Interpretive Film
First State National Historical Park is comprised of six historic sites spread throughout Delaware. These sites have witnessed moments in time from the first Swedish settlement in North America to a raging debate over women’s suffrage. Northern Light Productions produced a 15-minute interpretive film for the park that presents highlights of Delaware's past. With a park that covers multiple centuries of history, we met the challenge of telling a cohesive story by centering around unifying themes that develop over the course of the film. One of these key themes focuses on the struggle, successes, and contradictions of building a democracy.
Services
- Project Management
- Content Development
- Scriptwriting
- Graphic/Visual Design & Development
- Original Filming
- Aerial Drone Filming
The story emerges through the people and places associated with the Park’s sites. The film begins with an interview with Chief Coker of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware speaking to the experience of the Lenape as various European powers vied for control of the Delaware Valley. Reenacted vignettes of historical figures such as John Dickinson, whose “Letters to a Farmer” fueled revolutionary fires amongst colonists, and Samuel Burris, whose daring rescues of enslaved families on the Underground Railroad resulted in his imprisonment, bring the historical sites to life. Original photography in multiple seasons captures the landscapes and places that bore witness to this history.
