The Hallmark Channel is currently filming a movie called "The Class" on Biola's campus. They are literally everywhere; in the library, on Metzger, IN Metzger, the mailboxes, commons... all over the place. It's a pretty exciting and interesting atmosphere.
Today I was sitting outside of the library, just taking a breather and observing some of the filming, maybe secretly trying to get into a shot with my bright red sweatshirt... and I noticed something peculiar. I've noticed this specific thing in movies before and it has always seemed weird but to see it within the context of Biola being the set, was really intriguing.
Now, I don't know what this movie is about, but it takes place on a college campus ("Morgan State College") so naturally, many of their background actors are
supposed to be everyday, regular college students. Yet, like in most movies involving high school or college age subjects, the actual actors are not even close. They look like they are about 28 years old and the backpacks they are carrying, casually slung over one shoulder, are pitifully empty, have they ever even been to college?
this is what average college students typically look like during finals..I just love the fact that this company is filming on a college campus, yet their actors look nothing like the reality they are trying to portray. While this is a small and minute detail of movie making, and, sure maybe in the big picture of things, who cares if they look a little older? This becomes a more serious issue when the images being portrayed are negatively influencing young minds. Or even middle age and old minds! Our media is constantly trying to portray people as older, more beautiful, smarter, more confident and much more put together than the majority of
real human beings actually are!
For example, the most recent Miley Cyrus music video for
Party in the U.S.A. features her, a fresh 17 year old young girl, flaunting her long skinny legs and flashing her black bra which happens to be sticking out of her shirt the whole time. The backup dancers are all probably in their mid- late 20's, women who are dressed pretty high fashion and acceptably for their age, but definitely not what young teenage girls should be epitomizing.
All of that to say, it's just about finals week, and what kind of student would I be if I didn't have something to rant about and procrastinate with!?
