May 11, 2024
REEDSVILLE — Some of the scariest small-town videos come with classics, like “The Amityville Horror” and “Halloween. “Filmmaker Christopher Bellizzi would like to include Reedsville in that list of towns, at least for his short film project.
“We’re making a colonial and supernatural horror thriller,” Bellizzi, 34, who was born and raised in New Jersey, said of his upcoming film, “The Devil You Don’t. “
“One of the manufacturers on the project discovered this position in Reedsville,” he added. “We’ve been looking for positions for a long time, over a year. The space was built in the 1980s and has a stone barn and baking area. .
Bellizzi said the manufacturer used a so-called Peerspace, which rented venues to filmmakers, among other things. According to theArray, the name of the assets on Coffee Run Road, Reedsville, reads: “Replica of an old colonial home, barn, bakery and patio. with Amish neighbors. “
The opening of the description read, “This asset is a throwback to the early colonial era and is situated in a quiet Amish community. The space built in the mid-1980s as a reproduction of the John Chas House, built around 1725 in Chadds Ford. , located on the outskirts of Philadelphia.
There are about 60 photographs showcasing a variety of activities taking place at the beautiful Reedsville venue, including small weddings, private dinners, photo and film shoots, and leadership retreats.
It indicates that the premises can be rented at a rate of $50 per hour, with a minimum of 4 hours.
Perfect for Bellizzi and his film project, which has a budget of around $30,000. He and a production (the cinematographer and set designer) visited Mifflin County in early April.
The short film will have an approximate duration of 15 minutes and is intended to be a proof of concept for a feature film. Bellizzi hopes to film the interior of the space in June.
Additional filming is scheduled for October in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, a 1. 1-million-acre stretch of woodland, the largest forested domain on the East Coast.
No date has been set for the film as Bellizzi hopes to present “The Devil You Don’t” at upcoming film festivals.
Bellizzi also wrote the film, which is set in the early 18th century and focuses on rumors about a beast, the “Devil of Leeds,” in the desolate Pine Barrens.
In this colonial origin story of the New Jersey devil, the eldest son of a prolific family is forced to intercede after his father gives his newborn brother the family’s last almanac.
Bellizzi is also part of a dozen young people who will play roles in the short film: a 2- to 3-year-old boy; and four- to seven-year-old twins, either two women or a boy and a girl. They also want a tall, gruff character playing the role of a bartender in a tavern and some other individual playing the role of a drunken customer. Classified ads for assistance on social media.
Salary rates for those roles are $100 per day, and filming lasts a few hours per day.
“For a film of this level, the responsibility for crafting a commission often falls on the director,” Bellizzi said. “So it’s usually up to me to propose the task and make sure it gets done. “
Bellizzi runs a video production company in Brooklyn, New York, which has helped him hone his vision and improve the visual medium through the creative projects he undertakes.
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