Anyone driving along on the back roads of Center Star lately may pass a crew from Los Angeles shooting a music video.

A crew from Semi Sweet Films in L.A. scouted out the north Alabama area for two days in search of the perfect place to shoot David Fanning’s new music video, a piece that may very well be on MTV soon.

Fanning, 20, is a “local boy” who is making his dreams come true. He is shooting his first music video and loving every minute of it.

“We had a meeting yesterday, and I said ‘Let’s have fun that’s what I want to do,” said Fanning.

Smiling ear-to-ear in between takes of video, Fanning glows like a person who is right where he wants to be.

The song for the music video is “Tomorrow,” with lyrics that speak of what a person wishes he had done.

“It’s about not taking for granted today because tomorrow you’re going to wish you had done what you didn’t,” said Fanning.

The video, directed by Jesse Grce and filmed by director of photography, Neal Mhaskal, is being licensed for a reality show for MTV. They are negotiating, said Fanning.

It stars 18-year-old actress Hannah Black, who attends Brooks High School. The story of the video is Grce’s and Fanning’s creation.

“Hannah’s looking through a box with all the moments of her life, moments with David. Then finds out that he’s cheating. It’s about cheating, loss, and memories,” said Grce.

The background and time setting for the video of, “Tomorrow,” is based around a classic theme. It is classic in the sense that Black will be looking at Polaroid pictures instead of cell phone pictures, said Fanning.

Black and Fanning, have been a couple for eight months. They met at one of his shows at the Shoals Theater in Muscle Shoals.

Black said she is enjoying the experience of making a video.

“I thought it was going to be really hard….but, it’s easy to support David so it’s fun, “ she said.

The couple seems crazy about each other and joke and laugh constantly.

“It’s so much fun,” said Black with a quick glance at Fanning. “I’m glad that he included me instead of scouting out for prettier girl.”

“There’s not one,” he said, and they both laugh.

Hannah’s mother, Rita Black, said she takes her daughter to visit Fanning in L.A. often.

“They sing a lot together. Hannah sings a lot at church. It’s kind of neat that they have that in common,” said Rita.

Fanning grew up in church. His father, David Fanning Sr., still preaches locally at the Petersburg Church of Christ in Petersburg, Tenn. His father and his mother, Treva Fanning, both sung in a gospel group called The Lifters while Fanning was growing up. He said he’s been singing since he was 4-years-old.

“It was really cool growing up as a preacher’s son. It seems like everyone has a magnifying glass on you, but that was okay because I was perfect,” laughs Fanning.

He jokes that the “magnifying glass feel” of the congregation almost made him quit singing in public when he was younger.

He said that he didn’t realize that people where supposed to be smiling and happy and just thought they we’re making fun of him. He said he didn’t sing much between the ages of 8 and 12.

However, there was no stopping him from pursuing his love of music and he was soon back at it after he realized he made his audiences happy.

At 14, Fanning formed the band Kessid. Kessid is a Hebrew word for love and kindness.

“We were obsessed with love songs,” he said.

He played with Kessid for about two years, played on his own for about a year and then formed the band pointZEROone. Chad Burdine was the drummer for PZO and plays the drums in the video for “Tomorrow.’

The band played for several well-known bands, such as Sugar Ray, Uncle Kracker, Hootie and the Blowfish and Blues Traveler. The group played several venues including Huntsville’s Von Braun Center, Big Spring Jam in Huntsville, Loretta Lynn’s ranch, several festivals, high schools, colleges, camps and benefits. PZO toured many schools in the north Alabama area promoting their album “A Day In the Sun.” Fanning continues on a school tour in the L.A. area.

“I want to stress kids following their dreams. Yon can do whatever you want to do if you really work at it,” said Fanning.

Moving to L.A. and going solo seemed to be the next logical move to Fanning.

Fanning and Spencer Thomason, the sound technician for the PZO shows, moved to L.A. at the same time.

Now Fanning is enjoying the fast-paced, slow traffic world of L.A.

“I grew up in the Ardmore-Fayetteville Area and moved to Athens a couple of years ago and then moved to L.A., “ said Fanning. “It’s a very big contrast. You move about five miles in about 45 minutes when you’re driving. It’s faster paced than down here, except for the traffic. I love it out there.”

Fanning said he is working on a new album in which he has wrote 30 to 40 songs to chose from. He said he would be choosing 12 songs to record in February at Tree Studios in Atlanta.

To find out more about Fanning visit his website at www.davidfanning.com or view his MySpace Web page at www.myspace.com/davidfanning.