Elephant (Planning Scenes)

Planning stages of the school shooting from Gus Van Sant’s 2003 film, Elephant. Elephant is a 2003 drama film edited, written, and directed by Gus Van Sant. It takes place in the fictional Watt High School, in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, and chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting, based in part on the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. The film begins a short time before the shooting occurs, following the lives of several characters both in and out of school, who are unaware of what is about to unfold. Uploaded for educational purposes only for UNCC’s LBST 1102’s Seminar Section (or UCOL 1205) and the Film Festival Project found at the following link: