Columbia College television department director Matt Till of Grayslake consults with stedicam operator Tom Szklarski of Brookfield before shooting a scene with drama students Riley Doyle (left), 12, of Gurnee and Morgan Niesen, 12, of Gurnee in a safety video at Woodland Middle School. Woodland School District 50 and the Gurnee Police Department collaborated on the video to help with school safety. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Columbia College television student Nikki Bogdan, 18, of Frankfort uses a clapperboard slate for the shooting of the next scene with drama student Megan Hawksworth, 13, of Gurnee during the filming of a hard lock down scene in a safety video at Woodland Middle School. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Woodland Middle School students are filmed in a hard lock down scene during a safety video at the school in Gurnee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Woodland Middle School film crew Kristina Heerdegen (left), 11, of Grayslake and Ashley King, 12, of Gurnee record the filming of a safety video at the school in Gurnee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Gurnee Police Chief Kevin Woodside (right) and Commander Jay Patrick watch as Arturo Barrera, 12, of Park City along with Woodland Middle School drama students prepare for the next scene in the filming of a safety video at the school in Gurnee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Columbia College television student Nikki Bogdan, 18, of Frankfort uses a clapperboard slate for the shooting of a soft lock down scene in a safety video at Woodland Middle School. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Woodland School technology teacher Judy Ryan of Fox Lake is filmed during a scene of a soft lock down during a safety video at the school in Gurnee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Woodland Middle School drama students Megan Nystrom (left), 13, of Grayslake and Matte Duncan, 14, of Gurnee prepare for a hard lock down scene during the filming of a safety video at the school in Gurnee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Director Matt Till of Grayslake looks over the script with Columbia College televison student Kristine Kulp, 18, if Virginia along with Matt Barker of Indiana and Bryan Martinez (right) of Chicago during the filming of a safety video at Woodland Middle School. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Woodland Middle School film crew Kristina Heerdegen, 11, of Grayslake records the filming of a safety video at the school in Gurnee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Columbia College boom operator Nonsuraf Yusuf, 20, of Chicago prepares for the filming with director Matt Till of Grayslake during the shooting of a safety video at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Columbia College television student stedicam operator Tom Szklarski of Brookfield shows boom operator Sarah McMillan of Chicago where to stand during filming of a safety video at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Woodland Middle School drama students take part in a hard lock down scene during filming of a safety video at the school in Gurnee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Director Matt Till (left) of Grayslake consults with Gurnee Police Department crime analyst Tom Agos during the filming of a safety video at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media