A Spring Battle Scene

Posted by Shannon and Sara Burns at 9:45 pm on Mar. 18, 2008.

This past weekend we traveled down to Indiana to shoot a battle scene. Thursday afternoon we arrived at the Atherton family’s home in southern Indiana.  The girls stayed at the house while the boys stayed at the home of some friends of the Athertons.  We spent Thursday evening preparing for Friday and Saturday’s filming.

 Unpacking the U HAUL

The field where we filmed 

A planning session on location 

 On Friday morning the filming started and the rain started.  Filming in fields and woods without a shelter can be difficult in any weather, but when it rains, it becomes more of a challenge…and an adventure! We had about twenty extras on Friday who were all very helpful.

Constructing one of the army tents in the rain. (these tents are really just for looks…they don’t keep out the rain!)

There was plenty of mud to go around

A portion of the “Lunch Brigade” from right: Shannon Burns, Sara Burns, Grace Sauve, Christina Atherton, Victoria Atherton, and Hannah Atherton

God answered our prayers and sent the perfect weather on Saturday.  It was cloudy, foggy, and dry. We could not have asked for better weather for the scene.  We used seven horses at once—more than we have ever used in one scene. What fun it was having all the horses and riders. They looked awesome. Another prayer that God answered was providing safety with the horses.

Saturday’s sunrise was spectacular!

The tent camp

Samuel Atherton was our assistant photographer this weekend.

Nathan Webster was our second cameraman for the weekend.

Eponine Ledden watching the excitment