My Old School | Inside the Abandoned Woonsocket Middle School 

A behind the scenes look at My Old School, a documentary film tracing the history of New England's largest abandoned school.
Director: Jason Allard
Executive Producer: Scott Gabrielson
Music: Randy Laskowski and Paul Bouley
Edited by Jason Allard
My Old School site: www.OldSchoolWoonsocket.com
Jason Allard's site: www.UncomSenseMedia.com
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Camera: Canon 80D, 18 - 135mm
Mic: Rode Shotgun Mic
Drone: DJI Spark Fly More Combo
Editing: Final Cut Pro X
Additional filming by Eric Jarret, Cameron Richer, Suthi Seneth, Scott Gabrielson, Tim O'Brien.
Jason Allard produces a range of digital products for corporate and small business clients, including digital shorts, music videos and feature-length documentaries. In 2014, Rhode Island PBS broadcast his documentary “My Old School” to more than 40,000 households.
When we found out that the school we both attended in our hometown was closed for good, we knew something had to be done to preserve its history and memories. Constructed in 1914, the Woonsocket High School housed the minds of several generations that went off and changed the world.
In 1973, after numerous additions to the building, the school was converted into the largest junior high school in New England, housing students in grades 7 through 9. In 1987, it became a middle school for students in grades 6 - 8. In 2009 its doors closed for good when a new school was built just down the street. Since the school was being added to with limited space, it made for strange hallways, doorways to nowhere, and nooks and crannies all over the building. It has one of the most confusing layouts of any school.
Our film crew was granted exclusive access to the abandoned school, which was left virtually untouched since the doors closed on its last day in December 2009. We spent over 30 hours inside the school capturing the beauty of the building we once called home. When we went into the school to film, we mapped out each location and had to set up a "base camp" in the old auditorium. This place is that big.
We gathered numerous interviews with former faculty, staff, students, and city officials discussing everything from the building itself to the cultural revolutions it endured.
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