PJ Vogt

I mean, it's totally hypnotic to watch. You mean that basically you're seeing, like one of the opening scenes, they're doing the welcome assembly.

I mean, it's totally hypnotic to watch. You mean that basically you're seeing, like one of the opening scenes, they're doing the welcome assembly.

Like it's a big assembly, all the kids are there. And the school administrator is talking about the luminaries who have gone to the school. And he refers to, I think like a basketball coach or basketball owner, Steve Kerr.

Like it's a big assembly, all the kids are there. And the school administrator is talking about the luminaries who have gone to the school. And he refers to, I think like a basketball coach or basketball owner, Steve Kerr.

Like it's a big assembly, all the kids are there. And the school administrator is talking about the luminaries who have gone to the school. And he refers to, I think like a basketball coach or basketball owner, Steve Kerr.

And one of the kids mishears it as Steph Curry. And in their mind, they're like, did Steph Curry really go here? And you see a kid pull their cell phone out. And then superimposed on the screen is them pulling up Google, Googling Steph Curry, seeing that Steph Curry didn't go to high school, whispering to the person next to them.

And one of the kids mishears it as Steph Curry. And in their mind, they're like, did Steph Curry really go here? And you see a kid pull their cell phone out. And then superimposed on the screen is them pulling up Google, Googling Steph Curry, seeing that Steph Curry didn't go to high school, whispering to the person next to them.

And one of the kids mishears it as Steph Curry. And in their mind, they're like, did Steph Curry really go here? And you see a kid pull their cell phone out. And then superimposed on the screen is them pulling up Google, Googling Steph Curry, seeing that Steph Curry didn't go to high school, whispering to the person next to them.

She says, I looked it up, they're lying. And like, it feels so private and strange that you're watching, because these things are like second minds we use, and you're watching someone's mental work where they're making an error superimposed over the scene that's happening. And it's very, I'd never seen anything like that before.

She says, I looked it up, they're lying. And like, it feels so private and strange that you're watching, because these things are like second minds we use, and you're watching someone's mental work where they're making an error superimposed over the scene that's happening. And it's very, I'd never seen anything like that before.

She says, I looked it up, they're lying. And like, it feels so private and strange that you're watching, because these things are like second minds we use, and you're watching someone's mental work where they're making an error superimposed over the scene that's happening. And it's very, I'd never seen anything like that before.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

It's a surprisingly intimate feeling, even just seeing a routine Google search on someone else's phone. Lauren said negotiating just the access took months and months, finding the right teenagers, getting permission from them and from their parents, getting everybody comfortable with the process of filming and screen recording.

It's a surprisingly intimate feeling, even just seeing a routine Google search on someone else's phone. Lauren said negotiating just the access took months and months, finding the right teenagers, getting permission from them and from their parents, getting everybody comfortable with the process of filming and screen recording.

It's a surprisingly intimate feeling, even just seeing a routine Google search on someone else's phone. Lauren said negotiating just the access took months and months, finding the right teenagers, getting permission from them and from their parents, getting everybody comfortable with the process of filming and screen recording.

Pre-production started in 2021, and then she started capturing the teenagers as they returned to school for their post-pandemic semester.

Pre-production started in 2021, and then she started capturing the teenagers as they returned to school for their post-pandemic semester.

Pre-production started in 2021, and then she started capturing the teenagers as they returned to school for their post-pandemic semester.