Origin and Filming Style
The film was made in response to the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. According to Coccio, he began writing the film shortly afterwards, and completed the film in mid-2001, using no professional cameras. The film's initial release was cancelled after September 11, to avoid distress. The film was then edited over the next six months, and eventually released in 2003, nearly two full years after being completed.
The film's camcorder-style perspective was based on the basement tapes made by the perpetrators, in which they discussed their plan to assault Columbine High. The penultimate scene uses security camera, and is based on the footage from the Columbine High School cafeteria during the shooting.
The scene where the shooting takes place has generated some misunderstanding on websites such as YouTube and discussion blogs. The shots are all filmed on security cameras, and uninformed viewers have mistakenly believed that the footage in the film is actually the surveillance footage from Columbine.
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