Making Sense of the ECHS film

While filming at ECHS for the last few weeks we’ve been able to meet so many cool young people who have interests in fashion design, break dancing and even producing hip hop music. It’s been a great experience so far getting to know the students each time we visit the campus. With so many students to pick from I’m learning from the other film teams that we’ll need to narrow down who we will focus on in the film.
Right now it seems like the focus and potential story line is going in all sorts of directions. We’ve shot a few of the sports games and interviewed several students and a few teachers. We were even able to interview parents who have sent three of their five children to ECHS.
After watching our teaser with my classmates and hearing their feedback and comments I realize that we’ll need to really explore and develop the environmental angle a bit more. It’s there. We just need to start digging and asking questions that will spark ideas for where to go from here. As we spend more time at the campus and talk more with students, teachers and parents about their impressions of what’s happening there, I’m confident the story will begin to unfold and the feel of the film will start to emerge and become clearer for all of us.