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Behind The Scenes Journal<\/strong>
\nby Benjamin Owen (producer)<\/em><\/h3>\n

PRE-PRODUCTION<\/span><\/p>\n

Just over a week from production and we had no locations.\u00a0 Then after much prayer, I providentially walked into the Heritage House in downtown Dickson.\u00a0 They asked if I was looking for anything in particular and I awkwardly explained I was looking for a movie location. Well, not only were they very willing to help, they also put me in contact with the owners of what would become our creek location.\u00a0 So in only a few days, we had all of our locations secured in an unexpected way.<\/p>\n

Ah, and I couldn\u2019t find an actor!\u00a0 With only a couple weeks before filming, everyone I could think of was unavailable.\u00a0 But I cannot imagine having anyone other than Stone Davis for this movie.\u00a0 He and his parents were very patient and willing to work with us.\u00a0 Plus he has a great actor\u2019s name!<\/p>\n

PRODUCTION<\/span><\/p>\n

We had good sunshine and some nice wind, but that wind soon brought rain.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t want rain and actually prayed that it would not.\u00a0 However, I\u2019ve never had it rain on a film project that it didn\u2019t turn out to be a good thing.\u00a0 And once again, the rain proved to be a blessing for the project in various ways.<\/p>\n

Anthony Phipps worked very hard as the Director of Photography.\u00a0 He was expected to move fast, be creative, read the director\u2019s mind, and most of all; keep the camera out of the water.\u00a0 Anthony did fall once (nearly took my breath away) in the creek, but he managed to keep the camera above the water.<\/p>\n

Now at the lake, logistics would not allow us to place the sailboat out on the water.\u00a0 So we filmed there as if a boat was really floating out on the lake, and Johnathan later composited our little sailboat into the scene.<\/p>\n

\"Tw_BTS_creek05\"<\/p>\n

A very funny moment on set was when Mrs. Davis had to hold the umbrella.\u00a0 She was sitting on the creek bank, keeping our extra equipment out of the rain.\u00a0 I had to walk back to the vehicle for something and while I was gone, the others had moved further down the creek.\u00a0 When I returned, she said; \u201cCan you hold these things while I turn around?\u201d.\u00a0 Yes, the crew had moved down the creek and left her facing the wrong way \u2014 with her back to the action.<\/p>\n

POST PRODUCTION<\/span><\/p>\n

When we started post production, Caleb did the rough edit \u2013 putting together the movie and deciding what takes to use. Then he sent the project to me for the finish work \u2013 fine tuning transitions, color correction and a few After Effects sequences.<\/p>\n

Because it was late in the day, and raining, when we filmed the workshop scene; it lacked the bright cheerfulness we wanted. So I added a glow coming through the window.\u00a0 Then we didn\u2019t have enough footage to properly cover the boat construction sequence.\u00a0 That\u2019s where a watercolor transition provided a nice, creative solution.\u00a0 Johnathan Schutz did a fantastic job on that effect for us \u2013 which heavily influenced the overall project.<\/p>\n

It was very frustrating to start editing and find the crew was reflected in all three store windows.\u00a0 Something needed to be done with that, which is how Johnathan Schutz was first involved in the project.\u00a0 He carefully masked around Stone Davis in each scene so that the windows could be darkened; hiding the reflections.
\nThe ladder time-lapse clips matched pretty close from the camera, but I combined them in After Effects to get a closer transition.<\/p>\n