Location, Location, Location

I realize that it will be a while before we really need to worry about this, but now that we're starting to (finally) get into (albeit early) pre-production for LOD, I've been giving some thought to locations. The robberies that actually form the basis for some of the story took place in southern New Hampshire in the early 90's in what could be any medium sized town in the state (or New England for that matter).

Last weekend, I had dinner with my sister Sharon and her husband Bill. It turns out that Bill is the building code enforcement officer in this wonderfully picturesque and apropos town on Lake Winnepasaukee called Meredith New Hampshire.

While I had originally thought of talking to the town of Nashua (my home town) about trying to get them to cooperate with the filming, it turns out that Meredith may be a better choice. Bill and Sharon are pretty tightly connected with the local government there and the town is really looking for something like this to bring some attention to the community. It turns out that it's a relatively affluent community as well, so there may be people interested in helping with the financing of the project. To top it all off, there are some really beautiful locations in and around the town.

While it's a bit of a drive from Boston, the local support that we could get could be well worth it. It's something to consider at least. I really think that having the full support of a community and the local government for filming will make a huge difference in the support costs associated with the film, securing locations, getting the local police to help with things like closing off roads during shooting etc.

It's something I'll definitely be looking into.