Campus film production is productive

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Chaez Pearson cpearson.roundupnews@gmail.com

Movie and commercials are often filmed at Pierce College, but many students and faculty members feel as though their daily activities are being interrupted.

Movies play a large role in our society’s culture and watching them brings enjoyment and entertainment, but the process of creating and bringing that film to life takes a great deal of time.

When a director chooses a location to film his movie, a great deal of people are affected, including students who may feel like the movie crew is in the way of people walking on campus and getting to their classes.

Recently, a movie crew was on campus occupying the student center where many go to purchase food during their breaks in between classes. The crew was filming a scene in which they were simulating the student center as a different high school and took the entire day, as well as others, to complete their filming tasks. Some students feel that a movie being filmed on campus creates an atmosphere that they think isn’t suitable for a place that should be all about education. When the crew is on campus they take up more space with trucks, equipment, and more people in general. This causes the alreadycrowded campus at Pierce to feel even more clustered. Students have a tough time finding parking spaces during peak class time hours, so when crew trucks block spaces it causes congestion and more dismay. The school should not allow outside film production during peak hours of classes sessions and should limit the amount of time that a production is on campus. While there are positives to film production such as money, Pierce can do a better job of taking their students and faculty into consideration when issuing permits.

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Mike Washington mwashington.roundupnews@gmail.com

Most students will not be on the silver screen, but a film shoot on campus gives them the next best thing: being on set while a shoot is taking place.

People are excited by the buzz of Hollywood filmmaking and the chance to see their school be used as a location on a favorite show or movie is something not everyone can claim.

Shows such as New Girl, Bones, The Office and 24 are just a few of the hit shows that Pierce College students can say have been filmed on campus. Filming at Pierce does not directly affect students. There is little downside, even on weekdays, except maybe a slight detour on the way to class.

When Pierce shows up in

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The cost for a feature film to shoot on campus for a single day is $3,000, not including the days it takes for the crews to be on campus to dress the sets or tear down.

Some buildings have another cost on top of the regular fee to shoot. The Performing Arts Building costs $500 to shoot four hours. Production companies must also pay fees for on-site security personnel and specialty technicians.

These usage fees do not seem to make a dent in the major Hollywood production companies budget, but the fees totaled up is quite a sum of cash going straight into the school.

So don’t protest film crews on campus when the film money and school pride it brings in is good for Pierce.

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