SARANAC LAKE – Greg Dorchak hopes to go from a small town to the big screen with the completion of his independent comedy “Kopy Kings.”

Dorchak was raised on a small farm in Lake Clear. After traveling out of state for high school and college, he moved back in 1987 to raise his kids in Lake Placid. He and his wife, Carmen Zayas, both worked at the Lake Placid News. They have since moved to Austin, Texas, with a new avocation: indie filmmaking.

Dorchak wrote the script of “Kopy Kings” with intent to sell it to a producer. Its genre was inspired by his hobbies of stand-up and improv comedy. The setting, a 24-hour copy shop, came from years he spent working the graveyard shift in a Kinkos.

“Any time you work customer service, you tend to meet a lot of interesting and sometimes odd people,” Gorchek said. “When you work the graveyard shift, those experiences get even weirder. It makes for some good stories.”

The plot, he said, is character driven and represents the average service worker’s search for meaning in relatively meaningless jobs.

Dorchak and Zayas saw opportunity in the development of digital technology and decided to produce the script on their own budget, which was tight.

“You see independent films like ‘Clerks’, for example, or ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ – great-looking films that worked with small budgets and were huge hits,” Gorchek said. “That’s the nature of a true indie film: You’re spending pennies compared to Hollywood films, but it’s totally possible to be successful if you start with a good story.”

Dorchak used the crowdfunding website Indiegogo to supplement production and editing cost. Donations through the site funded about 10 percent of the budget. The rest, he said, came from his and Zayas’ personal bank accounts.

After securing after-hour use of a print shop for a set, the couple hired a group of actors and completed production in a 14-day shoot. Dorchek acted in the film; he has 24 professional acting credits including the television series “Prison Break” and “Longmire.”

The couple is currently working to upgrade their Screen Actors Guild contracts so they can submit “Kopy Kings” to film festivals. They hope to premiere it at the Austin Film Festival this October.

Dorchak has yet to figure out distribution deals, but he said he’s not ousting the possibility of releasing the film on streaming services like Netflix after its theatrical run.

To watch a trailer and find out more about the film, visit www.kopykingsmovie.com.