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Behind the Scenes Photos and Video

Video clips and photos from our on-location (field recorded) audio drama productions as well as the rare times we're caught in-studio

Behind the Scenes of Of Fae & Fiends

Fred Greenhalgh recording OF FAE & FIENDSPublished in February of 2020, Of Fae & Fiends is my most personal work to-date, which is a bit odd to say given the fact that it’s a faerie tale.

The story evolved from various walks my daughter Nyana (7 at the time) and I would go on in the woods, and the prompt “Dada, tell me a story,” which at some point became hooked on a large, moss covered boulder behind our home, and the possibility that underneath it was a tunnel to a fantastic world beyond. It all kind of spiraled out from there.

When we got to the production process, we (longstanding collaborator Bill Dufris and I) decided to do it in our emerging “Studio-Location Hybrid Style” which we pioneered in The Dark Tome, Season 2.

All of the scenes in the realm of Fae were recorded in our world-class audio drama studio located at William Dufris’s Mind’s Eye Productions facilities in South Portland. This allows us to record everything clean and to polish it in post-production and have fun with weird creature voices and other effects.

All of the scenes in the “real” world were recorded at my friend Jeremy Kasten’s farmhouse in Berwick, Maine, which was as perfect a set as you could imagine for this show. We stopped short of trying to train one of Jeremy’s goats to work in the show, but otherwise our location was pretty much identical to what the script called for.

Some people may think it’s a tremendous amount of work to do it like this, especially when we have a perfectly good studio to work with, but there is nothing quite like the sound of — for example — speeding down a country road, twisting onto dirt, slamming a car into park and bursting out yelling into a great big field.

An audio drama is only as good as the sum of its component parts.

That starts with the script itself, which — while I’m biased — I think is very strong. I tried to harken back to works I love (Neil Gaiman’s memory that childhood is a terrifying place, and the sharpness with which 1800s faerie tales are told) while also subverting and adding to the fantasy genre. This is not a ‘black and white’ world, Faerie is multi-colored and vibrant, weird in the best way possible and the script remembers that monsters are always the hero in their version of the story.

And this cast – WOW! – we had an extraordinarily strong response to our first casting call and put together an incredible mix of talent, inclusive of returning close collaborators, as well as a number of performers we’d never worked with before.

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One of the last projects I ever worked on with William Dufris. And it was a good one!

I could keep on going… The production itself has a strange magical energy to it in that the news was just breaking that Bill Dufris’s cancer had returned, and Bill had to limit his involvement due to physical restraints (like, his body couldn’t do it, not that we had to put Bill in a straight-jacket or anything). Bill makes a few brilliant cameo performances in the show, and when he’s in it, he’s IN – larger than life, the Bill Dufris that everyone know and loves, that steals fire from the gods, that has a consistent record of doing things that people tell him are impossible.

The final stage to this – MUSIC and SOUND EFFECTS. As of this writing, we’re still deep in this process, but we had the pleasure of working with Rory O’Shea, who did sound design for LOCKE & KEY and last year’s HOMEFRONT, and Peter Van Riet, the Belgian-based composer who has created music for our projects LOCKE & KEY, A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, and THE DARK TOME. Finally! We committed to underscoring the entire show, and brought on Frank Schulmeyer (a friend of Bill’s from the London days).

All of this is a way of saying… Don’t miss this show!

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One of the last projects I ever worked on with William Dufris. And it was a good one!

Behind the Scenes of Expeditionary Force: Homefront

What terrific fun it is to hang out with R.C. Bray as he plays a sarcastic A.I. *against* himself as lead Joe Bishop, alongside the Merry Band of Pirates and STARS as they defend the world from the lizard alien Kristang. In additional to ensemble recording at Mind’s Eye Productions in South Portland, Maine, we recorded Kate Mulgrew and Robert Picardo at Music Works NYC, and Zachary Quinto also in NYC.

Behind the Scenes of the Short Film ‘1918’

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Milton Ford and his betrothed, Rose, in a scene from the short film 1918

We made a movie! With filmmaking partners Christine Marshall and Jeremy Kasten, Fred Greenhalgh of FinalRune produced his first film, 1918. The 18-minute short tells the story of Milton Ford, a young man who’s studying in Boston in the Fall of 1918, when a great evil breaks out. Based on the larger mythos from the podcast series The Dark Tome.

The film is part of Damnationland 2018, a film festival of Maine-made horror films.

