Popularity was a big thing when we were high school students. It helps in defining our character whether we are the one who likes the spotlight or not. There is a constant need to be known not only by our class but as well as others. School organizations and extracurricular activities is a must. The pressure we have at this stage in life is just so great that If we don’t know how to handle it we will have a hard time establishing our character amongst the crowd and be like a little sheep amidst a pack of wolves. This is probably the most selfish stage in our lives where we care about nothing else except for ourselves. We barely know what our parents or teachers are going through. They are obliged to show strength even if they are in their toughest times so that we may learn to do the same thing when we grow up. I have been a part of an independent film lately and I was reminded of my high school years (due to the fact that the shooting took place in the school I was in during my fifteenth and sixteenth year). I got acquainted with some new friends and met some really cool people. It felt like I was back in my high school days. The unique smell of the classrooms (to which until now I still don’t know why they smell like that hahaha!), the lockers, corridors, and the famous toilet rooms (where gossips are usually started and distributed among the students). The canteen, auditorium or gymnasium, faculty room, registrar’s office, guidance councilor’s office and last but definitely not the least the Principal’s office. The film that we are doing just made me realize teenage years have something more in them not more on the students’ side but more on the teachers’ side. I wish I could have been a little considerate on my teachers in those times. But that time is over and I’m glad that somehow I now have an idea what might have been going on in the faculty rooms or teachers lounge. Witnessing how a film is made is just great but knowing what it’s really about behind the scenes is just equally fascinating. I give Kudos to all the people in front and behind the camera, the scriptwriter, the producers and specially the director (Who happens to be my classmate back then and probably the most successful individual in our batch in both career life and love life hahaha!). This will surely go down in history and it will be great! Thanks for inviting me to experience this kind of thing and I hope there will be more in the future.
"Behind every meaningful painting is an inspired artist, behind every captivating picture is an appreciative photographer and behind every great film is a creative director. Let us appreciate not only the product itself but the people behind them which is the very reason why they exist."
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