Remember the meteor that flew over metro Detroit back in  January?

Well, 13-year-old Charlie Fracker does, and he used it as the centerpiece for his film “Space Rocks,” which landed him and four of his friends second place in the Orion Neighborhood Television (ONTV) Wildwood Film Festival’s adult division.

Charlie and his friends, Keegan Upham, Zach Cabanillas, Jake Olheiser and Ryan Schick, are all eighth-graders at Oxford Middle School.

Last year Charlie, Upham and Cabanillas won first in the youth division with “About Last Knight.”

Because they took a win last year, they decided to up their competition this year.

“Space Rocks” follows three OMS students who are dreading writing a research paper on Jan. 16, 2018. While they stress out over  their  impending due date, a meteor  flies overhead that changes the course of their day and their grade. Full of witty banter, the boys take viewers on a  nearly eight-minute adventure through Oxford.

“Me and my dad were talking at dinner during the summer, and we thought that maybe I could make a movie about the meteor,” Charlie said. “We both had this idea to make a movie about the meteor, and I guess the film festival gave us the opportunity to do that.”

For the competition, filmmakers were given a designated location, prop and line of dialogue. Charlie and his friends had to shoot a scene at Camp Agowam and include cider and donuts along with their pre-assigned line of dialogue. Once they got their assignments, they had just four days to write, shoot and edit the film, which Charlie said got a little stressful.

“(My friends) came over and we pretty much just shot the whole weekend,” he said. “It was pretty stressful at some points, but we were lucky that everyone’s schedule was open and we were actually able to do it.”

Charlie’s mom, Julie Fracker, said the process was intense for the boys, who lived at her house for a weekend. She recalled them throwing on the same outfits each morning for the sake of continuity and heading out for hours of shooting.

Though the filming process was rough, they had a good time and considered making a blooper reel. The film also served as a  learning opportunity. It allowed Charlie  to try his hand at a little animation and gave his friends the opportunity to show off their improved acting chops, which Charlie said he was impressed by.

After they had all the footage they needed, Charlie spent hours editing it.

“They had so much footage, and (Charlie) has the patience to sit there and watch all of those hours of footage just to find the right clip and isolate it,” Julie said. “That’s what I’m most proud of him for – for sticking it out – because it’s not easy.”

Even though the film competition is intense, Charlie said he and his pals enjoy making films and creative projects together on the regular and always have a good time with the competition. As a 13-year-old, he doesn’t quite know what he wants to be when he grows up, but he knows he wants to end up in a creative field.

“I honestly couldn’t really see myself doing much of anything else,” he said. “I feel like I would just get bored with anything else. I really enjoy being creative and getting to do all of this cool stuff.”

His creativity is paying off so far with the second place finish, which surprised both Charlie and his parents. “We were thrilled,” Julie said. “He really wanted to enter the adult competition this year because he just wanted the higher level of competition . . . We were all really surprised, because he was the youngest by 10  years or so.”

Charlie looks forward to taking on the competition next year, and Julie is thankful ONTV puts on the competition each year to give budding filmmakers the chance to see their work on the silver screen.

“For these kids to be able to go into a movie theater and see their movies, even if they don’t win, is such a great opportunity,” she said.