While reading Eric Gardner’s book—Jennie Carter: A Black Journalist of the Early West—in the spring of 2019, Deer Creek Project Coordinator, Lisa Redfern day-dreamed about highlighting Jennie Carter in a historical video. Upon reaching Carter’s temperance segment (page 25, 1868) describing drinking water out of Deer Creek, Redfern found the connection she needed to go-for-it.

Video production took the entire summer to execute;

• pieces of Carter’s writing were selected
• Katrina Thompson was asked to portray and voice act for Jennie Carter’s part
• filming location permission, costumes, and props were secured
• scene planning was mapped and detailed
• a delightful evening was spent at Randco Studios recording Jennie’s writing
• filming took place on one long day (July 5th) starting early in Colfax and following the light to the Pine Grove Cemetery in Nevada City

Locations:

• Colfax Area Heritage Museum
• Pine Grove Cemetery, Nevada City
• Doris Foley Historical Library, Nevada City
• Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
• The lovely, cultivated garden of Ann Adams
• Deer Creek, Nevada County

 

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Many thanks to…

Voice Acting & Jennie Carter Portrayal

Audio Recording & Sound Design

Research

The Jennie Carter production would not have been as wonderful without them!

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Video Editing

Initially, the Jennie Carter material was envisioned as five short videos. Each segment — four minutes in length — took a full week to compile and edit.

Every square or rectangle in the video above represents an image, a sound effect, video clip, or text file.

Once the segments were proofed, it was decided that they would show better as one piece.

Director & Video Production

Lisa Redfern
Redfern Studio
Little Mountain Publishing
(530) 559-4367 

 

 

“Lost, one golden hour with sixty diamond minutes. No reward, for they can never be found.” Horace Mann, 1856

If you liked this post, check out;

Jennie Carter’s Thoughts & Words from Nevada City 1867 – 1874 (video)
Jennie Carter’s Nevada County Setting 1860s, 2nd Marriage & Obituary
Jennie Carter’s Pre-Civil War, Civil War & Reconstruction-era 1846-1870
Jennie Carter Book Review
Nineteenth-Century Creole Snacks & Jennie Carter (Shared Tastes recipe blog)

 

 

For more behind-the-scenes imagery, visit Following Deer Creek on Instagram.