{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='New feature from Ben Affleck\u0026#39;s Project Greenlight' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bb38d8eafeecae1236bc' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bb38d8eafeecae1236bc' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nNew feature from Ben Affleck\u0026#39;s Project Greenlight\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eMiramax Films1. trailer clip 'The Battle of Shaker Heights'APTN - August 12th 2003, L.A. 2. SOT Ben Affleck - on choosing script:\"First of all, the other writers evaluates the scripts and call it down to a manageable number - I read...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eMiramax Films\u003cbr/\u003e1. trailer clip 'The Battle of Shaker Heights'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN - August 12th 2003, L.A. \u003cbr/\u003e2. SOT Ben Affleck - on choosing script:\u003cbr/\u003e\"First of all, the other writers evaluates the scripts and call it down to a manageable number - I read seventy-five scripts, which were the top seventy-five that the people on the Internet had you know already voted on. And once we read those, you know this one really stood out for me. It was actually much easier to choose than last year and we had better scripts than last year. This was, I thought, really superior to everything else we had.\" \u003cbr/\u003eMiramax Films\u003cbr/\u003e3. film clip  'The Battle of Shaker Heights'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN - August 12th 2003, L.A. \u003cbr/\u003e4. SOT Erica Beeney - on writing screenplay:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's so hard to describe the creative process, you know, how it works but I would say the very beginning was, I met a war re-enactor at a wedding and thought that it was a really weird and interesting way to spend your weekends and then basically at a later date, I had this idea about this kid and I could hear him talking in my head and I needed to write down what he was saying.\" \u003cbr/\u003eMiramax Films\u003cbr/\u003e5. film clip  'The Battle of Shaker Heights'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN - August 12th 2003, L.A. \u003cbr/\u003e6. SOT Efram Potelle - on director experience:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Part of all the hoops they make you jump through to win, is submitting past work, just to make sure that you're not totally going to fall apart.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSOT Ben Affleck:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Yeah. We assume that just because you're not a professional, doesn't mean you haven't done anything. Obviously, if you're really serious about being a film-maker, you know, there's the sort of omnipresence of the video camera these days that makes it kind of a more equitable playing field, so everybody probably shot something on their video camera, cut something together, if they're interested in being a film-maker and so that's...and you know, these guys had done really, for non-professional work, really accomplished good stuff.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSOT Efram Potelle:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Thanks\"\u003cbr/\u003eSOT Ben Affleck:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Sure.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMiramax Films\u003cbr/\u003e7. film clip  'The Battle of Shaker Heights'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN - August 12th 2003, L.A. \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOT Amy Smart - on the BTS programmes made during filming:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It definitely takes the mystery away from the actors and the creative process of making a film, just for the simple fact of you go to a theatre and magic comes alive on screen, something happens and it's just incredible. Whereas, when you show all the behind the scenes, it takes that away. On the flipside, I think that a lot of aspiring actors, directors, writers - it's important to see the process, it's important to see what really, what it takes to make a film.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMiramax Films\u003cbr/\u003e9. BTS clip  'The Battle of Shaker Heights'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN - August 12th 2003, L.A. \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOT Shia LaBeouf - on effect of film on his career:\u003cbr/\u003e\"A little more exposure now, people know who I am a little more, because of this. But as far as craft goes, it's not like I, you know, became this like Marlon Brando off Project Greenlight or anything. But yeah, it's a constant process, acting, you never stop. You just keep getting better, or worse, or whatever you do.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMiramax Films\u003cbr/\u003e11. trailer clip 'The Battle of Shaker Heights'\u003cbr/\u003eBen Affleck and Matt Damon's Project Greenlight was set up to help filmmakers break into Hollywood. \u003cbr/\u003eThe second film to come out of the Project Greenlight contest following last year's 'Stolen Summer' is 'The Battle of Shaker Heights'.\u003cbr/\u003eExecutive producer Ben Affleck explains that he read many of the final scripts before they agreed on this one:\u003cbr/\u003e\"First of all, the other writers evaluates the scripts and call it down to a manageable number - I read seventy-five scripts, which were the top seventy-five that the people on the Internet had you know already voted on. And once we read those, you know this one really stood out for me. It was actually much easier to choose than last year and we had better scripts than last year. This was, I thought, really superior to everything else we had.\" \u003cbr/\u003e'The Battle of Shaker Heights' is essentially a coming of age story about a young war re-enactor, Kelly Ernswiler (Shia LaBeouf) whose friend on the battle field, Bart (Elden Henson) helps him make a strategy to take on his high school enemy.  \u003cbr/\u003eDriven by newfound confidence, he seduces Bart's fetching older sister Tabby (Amy Smart) and risks the friendship.  Reality intervenes when the illness of his ex-addict father forces the anger his irony masks to the surface and he has to decide if staying in a fantasy world is worth the consequences.\u003cbr/\u003eThe screenplay was written by Erica Beeney who came up with the idea following a conversation at a wedding \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's so hard to describe the creative process, you know, how it works but I would say the very beginning was, I met a war re-enactor at a wedding and thought that it was a really weird and interesting way to spend your weekends and then basically at a later date, I had this idea about this kid and I could hear him talking in my head and I needed to write down what he was saying.\" \u003cbr/\u003eBefore the film was released, a series of behind-the-scenes programmes were shown on television in the US, documenting the making of the movie.\u003cbr/\u003eAmy Smart, who plays the love interest in the movie, explains the pros and cons of these programmes, which show the entire filmmaking process, from the selection of the script, through production and editing, to the film's theatrical run:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It definitely takes the mystery away from the actors and the creative process of making a film, just for the simple fact of you go to a theatre and magic comes alive on screen, something happens and it's just incredible. Whereas, when you show all the behind the scenes, it takes that away. On the flipside, I think that a lot of aspiring actors, directors, writers - it's important to see the process, it's important to see what really, what it takes to make a film.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCo-star Shia LaBeouf recognizes that a huge positive side to the exposure he has received through his involvement in the project:\u003cbr/\u003e\"A little more exposure now, people know who I am a little more, because of this. But as far as craft goes, it's not like I, you know, became this like Marlon Brando off Project Greenlight or anything. But yeah, it's a constant process, acting, you never stop. 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