Back Lot Films, Inc.

08/14/2025

Excited to be a part of this series of short historical videos, which feature in-depth interviews with Fremont Town Historian Matthew Thomas. The videos will debut on September 1 and run for 15 consecutive Mondays.

08/11/2025

Last night I watched the 1997 film, 'Grosse Pointe Blank', directed by George Armitage and starring John Cusack and Minnie Driver. It's been years since I last saw it and it's such a funny black comedy with a killer soundtrack. I also couldn't help but notice a cool bit of New Hampshire history in one of the scenes. Hanging on the wall in Minnie Driver's bedroom, across from a poster of the The Clash, is a poster for a 'We Will Stop the Seabrook Nuke' planned protest on Rt. 1 in Seabrook. Caught me off guard, I had to scroll back and double-check that that's what it was...

07/28/2025

Memorable trip last week traveling through Crawford Notch on the Conway Scenic Railroad.

07/10/2025

Editing a new video this morning on the Maine Tracking Network, a website for reliable public health data, produced by the Maine CDC. Working again with our client JSI the footage is from a shoot we did at the end of last month in Augusta, Maine.

07/04/2025

Interesting article on David Lynch's approach to sound design...

Metrograph Marathon: Lynch hated 'Twin Peaks: The Return' nearfield mix for TV, so he created a theatrical mix, knowing one day it'd show in theaters.

06/30/2025

A wonderful day yesterday spending much of it outdoors. In the morning we kayaked on the Exeter River in Exeter, NH and, in the evening, attended the Newburyport Lantern Festival at Frog Pond in Newburyport, MA to benefit Greater Newburyport Ovarian Cancer Awareness.

06/22/2025

Awesome concert last night at The Rex Theatre in Manchester, NH seeing Willie Nile and his band again (we first them this past November at the Rex as well). It was also a great thrill seeing my 15-year old son Paul and his cousin George meet Willie and have their photo taken with him (Paul's on the left of Willie, George's on the right). Such a special and memorable night as Paul's been listening to Willie's music since he was five years old and knows most of his songs by heart.

06/20/2025

Completed a first edit yesterday for our client JSI on a new video on home radon testing for the Maine Division of Environmental and Community Health. It's our second radon-related video as a year ago we and JSI also produced a radon testing video for the New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services and the New Hampshire Radon Program.

05/14/2025

Fun shoot this week at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord, NH capturing the keynote speech for our client JSI's New Hampshire Prevention Conference.

05/05/2025

Remastering work continued this morning with Marc Vadeboncoeur at Goodheart Media Production Services on our 2005 film, 'Dangerous Crosswinds'. Since the film was shot and released prior to many of the production and editing advances of the past twenty years we are attempting to use new editing tools to enhance the color and sound in a manner which wasn't possible before.

05/03/2025

Had a wonderful meeting yesterday in Concord, NH with Matt Newton. Matt's a filmmaker and for many years was the Director of the New Hampshire Film Office. I first met Matt back in 1996 when he was a film student at Keene State College when he and his crew worked as the sound mixers on our film, 'Old Man Dogs'. Especially exciting yesterday was discussing options and strategies regarding moving forward with our new feature-length film.

04/28/2025

Since I was in the area yesterday I took a few photos of the Mill Pond Dam area at Lake Massabesic in Manchester, NH. Back in 1996 this pond served as the location for the lake scenes for our film, 'Old Man Dogs'. The area is more developed now as there are even several parking spots for visitors. During our shoot we had received permission from the Manchester Water Works and, at the time, I remember it felt like we had the lake to ourselves for that weekend. Great memories...