Cast and crew prepare for a scene Saturday at the Southern Illinois Research Park on the set of “Nuclear Family.” The film is written and directed by Braden Barton, a junior studying cinema and photography from Oregon, and is part of an independent study course. Barton said the 20-person cast and 30-person crew is the largest he’s had the chance to work with during a student production. “The hardest part of working with a large crew is working to make sure we’re maximizing our organization and efficiency,” Barton said. “It was nice having a crew that I could count on to get things done.” Barton said the film “Nuclear Family” centers around a post-nuclear war family going about their ordinary day, blind and brainwashed to the violence that surrounds them.

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Carson Edmonds, left, a junior studying cinema and photography from Marion, and Jessica Jordan, 14, of Lenzburg, wait in between takes Saturday on the set of “Nuclear Family.”

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