OVERVIEW
Olio Road Productions is a film production company working though Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, In. The company was created by Jeremiah Follis, a teacher at HSE, in 2014. The club is an extension of the Film Studies program he founded in 2001. The goal of the group was to move beyond the common short films students make in small groups of their friends and give the students a more realistic film making experience.
PHILOSOPHY
Olio Road Productions seeks to turn the high school in to a fully functioning film studio. This is done by by connecting the most talented students in the school from a variety of fields and utilizing the schools amazing facilities. Everything they could need to make a film in under one roof; from a wood & machine shop to sewing machines, to cameras and editing computers to a full orchestra. The school is full of a multitude of diverse and talented individuals as well. Every film made through Olio Road is completely student made. The students write and revise the script. They cast student actors. They do all pre-production art work of prop, costume, and set design and construction. They produce and direct the film. They edit the final product. They even create the original music and art work. They will ultimately work on publicity and distribution as well.
HISTORY
For over a decade the Film Club at HSE sought to teach students to analyze film as art. The group would often hold film making short film challenges and occasionally endeavor to make larger official club films. At the start of the 2013-14 school year the school board approved Mr. Follis's new Film Production Club proposal. The group got a late start due to the approval process's timeline. But the group began production of "Painted in Black". The group was led by senior Daisia Jackson as producer, sophomore Molly Simmons as director, and an original script. It was very much a learning year for the organization and even though the students worked tirelessly throughout the year and in spite of completing about 80% of principal photography the project fell short of meeting it's deadline of the end of the school year.
With the start of the 2014-15 school year the group came out the gate strong. Marie Drascic came in with multiple script outlines and treatments on the first day of school. They picked their director from a large body of student submissions. Ultimately they choose a pair of seniors Nick Kinder and Bryce Reif to direct the film. The students went through an open selection process with the original scripts and some new ideas. The ideas were narrowed until they settled on a high school election plot. The script was developed and re-written through September. October saw the pre-production work take off and casting occurred, where the film really becomes tangible as you see the characters forming. Principal shooting started in November. Shooting is always difficult when you are dealing with busy high school students who are in many tough classes, have jobs, play sports, and are in a variety of clubs. Principal photography finished in April. Re-shoots and Editing occurred throughout April and May. The film held a sneak preview in the Leonard Auditorium on May 20, 2015 with a premier on May 22, 2015. The showing was a great success with a large crowd and a great audience reaction.
Olio Road Productions is a film production company working though Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, In. The company was created by Jeremiah Follis, a teacher at HSE, in 2014. The club is an extension of the Film Studies program he founded in 2001. The goal of the group was to move beyond the common short films students make in small groups of their friends and give the students a more realistic film making experience.
PHILOSOPHY
Olio Road Productions seeks to turn the high school in to a fully functioning film studio. This is done by by connecting the most talented students in the school from a variety of fields and utilizing the schools amazing facilities. Everything they could need to make a film in under one roof; from a wood & machine shop to sewing machines, to cameras and editing computers to a full orchestra. The school is full of a multitude of diverse and talented individuals as well. Every film made through Olio Road is completely student made. The students write and revise the script. They cast student actors. They do all pre-production art work of prop, costume, and set design and construction. They produce and direct the film. They edit the final product. They even create the original music and art work. They will ultimately work on publicity and distribution as well.
HISTORY
For over a decade the Film Club at HSE sought to teach students to analyze film as art. The group would often hold film making short film challenges and occasionally endeavor to make larger official club films. At the start of the 2013-14 school year the school board approved Mr. Follis's new Film Production Club proposal. The group got a late start due to the approval process's timeline. But the group began production of "Painted in Black". The group was led by senior Daisia Jackson as producer, sophomore Molly Simmons as director, and an original script. It was very much a learning year for the organization and even though the students worked tirelessly throughout the year and in spite of completing about 80% of principal photography the project fell short of meeting it's deadline of the end of the school year.
With the start of the 2014-15 school year the group came out the gate strong. Marie Drascic came in with multiple script outlines and treatments on the first day of school. They picked their director from a large body of student submissions. Ultimately they choose a pair of seniors Nick Kinder and Bryce Reif to direct the film. The students went through an open selection process with the original scripts and some new ideas. The ideas were narrowed until they settled on a high school election plot. The script was developed and re-written through September. October saw the pre-production work take off and casting occurred, where the film really becomes tangible as you see the characters forming. Principal shooting started in November. Shooting is always difficult when you are dealing with busy high school students who are in many tough classes, have jobs, play sports, and are in a variety of clubs. Principal photography finished in April. Re-shoots and Editing occurred throughout April and May. The film held a sneak preview in the Leonard Auditorium on May 20, 2015 with a premier on May 22, 2015. The showing was a great success with a large crowd and a great audience reaction.
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