Photos from the production The Mill




Making a film is a temporary and peculiar animal and the whole process is constantly in an extremely volatile state. Hopefully, this creative process is not only productive but pleasant. These photographs are some of the very talented people that I had the opportunity to work with on The Mill. It is not all, but only a few. Everyone who worked on this film made the creative process, for me, one of the most pleasant I have ever experienced. I was blessed with an amazing cast, and one helluva crew. Harry, Ralph and Maxann, thank you.
                                   Grainger Hines
                                   Director, "The Mill"

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The sets for The Mill were created by Deanna Tilley.

Cast for The Mill
L-R - Blaire Welch, Catori Swann, Austin James, Kelly Ray,
Tiffany LeShai, Austin Hines, Leah Marie Parker

Austin Hines & Leah Marie Parker

Austin Hines

Cast for The Mill
L-R back row - Austin James, Tiffany LeShai, Catori Swann
front row - Leah Marie Parker, Blaire Welch,
Robert Rainbolt, Kelly Ray, Austin Hines,
not pictured: David Byars

The Mill

L-R - Writer & Executive Producer Harry L. Welch, Jr.
with Robert Wagner (Asst to Exec Prod),
Grainger Hines and The Mill editor Christina Penn

Grainger Hines with The Mill editor Christina Penn

Grainger Hines preparing to do
an interview with FOX News

Grainger going over his days work with the person
who kept the show rolling,
1st Assistant Director Caryn Nowland

Police investigate some "strange happenings" at The Mill

entrance to The Mill

Director of Photography David Svenson
shooting a scene

Grainger clowning on the set between shots
seated: Script Supervisor Jennifer McNamara

L-R - North Carolina State Senator Andrew Brock watches as Harry L. Welch Jr., Grainger Hines and producer Ralph Singleton watch the monitor. Seated to the right is Script Supervisor Jennifer McNamara- standing center in back is grip Joe Hamann

Director of Photography David Svenson between shots with actor Austin James in foreground and cameraman Matt Merrick
background- boom operator Steve Witherup

L-R - In black coat standing, North Carolina State Representative Fred Steen- seated, Harry L. Welch Jr., Christina Penn (editor), Ralph Singleton (producer), and Grainger Hines

Director of Photography David Svenson

Actor Austin James gets a touch-up from make-up artist Ingrid Carey- Robert Rainbolt seated in background

Executive Producer Maxann Crotts-Harvey celebrating her birthday on the set with Producer Ralph Singleton

The jack-of-all-trades and our Production Designer, Deanna Tilley, confers with Executive Producer/Writer Harry L. Welch Jr., Producer Ralph Singleton

The elusive gaffer of The Mill, Mark Overton (center) with the Dolly and Troy Boggess (back left) and Joe Hamann (right foreground)

Grainger Hines directs Blaire Welch in a scene in The Mill

L-R - Standing: Harry L. Welch Jr., Ralph Singleton, and Terri Welch (Harry's wife and set photographer) - Seated: Christina Penn, Grainger Hines

L-R - Blaire Welch and her daughter Skyler, 1st AD Caryn Nowland, DP David Svenson, Harry L. Welch Jr., Grainger Hines, Terri Welch, and Production Designer Deanna Tilley

Grainger Hines directs Blaire Welch and Robert Rainbolt

Grainger Hines and Director of Photography David Svenson discuss the set up for a scene in The Mill

Grainger Hines directs Robert Rainbolt

David Byars in a scene in The Mill

David Byars, Kelly Ray and Catori Swann (foreground)


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