After eleven weeks on location, the film’s final scene was shot at dusk on the lake it’s named for. Post-production begins this autumn.
The last shot of the summer was the simplest one on the schedule — a wide, static frame of the lake at dusk, held for ninety seconds with no dialogue. It took four attempts to get the light right, and when it finally came together, the crew stood in silence for a moment before anyone spoke.
Eleven weeks earlier, production began in the same spot, in the pale light of early June. The film follows a household across one season, and the choice was made early on to shoot largely in order — a decision that shaped everything from the scheduling to the way the cast approached each scene, watching the light and the landscape change around them in something close to real time.
“We weren’t chasing continuity. We were just trying to let the season do what it does, and stay close enough to catch it.”
The production moved between three locations over the course of the shoot, with the majority of the work concentrated at the lake house that gives the film its central setting. Much of the crew stayed on-site for the full run, a choice that brought its own difficulties but kept the work unusually continuous.
On set at the lake house, week nine.
Post-production begins this autumn, with an edit expected to run through the winter. Score sessions are already underway, with early recordings from a small string ensemble laid down in July. A release window will be announced once the edit is further along.