Bev (her name in the film and in real life) came down from Minneapolis for the scene. Her granddaughter (middle) and daughter (right) joined her as extras. A three generation adventure! I wanted to share a couple of short, sort of recent film related adventures. The Sedona Festival director called to invite us to their [...]
Ines Peter as Iney, the bank teller, makes change for Hap while Brent Teclaw furiously adds numbers...with a pen! Let's say you're shooting a film and one of the scenes takes place in a bank. You're a stranger in town and trying to convince the banker it would be a good idea for him to [...]
Secret location #4 We got another prop today. Actually, this one lies somewhere between a prop and a character. Rented from Ryen (in the blue t-shirt) and delivered by his gang from Luverne. RV brave
When you need over 700 props, you have to have a plan. We are assembling a prop and set design team but even for a prop and set design team, 700 props is a lot. Secret Location #3 Our biggest prop...and you've heard it before...is that old RV. Even that sounds easy [...]
We're shooting mostly in southwest Minnesota. Not Minneapolis. And not The Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Southwest. Known for (if it's known for anything) fields of corn, alfalfa, soybeans, cows and above average people. Why here? It's really not because we like to make things as difficult as possible. It's because I (Kathy) grew up here, [...]
Welcome to the YellowHouse Film blog. We are using this as a count down until our principle photography begins. Sort of a journal and sort of a to do list. I'm not giving you our backgrounds here. We've done that other places on the site and if you were interested, you've already read them. Mostly [...]