It turns out that our extensive experience recording on-location radio drama pivots well to doing sound for a movie! We recorded all dialogue on our primary field kit, consisting of a Sanken CSS-5 w/ Rycote boompole, and Sound Devices 702. We went with Zoom F1 lavalier units for the cast and also stashed stealth Sony PCM-M10’s at various places around the set. We also did some weird stuff with binaural we plan to use sometime when we produce a 5.1 surround mix.

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The team of 1918 at the premiere! (from left) Christine Marshall, Fred Greenhalgh, Amber Chilton , Jeremy Kasten, Anthony Marshall.
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Fred's kids make a cameo!
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We also lit things on fire... And managed not to burn the drone.
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Fred's never happier than when shoved in tight quarters with a microphone!
Fred's never happier than when shoved in tight quarters with a microphone!
1918 influenza film shooting at Alfred Parish Church Alfred, Maine
We went to a Church... And performed in the rain for long hours. The joys of filmmaking!
recording in 1918 street car at Arundel Maine Trolley Museum
A highlight was recording in an authentic 1918-era streetcar that ran in Boston. Looking dapper!
On location at Biddeford City Theatre
On location at Biddeford City Theatre with Anthony Marshall (Gaffer/1st AC) and Amber Chilton (Cinematographer).
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Behind the Scenes of The Mayan Crystal

Everything Starts with a Misadventure

In January, 2017, audio writer and avid sound collector Fred Greenhalgh set off on a journey with his family to Southern Belize, to stay at a friend’s house in the small village of Red Bank.

While Fred and his family have a healthy sense of adventure, they didn’t realize just how rustic their vacation to Belize would be. Namely, that the “house” was a traditional Maya thatched hut with no stove or kitchen. Faced with the daunting prospect, “How will we create dinner… No wait, what about coffee?!” Fred’s family befriended the neighboring Maya family, who immediately opened their homes to the fish-out-of-water American family.

Almost immediately, Fred’s girls (4 and 2 at the time) fell in with the ebullient Maya kids, ranging in age from 1 to 13, and they were off doing the things Maya kids do… Grinding corn, making tortillas, chasing chickens, and spinning around in circles giggling.

Fred’s wife, Amy, learned some of the traditional Maya doings with the other women of the village and Fred found himself out in the jungle with a machete with a father and son duo, searching for a perfect palm tree to chop down for dinner.

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Creator Fred Greenhalgh’s daughter Nyana (right) plays with her friend Aurela in a village in Belize

Inspiration

While on a hike with one of the Maya, Fred mentioned something about how odd those mountains looked in the distance (is that really a mountain range?). And the Mayan guide, rather casually, said that there was a good chance there were undiscovered Mayan ruins underneath the odd shapes in the jungle. With his head properly blown, Fred imagined what sort of story might unfold would a fiery meteor drop down from the sky and reveal an ancient city underneath the jungle canopy.

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This view in Stann Creek District, Belize, inspired the journey of the Mayan Crystal

From here, it was a matter of stitching together the dramatic ‘origin’ moment with an actual story.

For rural villages like Red Bank, daily patterns of life are still rooted to traditional subsistence based ways of living, though the modern world is very present. The tension between the Maya’s present and their past, and whether “old ways” are worth preserving or not, is real and forms the backdrop of the tension between the characters Aurela and Zaita in The Mayan Crystal.

The Ancient and Modern Maya

Like indigenous communities throughout the Americas, the Maya suffered painfully at the hands of Spanish and English colonizers [Cultural Survival]. Though the Maya civilization was already in decline by the time the Europeans arrived in Central America, the disease and violence the Europeans brought to the region decimated what remained of the ancient Maya. Mayan books were burned en masse, and colonizers did their best to force the Maya to abandon their traditional religion and adopt Catholicism.

The trauma of colonialism certainly shattered the through-line of Mayan culture, but it did not eliminate the culture altogether. Many communities throughout the Yucatan, Guatemala, and Belize held onto their regional languages and customs, either hiding them from colonizers or practicing them in plain sight by merging imagery of traditional gods with Christian ones.

As the wonders of the ancient Maya were ‘rediscovered’ by American explorers in the 1800s, the world began to finally learn of the true majesty of the ancient civilization, a process that continues to this day. While often veiled in mystique, based on poor depiction in movies ala Indiana Jones or the obsession with the Mayan Calendar, the ancient Maya prove that a great civilization could live in the tropics and rival any of the wonders of Europe [Ancient History].

