Small Town Idaho High School Turns Yearly Yearbooks into a Movie

High school yearbooks are often huge, thick books that are filled with all types of memories from the previous year. One small town high school in Idaho is looking to change people's perception of yearbooks by creating their yearbook as a lengthy

Seattle, WA (prHWY.com) November 19, 2012 - High school yearbooks are often huge, thick books that are filled with all types of memories from the previous year. One small town high school in Idaho is looking to change people's perception of yearbooks by creating their yearbook as a lengthy movie.

"We noticed over the years that students love their yearbooks when they are in school, but once they get out they can't remember where they put the book or even look at it", said James Tavern, editor for the high school's yearbook. "We wanted to do something unique and so we decided to turn our yearbook into a feature length film."

The yearbook committee and the AV club worked together to transform a book that was filled with still-life photos into a feature length film. The two clubs worked together to take videos and interviews of the various students throughout the year. These interviews and videos were then stringed together with a central plot.

"The hard part wasn't making a feature length film", said Tavern. "It was the stringing of the interviews, photos and stuff together to create one central plot. What we decided to do was to make several smaller films and make them into one huge film."

All the students at the small high school were invited to the unveiling of the new feature length film yearbook. The students rented out the local movie theatre where they had a star studded event fit for an A-list celebrity.

"We had a red carpet, lots of snacks and popcorn and an after party", said Tavern. "The key was to really celebrate this new yearbook and just share movies together."

Each student was able to purchase the feature length film yearbook. Orders were taken before the movie showing and some copies were available after the movie showing. Students who wished to have a more traditional yearbook were still able to order those.

"We didn't want to completely eliminate the book version of the yearbook", said Tavern. "So we made it available to them."

A common concern amongst students was the inability to get signatures and notes from friends with a movie yearbook. That problem was solved by the assistant editor, Sam Tiger.

"We placed a small pamphlet of paper in the front of the CD/DVD case", explained Sam Tiger. "This paper could be used for students to get signatures and notes from friends just like a regular yearbook. I really think this idea will take off. It was fun and I can't wait to do it again next year."

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