As the days grew on and the students and teachers began to be comfortable in their various roles, the crew and cast began to bond together, very similar to how a professional crew does. By the end of production, working 12 to 14 hours a day side by side, going through very stressful times together and coming out the other side successful, creates a very familial closeness. The ties become so close that it's sometimes hard to let it go.

By the end of the week the students and teachers had sort of found their nitch and were working very hard at being the very best they could at that particular position and taking pride in how well they were doing it.

Several of the film professionals who were hired on the crew were overheard saying how they would hire some of these teachers and students because they were such hard workers and soon after wrapping "Clean Start" they made good on their comments by doing just that. Jim Barker and several other students were very quickly picked up and taken on to another production where they worked in the art department alongside July Horton, our production designer on "Clean Start."

"We're not trying to make a million Steven Spielbergs here," says Chet Thomas. "These workshops are established mostly for teachers to be trained in the mechanics of filmmaking so they can return to their respective schools and properly instruct their own students. That being said, we're always on the look-out for the next Spielberg as well."