Today, the Maya are one of the largest indigenous groups in Central America, comprised of roughly six million people spread across Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico (Lifetickler). The Maya are a vital part of modern civilization in the areas where they live, and at the same time, more is being rediscovered about their past. Advanced approaches to archaeology like LiDAR reveal that Mayan Civilization was even more complex than previously thought.

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A Mayan girl brings corn to the local mill to be ground into tortilla dough (masa).

And so, The Mayan Crystal attempts to honor the rich heritage of the Maya, while avoiding cliches and archetypes. It’s a story about courage, discovery, and love, and how these three powerful forces combine to fight the forces of darkness.

Behind the Scenes: The X-Files

Wow! We made an audio version of The X-Files!!

This project was a legendary team-up involving my friends at AudioComics/Pocket Plot (Director William Dufris) with Dirk Maggs Executive Producing and responsible for adapting the IDW Comics written by Joe Harris for the audio format.

The production was unique on a number of levels… Due to the realities of scheduling, celebrity talent (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, as well as a full roster of co-stars from the original series) were recorded asynchronously, both from each other and the ensemble. Ensuring the production came out at the level of quality it needed to be involved extremely exacting standards from all of the studios we used (over seven in total before this bad boy was complete!) such as consistent equipment (Neumann U-87) and utilizing advanced dialogue matching tools offered by Izotope RX.

This fully fledged ‘audio movie’ came out to rave reviews and high acclaim, with many fans noting it felt like the ‘old school’ X-Files, full of monster-of-the-week episodes, mythology building, and of course the enigmatic rapport of Scully and Mulder. We want to believe!

Fred Greenhalgh with David Duchovny
Fred Greenhalgh with David Duchovny
Fred Greenhalgh with Gillian Anderson
Fred Greenhalgh with Gillian Anderson, William Dufris, and Dirk Maggs. Wow what a fun time!
recording the x-files in london

 

Behind the Scenes of The Dark Tome

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James Herrera and Lisa Stathoplos as the agents of evil

We pioneered our ‘studio-field recording hybrid’ approach here, utilizing on-location shoots for the scenes that take place within Simpson Falls, Maine, and the studio set-up (learned from The X-Files) for scenes that take place within the interior of the book, The Dark Tome.

For Season 1, we had a fantastic opportunity to produce a story by Joe Hill and came up with the conceit of Cassie, Gussy, and the magic book, but only had a vague idea of how the overarching storyline would develop. By the end of Season 1, where we reveal how Gussy got the book and start painting out details of his personal life, we knew a lot more about the fictional town of Simpson Falls, Maine, and spent the next year fleshing out the larger mythos of the Dark Tome.

For Season 2, we arranged all stories in advance and wrote the script as a single through-line story, and recorded it as a cohesive event; meaning, the stories are much more interconnected than they were in Season 1, and Cassie’s story arc becomes much more important as she starts to really come into her own as a character.

Whereas in Season 1 Cassie was a youth who was playing around with magic and without much control over her situation, in Season 2 she finds herself without her guide, Gussy, and forced to face an insanely hostile world. Only through true friendship and by finding her inner strength, does Cassie have any hope of staying alive and saving the multiverse.

Since Cassie’s throughline takes place in the ‘real world’ (whatever that is), we decided to go back to our roots, recording this section of the storyline on location, as we did for Locke and Key.

So yup, back to shoving actors into the backs of cars, running around outside, up into bedrooms, etc. as we create a visceral, immersive sound environment constructed similarly to how a film is made.

For the interior of the Dark Tome stories, we stayed with an in-studio approach, allowing us to make the adapted stories feel ‘super-real’ with a constructed reality that is less gritty than the real world. The extra fun part about the Dark Tome is that we get to have a guest cast on every interior story, so the breadth and diversity of acting talent is really impressive, as we leap from dystopian Toronto to a cul-de-sac suburb in anywhere America to a post-apocalyptic Caribbean island and to stranger places, indeed.

We hope you’ll enjoy going on the ride as we much as we enjoyed building it!

– Fred Greenhalgh and Bill Dufris, Dagaz Media

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James Herrera and Lisa Stathoplos as the agents of evil
field recordist fred greenhalgh on location in a car
Fred stuffed in the backseat with Lilly Thorne and Casey Turner - field recording at its finest!
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Recording THE BACCHAE by Liz Hand
Recording the VISHAKANYA's CHOICE by Roshani Chokshi
Recording the VISHAKANYA's CHOICE by Roshani Chokshi
Lilly Thorne as Cassie Pinkham
Actress Lilly Thorne plays the lead, CASSIE
From left, Fred Greenhalgh, Tim Sample, Lilly Thorne, Bill Duffy (center)
From left, Fred Greenhalgh, Tim Sample, Lilly Thorne, Bill Duffy (center)
Recording audio drama based on Tananarive Due's story, TRIAL DAY
Recording Tananarive Due's story, TRIAL DAY

Fred also did an in-depth breakdown comparing different mic choices against each other (mono mic, X-Y stereo, binaural stereo) at Podtales 2019.

