Behind the scenes video
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The making of Jenny’s Book of Twilight was definitely very long and exhausting. At least for me.
Writing began somewhere in 2010, we shot the movie in the spring of 2011; editing, music and special effects took the longest, about nine months in two parts, and finally I finished the movie in July 2012.
The shooting took place in March 2011. Given that a good number of the cast was from out of town and even out of state (starting with our lead, Caryssa), we had to really make everything happen in just two weeks with a couple of pick up days.
It was definitely hectic and crazy, we didn’t have much time to stand around. We had to have the camera rolling. We only did one or two takes of most things, more takes only of important scenes.
There was something for almost every day, I think with one unwanted day off. I never in my life was so tired, though I should mention that on top of the crazy shooting schedule I still had to work at the restaurant full time, while my pregnant honey was going to college during the day and studied at home. Talk about house chores neglected, haha…
Anyway, of course the original schedule changed constantly and in the end we even had to leave out a couple of scenes, which now I am happy about. One of those scenes would have been a concert scene, but the band cancelled last minute, and now I am just happy we didn’t have to worry about shooting that part. Luckily it wasn’t crucial for the story, and we could use that time to catch up with some other footage.
Even though the shoot was so crazy, exhausting and at times nerve-racking, it was still a lot of fun too, one of the best times in my life. Being on the set, seeing you story, the fruit of your imagination come alive in front of you is an experience that I would not want to exchange for anything. The energy on the set is so great, not to mention the friends you make, the piece of art you create together. And we laughed so much too. It was definitely a time to always remember and hopefully with this short behind the scene video you can be a part of it too, even if just for a few minutes.

Also, for those of you who are interested, here is the original production schedule. It changed almost daily though, so in the end it looked totally different, but I can’t find a copy of that one.
Jenny’s Book of Twilight – Production Schedule
March 7, Monday | Day off, locations |
March 8, Tuesday | Jenny’s house – Cary |
March 9, Wednesday | Day off |
March 10, Thursday | Jenny’s house – Cary |
March 11, Friday | Jenny’s house (evening, night takes) – cary, andy, brad and guys |
March 12, Saturday | Car scene (at night) – Cary, Brad Downtown street scenes, plaza – Cary, Andy, Brad and guys, demons, violinist Bayfront scene – Cary, Brad and guys, Andy Downtown dawn scenes – Cary, brad and guys |
March 13, Sunday | Storm scene (at dawn) Cary, Brad, Croix
Concert scene (in the evening) – Cary, handsome guy, band, Andy |
March 14, Monday | Sandwich shop scene (at dawn and afternoon) Cary, Lee, Andy, Brad, customers
Bar (evening for bar scene) – Cary, Brad and guys |
March 15, Tuesday | Jenny’s house – Cary, Andy (chase scene) Audio recording – Andy (radio voice) |
March 16, Wednesday | Dialogue (Jenny and Jenny’s mom) – Cary, Maree Outside scenes (field dream scene, also taking “family pictures”) Cary, Croix, Victor, Maree Montage with Kelly – Cary, Croix |
March 17, Thursday | Montage with jenny’s mom – Cary, Maree
Outside scenes (streets, bridge, underwater scene in the evening, by cross) Cary, Robby |
March 18, Friday | Additional scenes as needed – Victor (End scene) Young Jenny scenes – Madison |
March 19, Saturday | Audio recording – Cary, Andy |
March 20, Sunday | Party time!!! ![]() |