A Day in the Market

Posted by Shannon and Sara Burns at 10:26 pm on May. 5, 2008.

            Nick, Aaron, Peter, Nathan, and Andrea Dewar spent last week preparing the set for Saturday’s filming. They built a thriving market in the village in our yard. On Saturday morning, Marilyn went to the grocery store to pick up the fresh props for the scene. She recalled, “I got several strange looks going through the store with a cart full of…onions, leeks, shallots, sweet potatoes, yellow squash, beets, turnips, carrots, acorn squash, cucumbers, green onions, nuts, muscles, and fish!” We had roughly twenty extras in the village market scene. With the call of “FRESH FISH!!!” the market came to life.

The villagers with their wares: 

Chad surveys the market scene

Filming in the market

Artos’s sister Adria

Unfortunately, we had to battle with intermittent rain, clouds, and sun all day. Although the weather did slow us down, we were able to complete all that we needed to. At dusk we filmed the Saxons pillaging the market. They burned the booths and chased British villagers through the town.

Andrea and Rachel Dewar (British peasants)

The village as the Saxons attack

We were blessed by the generosity of the Ryan family, who provided the food for the day. Praise God for answering our prayers and blessing us in ways we never could have foreseen.