With less than a month to go before we release ALMANZO WILDER: LIFE BEFORE LAURA, at the Wilder Homestead in Burke, NY, the editorial is going really well.  In addition to the beautiful images of the Wilder farm and some fun re-creations from sections of the Farmer Boy book, one of the things we think viewers will enjoy the most is the way historic photos and illustrations from Farmer Boy have been rebuilt and animated in order to give them an all new look.  The choice to animate photos and illustrations became very appealing to us given that these images are not only few, but also very well known to those who love the books and legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder. We realized if we could offer a new way to look at well known images that we could bring new attention and interest to what those images show.  

Next week our composer comes in to look at the documentary and decides where we’re going to put music.  Unlike all the LHOP bonus content we’ve made for NBC and Imavision, in this program we will not have access to the beautiful themes composed by David Rose for the series…so we’re going to create an original score to provide the emotional under pinnings that will support our story.  

I’ll keep you informed.

Dean