For the scenes which involved filming with a bat, the production team used an actual bat, an animated bat, and a mechanical bat. When around the actual bat, Kate Flannery, who portrays Meredith Palmer, stated that ''we had to be extremely quiet around (it), basically pretending to scream.'' California State University, Northridge served as the backdrop for Ryan's business school and the art show; the scenes at the institution were shot in January of 2007.

See options at the end. Can we conclude that was there a real bat in the office?

Options: (a). no (b). yes
(b).