Sunday, April 17, 2011

"Not many people actually get to get behind the scenes and see actually what they do and how much work it takes," said Brandon Huddleston, student at Chaparral High School.

Having connections with the show's director, Glenn Taylor, got these students a second chance behind the scenes at the Extreme Makeover Home Editions in both Chapman and Wichita.

"We had a lot different perspective the second time, kind of knowing what they were doing. Where as the first time we really had no clue what we were doing, so it was a lot of fun," said Monte Haxton, teacher.

Ten crew members from the school's monthly "Roadrunner Eyenews" program got to test and use the show's cameras, as well as, tinker with the Hollywood equipment.

"It was like I just fit in. I couldn't describe it. It was like I was floating up high in the sky and enjoying every second that I was able to be behind the scenes with the cameramen," said Jacob Walter, student.

Several students were asked by one of the show's designers to be a part of a scene, making a locker room space for one of the Hall children.

"They all had a role and they got a chance to see firsthand all the stress and the work that it takes to make something like that happen," said Haxton.

"It was unbelievable. I was not expecting him to come up and just ask us to be a part of that scene. We weren't actually expecting to be in the shots. We were expecting more to see what the cameramen were doing," said Huddleston.

While the show airs Sunday night, students from Chaparral High School hope they will see themselves on TV and will be able to say they saw a scene happen firsthand.

"It'd be nice to see some of the Chaparral Roadrunners on television but if that doesn't happen, it still doesn't take away from the experience that we had," said Walter.

These students felt lucky to experience the "passing of the craft" from the professionals down to these future producers and videographers.