Daughter Ceili scouted out a production still from the forthcoming Outlander, Season 4. The season takes Jamie and Claire Fraser to the North Carolina backcountry, where they establish themselves not far from Daniel Boone’s stomping grounds, at a place they name Fraser’s Ridge. I have not read Drums of Autumn, upon which the season is based, but my brother John has read ’em all, and he tells me that there is a great deal of interaction with the native peoples — Cherokee and Mohawk down from their homeland in New York to cause a ruckus in the Carolinas (which was common practice).
History Channel: This is how you do it.
It’s a John Buxton or Robert W. Griffing painting brought to life. And I would be surprised indeed if those two master artists were not used for reference.
Here’s what the production team has to say:
Every department, from Production design to costume and hair and make-up does a huge amount of research to ensure we create a world that feels authentic to the time and place,” Outlander’s Executive Producer Matthew B Roberts said.
“To build our Native American world, they have learned traditional techniques, from canoe building to hand weaving and, to populate that world, we have welcomed a great team from Canada to play both the speaking and supporting roles of the Cherokee and Mohawk Nations in Outlander season 4.”
As many of you have read previously, Outlander is a great favorite of Clan Cornelius. Taking the tale to the backcountry of North Carolina in the 1760s is an eagerly anticipated development.
Paul McNamee says
That still shot does look like a painting!
felonious monk says
Sounds like you need to get a hold of THE NEW WORLD-dvd, it features a making of
Doco that is truly exceptional, trust me I have worked on a few sets.
I shan’t go into the film itself for fear of upsetting those who stopped watching anything
past 1978, stuck in the echo-chamber and worried about high versus low brow. Bite me!
JimC says
That movie got beat up a bit. Mallick’s sense of pace is not compatible with the frenetic quick-cut editing of most contemporary cinema. I liked it. I like Colin Ferrell, too. Oh well.
felonious monk says
Yes there are several “cuts” doing the rounds and I haven’t seen the “directors”.
But it’s the diligence brought to bear in getting it right that is the focus in the
“bonus material” that is something else!
Partisans might like to have a look at Andrew Lawler’s:The Secret Token, kind
of related.
For your daughter: Lean On Pete and John Branch_The Last Cowboys, for you:
Mad Boy_Nick Arvin.
Congrats on the Rhodes posts by the way, they belong HERE!
It seems Kitchener also had a thing about a pet bird as well as a “manservant”.
There has been some interesting research into the psychology into of sending
young boys to all male boarding school. It turns them into emotional cripples
more or less.
As to permanent frontiers, it should come as no surprise that descendants of the
people who gave us the first multi-national get around a bit, what is more pertinent
is that behind almost all great wealth lurks a great crime and a sense of entitlement
for more wealth.
Had to get that of my chest and beat the foxification! Stay frosty!
JimC says
Stay tuned on the Rhodes stuff. Gets more and more interesting. I probably will cross post them here at some point.
Lean On Pete was based on a novel written by a novelist and musician we had here at the Sisters Folk Festival. Oregon guy. I didn’t even know it was a movie until a week ago. Ceili and I will definitely run that down.
felonious monk says
Yes Willy Vlautin, his latest novel comes with a soundtrack>>>>>recommended!
Check out the “new” Sweetheart Of The Rodeo Tour As well.
JimC says
Oh, damn… I’ll have to check that out, too.