We just concluded a day of shooting for the new film “America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age” in Lewiston, Maine. What a joy it was to be back again with our crew: Ramsey, Phil, Tom, Jayson, Lesley, and Andrea…and, of course, my executive producer, Terri, without whom nothing happens. Let’s be clear, no film can be made without competent professionals behind the scenes, and I have been blessed as a director with the best. When I arrive on the set, we are ready to shoot, and each member of my crew is always there with helpful suggestions and a spirit of “we can get the job done.” The director gets the credit, of course (and thankfully the blame), but a good crew is worth its weight in gold…and today as I view the rushes…gold is what we have.
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Professor David Lubin
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Also a joy for me was to engage in five hours of conversation with Professor David Lubin of Wake Forest University, who is an acknowledged thought leader in the history of art, film, and popular culture. Today as I look at David’s footage and realize the place it will occupy in this new film about the magnificence of the art of America’s Gilded Age, I am reminded that that age was an age of giants…in the arts and in business. David’s comments in this film will be informative and inspiring, and will remind us that in 2016 we live each day of our lives in the cultural remembrance of America’s Renaissance.
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Getting two cameras ready for the medium and close shots
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| Director of Photography Phil Cormier looking at his work |
