This making of short is as pretentious and dull as the film Elephant itself. Scored to a Bach sonata, it features untitled interviews with Alex, Elias, John and Michelle; fighting hijinks between Alex, Eric and John; Gus van Sant in the editing room; slow motion; black and white film stock; and dissolve overlaps. The tank-like steadicam apparatus looks funny, and we also see the hand-held camera that was used for the long tracking shots. Van Sant is seen directing, Michelle in particular, where he shows her how to move, and the volumes of film cans is evidence of the multitude of footage apparently shot. You also see in the scene where Alex is pelted with stuff, how the teacher tells him to go and clean it off (which is not in the film) and how some of the material had also landed on a glass case behind where he sat, I suppose further evidence of the teacher's indifference.