Recap of Fred’s Podtales 2019 mic workshop

Behind the Scenes: Recording Locke & Key

Before you read this, listen: Locke & Key the Audio Drama is far and away the finest project we have worked on. Grab it on Audible, now.  No, seriously.

Everything we learned recording in the beaches, fields, woods, and underground chasms of Southern Maine was put to work in this auspicious project, which combined my talents with those of good friend and colleague William Dufris and his team at AudioComics. Pre-dating the Netflix adaptation by five years, our production is 13.5 hours of soaring, lush, terrifying, brutally human and demonic adventure.

In fact, I learned so much on this project that I created an eBook just for lessons learned!

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Behind the Scenes of A Journey With Strange Bedfellows

In collaboration with Forest Rose Productions, a Victorian steampunk-esque take on horror classics recorded at The Studio in Portland, Maine with James Curwood (Flying Sound) engineering.

Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
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Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
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Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
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Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
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Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
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Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
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Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
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Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
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Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
Studio recording of the radio drama A JOURNEY WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS

Behind the Scenes of The Cleansed

Our epic post-apocalyptic saga pioneered field recording techniques in America, taking us from underground catacombs to airplane hangars to farmhouses and the woods beyond.

Behind the Scenes of The Cleansed – Prologue

The Cleansed - Prologue
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine
On location recording for The Cleansed, a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi serial to air on WKIT the "Rock" of Bangor. Recorded at Biddeford Airport, Biddeford, Maine and a residence in Gorham, Maine

Behind the Scenes of The Cleansed – Season 1

9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/10/11 Field recording on location at Black Kettle Farm, Lyman, Maine and Brackett Hill Rd, Alfred, Maine for The Cleansed Audio Drama
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
9/17/11 Field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
10/1/11 - Drizzly, soggy conditions don't get the spirits down for FinalRune cast during a field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
10/1/11 - Drizzly, soggy conditions don't get the spirits down for FinalRune cast during a field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
10/1/11 - Drizzly, soggy conditions don't get the spirits down for FinalRune cast during a field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
10/1/11 - Drizzly, soggy conditions don't get the spirits down for FinalRune cast during a field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
10/1/11 - Drizzly, soggy conditions don't get the spirits down for FinalRune cast during a field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
10/1/11 - Drizzly, soggy conditions don't get the spirits down for FinalRune cast during a field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
10/1/11 - Drizzly, soggy conditions don't get the spirits down for FinalRune cast during a field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
10/1/11 - Drizzly, soggy conditions don't get the spirits down for FinalRune cast during a field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
10/1/11 - Drizzly, soggy conditions don't get the spirits down for FinalRune cast during a field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
10/1/11 - Drizzly, soggy conditions don't get the spirits down for FinalRune cast during a field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
10/1/11 - Drizzly, soggy conditions don't get the spirits down for FinalRune cast during a field recording on location at a horse farm in Alfred, Maine, which serves as the post-apocalyptic "Refuge" in Season 1 of The Cleansed
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/15/11 - Expansive unused mill complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine serves as the location for the City of "Corinth" in The Cleansed. Watch out for those tunnels!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!
10/22/11 - Recording the storyline of "The Believers" at the expansive complex at North Dam Mill in Biddeford, Maine. Songs of enchantment echo in the halls!

The Troll of Stony Brook – Behind the Scenes

Egads! Is that a man in sports coat or a snarling bloodthirsty troll?

Answers to these and other questions are revealed in this 2010 documentary of FinalRune’s The Troll of Stony Brook. This was back when

Videomaster Matt Morris followed us around back in April for our recording in the woods of Alfred. He got some great clips of Bill Dufris (The Troll) manhandling Johnny Speckman (Rick) as well as commentary from the cast and yours truly zipping around like a decapitated chicken.

Click below to watch:

Making of ‘The Troll of Stoney Brook’ from M3 Creative on Vimeo.

Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
Field recording for FinalRune original, "The Troll of Stony Brook" in South Portland and the woods of Alfred, Maine
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