A couple of weeks ago "Team Green" finally got out of the starting blocks and began to shoot some footage. B.M and I have been busy at ECHS interviewing staff members and students. Many of the people we have been interviewing seem to agree that ECHS is more then a academic institution, it's also a community. Many students at ECHS build lasting relationships with their teachers and rely on them for emotional support, and everybody knows each other.
Shamms, a bright energetic 11th grade student, pictured above, who started at Lawndale High as a 9th grader describes her reason for transferring to ECHS. "Lawndale was not the best experience, I was a number not a student." She chose ECHS because of the class size, student teacher ratio. She found out the teachers are "friendly and funny."
Although content for the movie is coming in droves we have limited space to conduct interviews. I have encountered problems with keeping the backgrounds interesting. It would be nice to conduct an interview outdoors on campus, but there is too much noise. In the future we are hoping to gain access into some of the homes of the students and some action shoots to eliminate the talking head syndrome we have been experiencing.
As of now we have conducted one interview outside of campus with a former student who is currently attending UCR. This shoot was fun, but loaded with all kinds of trouble with lighting.
We had a difficult time adjusting artificial lighting to remove shadow play on the walls. In the end I think we adjusted our lights well enough to remove the shadows, at least I hope. Our next shoot is scheduled for this coming Thursday, we will be shooting a basketball game this. We'll see how that goes, until then I am out.
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