i went with the crew to meet this year's winner, 15-year-old lauren daniels. >> reporter: alan is the director. the actors are two of lauren's friends, karley and emily. how did you hear about the contest? >> we actually saw it on your show, "teen kids news," and we looked it up, and i decided to do it. >> reporter: the director first walked lauren through some simple production basics, starting with the shooting script. >> in tv, you divide your pages in half. one side is your visuals for the director and one side is your audio. >> okay. >> reporter: together, they then walked through the first shot. this is called blocking. >> okay, so explain what you want. >> they would be walking, and the camera would start behind them, and while they were walking, the camera would almost spin around the side and come up behind the pole for a few seconds. and then she would hit the pole and then, like, she would fall down. >> okay. can you hit the pole and fall down? >> yeah. >> reporter: next came rehearsal. >> did you hear about brendon and ashley? >> no. >> reporter: rick is the director of ph