Pictured here are "Murphy's Law," Mike, Jacob, Tommy and Chris. Sitting down is Danny Toman. For some reason everyone liked those directors chairs. I had a heck of a time keeping people out of mine. Whenever I turned around to go sit down there was someone there. I finally had to make a general announcement, "No-one sits in my chair!"
	The gymnasium was a moderate size for a high school. Since the movie is supposed to take place in two smaller towns it worked out well. When I first started pre-production I knew we'd have to shoot our school stuff at a private school. I talked to a few and the most energetic was about it was Portland Christian Jr./Sr. High School. Many thanks to those in administration that helped make it possible.
	One of the tricks was to make it all look like a real dance, including the sound board at the back. We shot some great footage of Tyson "Eric" there. I even pulled in Rick's daughter to sit by him admiringly. Unfortunately I used only one quick shot of the footage.
	Bart had given me a DAT tape of the "Someday We'll Be You" song. I had the guys play it over and over to get it down. They had a lot of fun. Even Stephanie got into the act.
	Bart, in the background, showed up at one point to help the guys out. He had them play and then give them tips. They really seemed to appreciate it, and because of it the concert scenes came off quite believable.
	A from the floor up shot of Jacob practicing.
	Michael gives us his "stud with the hat" look.
	Mapping out the shots and blocking took some work. Here we used the track dolly for one of the pre-dance scenes.
	In the background Bart helps Tommy get his drum set in the right position.
	In the past Dana had been in a band as a drummer. But he knew about several instruments as well. Rick could also carry a beat. Every now and then they would strap up and play a little diddy. I guess it was a sort of release from the high pressure at times.
	Dana prepares his Stedicam. It was a system where he had to get it completely balanced on the stand before he transferred it to his vest system. It was pretty heavy with all that gear strapped on so he had to take breaks now and then.
	Michael, Jacob, and I try to figure out the sound system. Using the DAT walkman we had the music was pumped through the concert speakers. It got old pretty fast rewinding after each take. I went out and bought a CDburner a few days later. The other two performance songs were burned to disk and played back off of my laptop.
	Shelbi and Chris take time out for a fun pose.
	Lunchtime. Bart sits in with some of our extras. Most of dance scenes with the "students" were shot in the morning. Some stuck around and had lunch with the cast and crew.
	Dana had the right idea. He was hardly without his big blue cup full of ice water. In filmmaking you get so busy thinking and moving around it's easy to get dehydrated and not know it.
	Please Christian, not while I'm eating!
	Preparing for their big performance scenes on camera Jacob and Tommy take a break in the motorhome.
	I talked with our "teacher" before coming as an extra. Most of our extras were high schoolers, but we needed an adult just to add some flavor. Thinking on the fly we took two shots of her acting like she enjoyed the concert. The first was with her being serious, the second (which we used) has her tapping finger on her coffee mug to the beat.
	Tommy on the drums. We had a large fan behind him to blow the smoke around. It was also cool because there were streamers coming off of the basketball hoop which blew around during the takes.
	Jacob had a lot of fun with his guitar playing during this song.
	Reminiscent of "Back To The Future" Jacob added in an on your knees flare. This is one of my favorite parts of the actual performance. It adds a lot of energy to the song.
	Since audio was not critical for the performance Stan gave Stephanie the boom job while he monitored audio levels.
	One of my favorite stills that Christian took, Stephanie holds the microphone high over Jim Romeo's head. Jim only worked with us for a few days, but his quiet spirit was nice to have as a balance next to all of our exuberant people.
	Another one of my favorite stills. Dana gets Chris' solo shot on his knees from the Stedicam. I look into the viewfinder. Even after the second day the actors really had a good camera presence, not looking into the lens or anywhere near it.