All the kids in the movie were actually kids of the friends of the writer/ director. Most of their parents in the film are actual their real parents as well.
The mask was made mostly out of clay and was suppose to resemble a dragon skull.
The actresses that played the stoner and the lesbian are real life sisters. That was the inspiration for the sock puppet scene because it was a less awkward way of addressing the kiss scene.
Most of the adults in the film attended the high school depicted in the movie but only one kid actor did the rest of the kids were not from the same town.
The idea for the movie came from a short story the writer/director wrote in the 5th grade simply called Runways.