It's interesting in the second photo how the shadow makes it look like the guy on the left painted his face with shoe polish or that stuff football players put on their cheeks.

Yes, there is a big barn by the school. As a backdrop I think it's way keen though it's nowhere near a functioning farm or even a farm at all. It's an old farm with a suburb grown completely around it. There are no actual cows or fields nearby but it sure makes you think there are.