PENDRAGON-Michigan film shoot
I told you in an earlier post that there is planned an extra several weeks of shooting still to come before the expected release this fall. Below are some details of the Michigan film shoots that took place last weekend.
The time had come once again to get out the sewing machines, leather scraps, practice swords, and shot lists.
the Burns family asked John Clay Burnett (maker of Joel's Journey) to be an extra cameraman on the crew. John Clay, who lives in Oklahoma City, ran the second camera. He flew up on Wednesday.
On the Tuesday before the film shoot, their list of available horses had dwindled to none. Then on Wednesday afternoon, they began making random calls from the phone directory to stable owners in the area. On the third call, they found the perfect stable, and the owner said that they could use her horses. It was truly a divine appointment.
Early Friday morning, the crew headed out to the Northern Burns’ pond. God decorated the set with crystal snowflakes—the effect was perfect. The freshly falling snow helped to cover the tracks they made in previous takes. They filmed a section of the scene in which Artos, Wenneveria, Cadeyrn, and Ambrosius go boar hunting.
Saturday was another early winter morning for the Pendragon crew. By 7:30 the van was on the way to the horse farm on which they had been filming the day before. By nine o’clock, the cameras were rolling.
It was a lot to ask of a perfect stranger, to practically take over the stable and surrounding land, but Sheryl (the stable owner) was happy to do it. A friend of Sheryl’s (Betty, also a perfect stranger to them), came over to help out with the horses. Between the two of them, they where able to get a lot out of the horses.
God provided a beautiful day. The sun shone and there was not too much wind, but even the warmest below-freezing temperatures can be bone-chilling. Almost everyone had warmers in their boots and gloves. One o’clock was lunch break. After lunch, they continued filming the horses, and they were able to complete every shot needed. Filming wrapped up at a reasonable hour, and by God’s grace, the film shoot was a big success.
For those of you who still have not seen the trailer, here it is.
The time had come once again to get out the sewing machines, leather scraps, practice swords, and shot lists.
the Burns family asked John Clay Burnett (maker of Joel's Journey) to be an extra cameraman on the crew. John Clay, who lives in Oklahoma City, ran the second camera. He flew up on Wednesday.
On the Tuesday before the film shoot, their list of available horses had dwindled to none. Then on Wednesday afternoon, they began making random calls from the phone directory to stable owners in the area. On the third call, they found the perfect stable, and the owner said that they could use her horses. It was truly a divine appointment.
Early Friday morning, the crew headed out to the Northern Burns’ pond. God decorated the set with crystal snowflakes—the effect was perfect. The freshly falling snow helped to cover the tracks they made in previous takes. They filmed a section of the scene in which Artos, Wenneveria, Cadeyrn, and Ambrosius go boar hunting.
Saturday was another early winter morning for the Pendragon crew. By 7:30 the van was on the way to the horse farm on which they had been filming the day before. By nine o’clock, the cameras were rolling.
It was a lot to ask of a perfect stranger, to practically take over the stable and surrounding land, but Sheryl (the stable owner) was happy to do it. A friend of Sheryl’s (Betty, also a perfect stranger to them), came over to help out with the horses. Between the two of them, they where able to get a lot out of the horses.
God provided a beautiful day. The sun shone and there was not too much wind, but even the warmest below-freezing temperatures can be bone-chilling. Almost everyone had warmers in their boots and gloves. One o’clock was lunch break. After lunch, they continued filming the horses, and they were able to complete every shot needed. Filming wrapped up at a reasonable hour, and by God’s grace, the film shoot was a big success.
More information on the PENDRAGON film project to follow, but if you get impatient, you can go to http://burnsfamilystudios.com/movies/pendragon/
For those of you who still have not seen the trailer, here it is.
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