aidan Fridman) 
Kylie Wall addresses the school board on Monday night. (Dale Killingbeck, Cowboy State Daily) 
A scene from the "My Turning Point: Kylie Wall Episode 1” proof-of-concept video depicts an actress as Wall addressing the school board. (Courtesy Aidan Fridman) 
Natrona County High School senior Kylie Wall appears in a proof-of-concept video telling part of her story and struggles starting a Club America chapter at Natrona County High School. (Courtesy Aidan Fridman) 
A scene from the "My Turning Point: Kylie Wall Episode 1” proof-of-concept video shows actors portraying Wall and her mother in conversation following Charlie Kirk’s death. (Courtesy Aidan Fridman) 
Aidan Fridman addresses his reasons for wanting to do a short film using Kylie Wall’s story as an inspiration for those with conservative values who believe they are in the minority. (Courtesy Aidan Fridman)
‘Doing Good’
Wall said she has not experienced any recent pushback from the principal or teachers at the school.
“My principal has been very cooperative,” she said. “I really appreciate the effort he has put in.”
She characterized her club as “doing good right now.”
While the chapter has a dozen members who regularly show up for meetings, she said other students have expressed a desire to attend but cannot because of conflicts. So, they are thinking of changing the day the group meets.
As for the movie opportunity, Wall said Fridman contacted her after tracking her down through her grandmother. He found her grandmother had a posted a comment on Secretary of State Chuck Gray’s social media post supporting Wall.
Wall said Fridman interviewed her a couple of times over the phone and then she flew down to Florida to be part of a proof-of-concept video titled: “My Turning Point: Kylie Wall Episode 1.”
Fridman, who used actors to portray Wall and her mother, said his idea for the short 30-minute film is to try and market it to a conservative organization such as The Daily Wire, or Turning Point USA as the first in a series of stories about young people starting TP USA chapters.
“I think there are a ton of stories like Kylie’s that should be told,” he said.
He said, in the least, the movie would be marketed and available for people to watch on his YouTube channel.
Students at the University of Wyoming were stunned Thursday less than 24 hours after conservative political thought leader Charlie Kirk was killed on an Utah university campus. They condemn political violence, and are conflicted about Kirk’s legacy. (Getty Images) 
About 100 people gathered at the Wyoming Capitol in Cheyenne on Saturday evening to mourn and honor conservative political influencer Charlie Kirk, who was gunned down Wednesday. They also wept and prayed for Colorado school shooting victims. (Jackson Walker, Cowboy State Daily) 
It wasn't set to mobilize until next year, but after Charlie Kirk's killing and other violence, its leaders decided now is the time to launch Becoming a Peacemaker. It's a new interfaith group dedicated to ending hostility and division across Wyoming. (Getty Images)
It's In The Works
A GoFundMe campaign was recently launched and $850 raised. The ultimate budget Fridman hopes for is $60,000, and he has detailed what the money would go for. A proof-of-concept video also is there.
Fridman said he has worked on some bigger projects and is currently shooting a “concept” project for a $10 million film for someone else.
He plans to hire a professional actor as well as a scriptwriter for the Wall project and already has a Jacksonville professional cinematographer and professional gaffers in mind. The goal is to raise the funds by January and shoot it that month.
Fridman flew Wall to Florida to be part of the four-minute, 41-second scripted concept video that has an actress friend of Fridman portraying Wall. As part of the video, Wall shares some of her experiences starting the Club America chapter.
The opening scene shows the actress as Wall running into a bedroom, with apparent texts coming in on her phone. She opens her computer and watching the news video of Charlie Kirk in the last minute of his life.
The response shows her running to a bathroom to vomit. The next scene shows her mother trying to encourage her. And the student playing Kylie replying, “Nothing changes if we do nothing.”
A script appears stating that on Sept. 17, she started a Turning Point USA chapter at her school. There is a poster of her chapter sign with an expletive and the word, “Fascist.”
Another scene shows her addressing a school board.
“I believe that every student has a right to speak even if what they want to say isn’t popular,” she says. “All I wanted is to start a club where students who felt unwanted could belong.”
Fridman said while the film will be inspired by Wall’s true story, some elements will be added or changed as in most movies to make it more dramatic and interesting for the audience.
The young filmmaker said Wall’s story resonated with his own as he remembers being in a Chicago area high school during the pandemic and facing ostracism for his conservative views. He believes Wall’s story and others around the nation are relevant and important to share in the current political climate and culture.
“I feel like this is really relevant because if you look at the polling, the majority of the country, the majority of beliefs are common sense beliefs,” he said. “You’re walking on these campuses, and you just see all this craziness around and you think you’re in the minority, but in reality, you are in the majority.
"I feel a story like this is really important to highlight how many of us there are who still believe in common sense.”
Dale Killingbeck can be reached at dale@cowboystatedaily.com.
