SAYSi Video Shoot at Bonham Elementary

I spent the last three days at Bonham Elementary where the good folks from SAYSi were shooting a Doc Ed video. Forty students were hand-picked by the teachers to be in the video and they were real troopers. They had to do many takes during those three days of the production under very hot lights all the while smiling, laughing and dancing too. They're wonderful, bright kids and it was a pleasure working with them. Some adult actors I've worked with could learn a lot from those kids. 

The bulk of the video was the "Rock Star" show but for the finish a local band called The Cartographers performed the "Aquifer Song" with new music that they composed. They're very talented and dedicated performers who write their own songs and perform at local venues here in San Antonio.

SAYSi's film crew was composed mostly of high school students who are learning the film trade via the SAYSi media arts program. For more on SAYSi check out the site. The ink is below.

  http://www.saysimedia.org/

Below are a variety of photos taken over those three days.

The crew between takes in the school library.

Setting up a shot in the classroom.

The kids waiting patiently between takes during the "Aquifer Song" segment.

ACTION!