When he sold it to a studio in 1999, a movie was born. Usually the writer's job is over at this point, but not in Kendall's case. Kendall is involved with the creative team that assists with casting and script changes. The producer, John J. Strauss, and the director, Ed Decter, are all good friends, having worked on previous movies together. Almost as important as the writers, directors, and stars, are the camera people and crew, as well as hundreds of extras .
Extras are people hired to be part of the background of a movie, like the crowd at a football game.
Crew members do the work around the set, like making the Elgin High School football stadium look like East Highland High's football stadium. East Highland High is the name of the school in the movie. They had to change school colors and all the school signs for the day of the shoot. Other crew members set up camera tracks and made set changes. Camera tracks are like railroad tracks.