Wow i guess you never really know how good you have it until someone else tells you. ?:D? I'm still in high school and a lot of the stories i write take palce in high school, but my principle won't let me show. Mind you there is a film club -_-. What can i do about that?
Is the principle opposed to your using the high school name, or opposed to actually filming there? Would he be content if you called the High school by a different name in your movie?
Most educators would be thrilled to have a group of students making a film, but they might also be afraid the film would be used to malign the school in some ways. A Principle, however, may or may not be an educator. They tend towards being bureaucrats so you might be stuck.
RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
RJSchwarz
I didn't even need the name. I was just in the hallway on the first floor and my actor just walked through the door. That's it. She came from the elevator and gave me a stern lecture. Give me a break. I had no idea it was so serious. All the legal stuff. I really wasn't sure where all the hostility came from. How many 17 year old know how the law works?
Thing is not all high schools are like mine. The school I used during the summer gave me the green light two days later. Mine gave me the run around for a week. I'm hoping to get one or two more projects before graduation, but my school give me a really hard time about everything. Even casting is a nightmare. I don't know if it being a business school has anything to do with it.
People often react badly if you don't ask them beforehand. They feel you're trying to pull something. That's the risk of filming guerilla style.
RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
RJSchwarz
I was working through the afterschool program and they gave me the impression that it was ok. That the principal knew. Then they acted surprised when i told them what happened. Just leaves me type annoyed and no location to shoot. But this is how it works i guess. You never know what'll happen, you just have to deal with it.
im actually terrified to ask my principal to film in the school..
although it would help alot...
"They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But a film? Well, thats worth a thousand pictures."
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"They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But a film? Well, thats worth a thousand pictures."-(Own3d Studios)-
www.own3dstudios.com
Principles just seem scary, they are generally just people trying to keep everything together. If they feel the film won't hurt anyone, won't damage the schools reputation, or inconvenience anyone they really don't have much of a reason to say no if asked respectfully. If afraid you might want to get a teacher to find out for you, to run blocking for you. But when you get down to it, making a film is about doing a lot of asking for permission.
RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
RJSchwarz
quote:
Originally posted by Own3dStudios
im actually terrified to ask my principal to film in the school..
although it would help alot..."They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But a film? Well, thats worth a thousand pictures."
-(Own3d Studios)-
www.own3dstudios.com
I'd get a teacher to block for you like rj said. Not all of them are like that. It's been 3 years and i've only seen her 5 times. Figures she notices me when i'm trying to do something productive, but comes off as something else i guess. Worse comes to worse, find another school.
Kids can't be cops? Ever watch "21 Jump Street?"
Kids can't be Doctors? You mean like "Doogie Howser, MD?"
In the middle east, there are 8 year olds who have M-16s, fighting against adults.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.... it hurts your credibility to make a movie about high school students. That's a load of BS if ever I heard one. Ever watch "Skins" on BBCA? How about "Primeval?" (They had one episode that revolved around a 12 year old girl.)
Your problem isn't the limitations of your cast's age... it's your lack of vision in storytelling. You can easily come up with a hot story that involves kids that deals with drugs, or school violence, or teen sexuality, or just plain old alienation in the suburbs. Stop trying to copy what you see on TV, and start trying to tell stories about the stuff you see happening around you every day. Pick up the newspaper: kids living on the streets, kids hooked on meth, or engaging in "hook up" sex. You trying to tell me there are no stories in your head about any of THAT?
Besides... ask some the adults in your life, your parents, parents of friends, teachers... if they would like to be in a movie you're making. Show them something you've done, and tell them what you are planning. I would be willing to bet that plenty of them would get a kick out of working on such a project.
uhm wow. did you ever consider i didn't want to make movies on meth addicts? or all the other crap you mentioned?
whats your problem anyway? everyone else has given constructive criticism and you come in here insulting my vision of storytelling.
very rude.
"They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But a film? Well, thats worth a thousand pictures."
-(Own3d Studios)-
www.own3dstudios.com
"They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But a film? Well, thats worth a thousand pictures."-(Own3d Studios)-
www.own3dstudios.com
