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A pictorial account of our set construction During the cold, damp winter months, we spent our days building interior sets in the pole building. (December, 2019) By the end of December, the first floor was roughly finished and the Golden Barrel Inn, mayor's office, and CDF hideout on the second floor were framed and sheeted. (Below: CDF hideout to the left side of the stairs on the second story, mayor's office to the right) We saved a back corner for a workout room. :) Pictured below: The CDF hideout and Golden Barrel Inn shared the north side of our second...

It's been said that blessings and trials often run on parallel tracks, and usually arrive about the same time. That pretty well sums up the filming of Return to New Haven... Blessings Having two movies under our belt was a great advantage. What we learned through trial and error on Runner and Defense gave us more confidence to jump in this time without feeling quite so much like we were in the dark!   In addition, the six years between Defense and Return made a big difference in the maturity and skills of our kids. They had great ideas to...

The adventure continues...The behind-the-scenes story of the Return to New Haven

To all our friends who were hoping for behind-the-scenes footage on our DVDs – do not despair! Due to time and budget restraints, we weren’t able to include bonus features with the release of our movies, but we’d like to begin sharing some of our stories, pictures, and video clips with you now. We hope it will give you a little taste of the challenges and blessings we’ve experienced in our adventure of filmmaking. Enjoy!   Beginnings Our journey started on a rainy Sunday afternoon about thirteen years ago…Driving home from church, we were stunned to find our second car...