When Dewey speaks to the Battle of the Bands director, in one
shot Summer is looking towards the director, in the next she is looking towards the band (just before Dewey throwing the chair).
When Miss Mullins is walking down the corridor, you see her stop to talk to some painters. In the shot through the CCTV, the painters have vanished.
When Tomika speaks with Dewey after class, Dewey swings his hand out, and then repeats the move without first bringing it back in.
When Dewey asks Zack what he would order a bully, the clock's hand positions move back and forth between shots.
When Dewey is eating the turkey sub, the arrangement of the plastic wrap as well as the pattern of bites missing varies between shots.
Dewey Finn would never have been allowed to simply return home to his apartment after his scheme was revealed to the police. He would have been arrested on the spot. However, Ned decided not to press charges.
When they are playing Zack's song for the first time. The drummer Freddy and bass player Katie have scene costumes, but in the next clip, they are back in their school uniforms.
-There was a fade to indicate time passing. They probably started practicing and then once Dewey had figured out the parts, they did a second rehearsal. You can also see the girls who sing backups standing when they were initially sitting.
-There was a fade to indicate time passing. They probably started practicing and then once Dewey had figured out the parts, they did a second rehearsal. You can also see the girls who sing backups standing when they were initially sitting.
During the Battle of the Bands scene, the Horace Green parents all shove their way to the front of the stage. However in long shots, and during Dewey's stage diving shots, they are nowhere to be seen.
-They were actually further back in the venue. Not necessarily right up front.
-They were actually further back in the venue. Not necessarily right up front.
When the students return from music class and begin practicing their first rock lesson with Dewey, we hear sounds coming from two guitars, a bass, and keyboard. But there are no amplifiers anywhere in the room other than the little pocket amp hanging at Dewey's side.
-There are actually a few small speakers that Dewey set up to have the sound come out of.
-There are actually a few small speakers that Dewey set up to have the sound come out of.
The guitar Dewey is playing at the movie's beginning is a black Gibson Explorer. This guitar never appears anywhere again, and the guitar Dewey plays for the rest of the movie is a red Gibson SG.
-A lot of musicians have certain guitars they like for certain gigs. His favorite is the red Gibson and that is probably what he uses 95% of the time while the black one at the beginning was probably a backup he had for that gig.
-A lot of musicians have certain guitars they like for certain gigs. His favorite is the red Gibson and that is probably what he uses 95% of the time while the black one at the beginning was probably a backup he had for that gig.
The climactic "Battle of the Bands" event that the class cuts school to attend would typically be held at night, not on a weekday morning or afternoon (when the musicians and audience members would more likely be at work or school).
After Dewey and Miss Mullins go to the bar, Dewey is heard singing and snapping his fingers as he drives. However, you can see through the windshield that both of his hands are on the steering wheel and he is not snapping his fingers.
When No Vacancy are playing their song at the movie's beginning, you can see the drummer hit the crash, yet no sound is made.
While Dewey and the school band are practicing, Dewey's leg pulls the cord out of Zack's guitar by accident, but the sound of the song they are playing is unchanged.
During the Battle of the Bands performance, two different guitars can be heard on the audio track playing at the same time, although for most of the song, Dewey is not playing his guitar and Zack is the only other guitarist on stage.
When No Vacancy are playing their song at the Battle of the Bands, no one is playing the slide guitar part in the last chorus.
At the Battle of the Bands concert, the shadow of the camera falls on the amplifier in a close-up of Alex.
After the band have performed their song at the concert, Dewey tells Gordon that the lights were awesome. While this happens, one of the girls in the group comes over to them and calls Dewey "Jack", as in the actor's name Jack Black.
The title of the movie is "School of Rock". The only time it is referred to as "The School of Rock" is a neon sign at the very beginning. The director's commentary addresses the titling error and specifically states that the title is "School of Rock".
Dewey mispronounces Rush drummer Neil Peart's last name as "pert" instead of Peart's preferred pronunciation of "peert". This is a very common mistake.
Towards the movie's beginning, Summer clearly states that her parents pay 15,000 dollars a year for her tuition. When the angry parents confront Miss Mullins after parents' night, Summer's mother shouts numerous times "I do not pay 15,000 dollars a month for my child...".
Following the School of Rock's performance at the Battle of the Bands, Miss Mullins is stopped by security and then allowed access backstage by claiming, "I am principal of the school's band." In real life, she is principal of the band's school.