"Vipers in the Grass," is a 22-minute police story set in Nebraska and written by Hollywood screenwriter Jorge Zamacona. It’s the first in the Carson School Film Series. It involved about 180 students and 30 faculty from throughout the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts and the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. Students worked on all aspects, from location scouting to filming, music scoring and post-production marketing.