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Greg and Allen Talk Secure Areas for Market Square Scene

Producer Greg “Smitty” Smith reviews with 2nd Assistant Director, Allan Rafael, the areas that are needed and how they can be secure in order create the scene in Market Square, Portsmouth.
It was important for the scene that there were absolutely no people in the shot other than the character “Bailey”. This was a challenge as it was a Friday afternoon on a gorgeous sunny day in July in downtown Portsmouth, the height of the tourist season!
On The Scene With The Jib Arm

Working with the Jib Arm on Crooked Lane:

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Prepping Car for Crooked Lane Driving Scene

Ever wondered how they get a car ready to film a driving scene in a film? Watch this video to find out how they did it for Crooked Lane:

Keep an eye out for more videos of Crooked Lane, including funny moments with Ann Cusack and Brett Cullen!

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The Challenge of City Location Filming

Thomas Bailey, son of Chase Bailey and author of the backstory posts here on the Crooked Lane blog, took some footage of the challenges the crew faced in filming even the simplest shots on the streets of Portsmouth. Trying to get the film complete in a low-impact way often caused interesting delays like this one:

Marc Dole from Hatchling Studios on Edit & Post Production

Marc Dole talks about what it means to be Editor and Post Production Supervisor for Crooked Lane, including the MacBook set up used to handle redundant backups of the daily filming.

Marc Dole On The Day to Day Crooked Lane Edit Process

Marc tells us a bit about the day to day process of editing Crooked Lane

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David Schwartz and Brian Courchine; Sound Mixer, Boom Operator

I love this video of David and Brian. They had this quirky sense of humor the entire week of filming. They are talking a bit about sound mixing in a downtown location, and the noise of the RED Camera (and by “they” we mean David):

Chase On The Challenges Of Film Making

Chase talks about the weather, actors, script changes, and other challenges of film making in answer to your questions.

Keep those questions coming!

Chase Bailey On Why He Chose The RED Camera

Chase answers questions from the readers left in the comments of this post. This time, he is talking about why he chose the RED camera for Crooked Lane and what excites him about working with it.

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Crooked Lane: On Location

Chase Bailey and Crew On Location, Day OnePress Release:

CROOKED LANE

Media Info:

Contact: Amy Greenlaw and Leslie Poston from Film Pop!

Email: press@crookedlane.com

Website: http://crookedlane.com

CROOKED LANE, PORTSMOUTH, NH – Chase Bailey and production company Left Bank Films bring you CROOKED LANE, a paranormal thriller set in New Hampshire and based on a true story passed down over two hundred years, generation to generation.

Left Bank FilmsChase Bailey (“The Libertine”) is joined by new media marketing team Amy Greenlaw and Leslie Poston of Film Pop! The production team is led by Mark Constance (“Being John Malkovich”) and Tracey Becker (“Finding Neverland”). The team will bring together a taut screenplay and adept actors in a local New Hampshire setting to bring this harrowing story to life on the screen.

Joining Chase will be actors Ann Cusack (“A League of Their Own”) and Brett Cullen (“Lost”) and local talent from the New England area. Shooting begins July 6th on the Seacoast of New Hampshire. Bailey will direct the film which will be in the vein of such thrillers as “The Sixth Sense” and “The Orphanage”. Amy Greenlaw and Leslie Poston of Film Pop! will be in charge of social media, new media and digital marketing of the film.

The film from Bailey’s original script will mark the directorial debut from Bailey and the producing debut of longtime Assistant Director Smith (“Little Miss Sunshine”). The film will use the revolutionary RED camera and will be shot by Cinematographer Patrick Ruth (“Long Distance”). The Production Designer will be Shawn Carroll (“The Sensation of Sight”). Hatchling Studios and Marc Dole (“The Toll”) will be doing the Visual Effects for the film. Music will be originally composed by Eugene McDaniels (“Feels Like Making Love”).

Expect behind the scenes peeks and ongoing content to appear on the CROOKED LANE web site, as well as video out takes, interviews, regular blog posts from the cast and crew, a social media presence (including a Twitter account for direct access) and more. If you want to be part of the Crooked Lane Street Team, contact Amy Greenlaw or Leslie Poston.