“ I was excited about that aesthetic, because I wanted it to feel like you escaped into a painting and pulled into the past in that way,” says Fastvold.“ The artificiality of it was intentional and exciting to me. It ' s a little bit in line with the Shaker ideology, by bringing in some old-fashioned craftsmanship like that.” In January 2024, they transformed the Discovery Barn at Hancock Shaker Village into a green room, a wardrobe room, and a warming space. The shots they wanted on campus included the Meetinghouse; the Round Stone Barn, where there was a dancing sequence; the Farm & Forest Trail; and the Brick Dwelling, when Ann Lee is singing and looking out a window. In the spring, they filmed for a few days, and then in November 2024, the crew returned again while the village was closed during the week. They worked out an aggressive daily schedule from sunup to sundown and used one of the offices as a sound mixing space. They shot footage in the Brownstone Barn and more segments in the Brick Dwelling, as well as a big shoot in the Sisters’ Dairy. In all, they filmed for eight days, in addition to scouting and research. As a matter of reference, Ann Lee died in 1784 before Hancock Shaker Village was at its peak. The Round Stone Barn wasn’ t built until 1826, and the Brick Dwelling not until 1830. The theological basis and storyline of the film were accurate, as well as many of the details, Holland says.“ I will say there ' s some artistic liberties in the selection of the structures, but I think that if you let that go and just appreciate the fact that they were there in a Shaker village, it wasn’ t too far off the time. That’ s why they wanted to use the Sisters ' Dairy for the big scene, because it’ s much older, a little rougher.” Other parts of the filming at Hancock Shaker Village included a scene where Ann Lee is in the back of a wagon and blood is dripping off her fingertips into the snow. There was a small sequence in the woods near the swamp and the Farmer Forest Trail. Even when they were in Hungary, the film team kept in touch with Hancock Shaker Village.“ We were helping feed little bits and pieces of background while they were shooting over the summer in Europe,” says Holland, who was given updates on how things were going over there. One time, she received a photo of Seyfried on an

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