WACO, Texas (KWTX) - New financial incentives, accessible technology, and a rapidly expanding local infrastructure are making it easier than ever to create movies-giving homegrown talent a unique opportunity to make their silver-screen dreams come true.

From featured extra to filmmakerKendall Goodwin is no stranger to the camera."I grew up being a theater kid," Goodwin said.

"Probably the biggest thing I worked on in the past, I did the last three seasons of Friday Night Lights as a featured extra. I'm in almost every episode of those three seasons in some capacity."While she stays busy with her job as a fitness instructor, her duties as the reigning Mrs. Waco, and raising seven children with her husband, Goodwin recently felt the call to return to her creative roots.