The Bake Shop Ghost
by Jacqueline Ogburn
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Author: Jacqueline OgburnIllustrator: Marjorie A. Priceman
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-08
ISBN: 0547076770
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Sandpiper
Book Reviews of The Bake Shop Ghost
Book Review: From Author's Father
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an Email from my daughter.
Subj: Bake Shop Ghost in Hollywood
Date: 1/18/2008 9:27:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
From: deahlogburn@verizpn.net
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Dear All:
I spent three full days on the set of The Bake Shop Ghost film, and it was marvelous. The film was shot on the lot at Universal Studios, and I stayed at the Sheraton Universal City. The window of my room looked down over the studios. One of the producers came and picked me up and we drove into the gates onto James Stewart Blvd, past the bungalow where Alfred Hitchcock had his office.
It was filmed in the section called "New England Village" in a small interior courtyard space. It was crowded with nearly 30 crew members and another dozen people - actors and visitors. It's an indie film, with a small budget, and will be only 15 minutes long, but it was the full Hollywood set - huge lights, cameras, trailer with wardrobe and make-up, a catering crew, trucks with electronic equipment, ladders, and tools, very " young production assistants with headsets, iPhones and water bottles.
I finally got to meet Lorette Bayle, the director who obtained the rights from my publisher. She was the eye of the storm, but was focused and calm. Mostly, I spent time trying to watch as much as possible and stay out of the way.
The level of attention to detail was astonishing - I thought writers were obsessive, but we are amateurs compared to film people. They are extroverted control freaks.
Cakes were important to the story, and there were lots of them. There were at least a dozen fake prop cakes. There were 11 cakes for the tasting scenes, with doubles - yes, the cakes had body doubles. Ed, a lovely man who baked the cakes for the tasting scene, had a great story about the birthday cake. He found a baker who would match the appearance of the birthday cake in the book. The bakery was called Helen's, and was run for 60 years by Helen. She left the business to her helper, who made the cake for the film. He was Filipino, with limited English. When Ed returned for the cake, the baker's wife said they liked the book, and thought it was very true, because she said, "He still talks to Helen." They felt her spirit was still in the shop. This was sweet, but a bit eerie.
There was a great deal of specialized equipment on the set - the one that struck me the most was the make-up belt, which had a pouch with pockets for brushes, pots of powder, mascara and foundation.
I realized that patience is an important quality in an actor, as they waited for sets to be arranged, lighting to be adjusted, and then repeated the same lines over and over. Maryann Jean Baptiste, who played Annie, was pelted with puff pastry at least six times during the fight sequence. They shot the flour fight just once, with three cameras, to minimize getting flour into expensive equipment. It was a grand fight, and everyone watching burst into applause at the end.
People were very kind, to me and to each other. If I was standing for more than a minute, a production assistant would bring me a director's chair. One of the producers kept feeding me. The mood was lovely- a group that seemed to enjoy working on the project and with each other. I'm very impressed with Lorette's leadership skills, that she gathered such a group, and kept them working together so well.
I spent a lot of time in the area they called "video village." This was where a video monitor that was connected with the camera was set up and the script supervisor, Ron, had a small table and chair. Ron was making elaborate notations on the script, noting each shot, each take, what reel of film was used, a string of numbers I never did understand. This was so the editor and director could identify each segment of film during the editing process. Some scenes had over twenty shots, from different angles, with several takes. It could take a couple of hours to shoot one page of script.
Ron seemed to like me, and kept urging me to write a screenplay. His point was that I had a film in production now, based on my work, so I had an edge over lots of other writers. He told me where the bookstore was with the best books about screenwriting, and tips about writing.
The actors were marvelous. They really embodied the characters that I had imagined in a wonderful way. For me, the most emotional moment was when they were improvising on a scene where the ghost is advising Annie about her recipes. I found myself tearing up, because it was how I had imagined these characters relating to each other, even though I didn't write it into the story. The ways that the film picked up and amplified things about the story that I had thought, but not written was amazing and a bit spooky.
As to the pictures - the one where I am with the bakers is not blurry due to a mistake. There was a fog machine going for that shot, not to make it spooky, but to soften the light. Lorette assured me that it doesn't show on the film. The set interior shows how crowded it got when the camera was rolling and the one with Kathy, the ghost, shows how much care went into the props and set design.
The next phase is editing and there should be a final cut in about six months. Then Lorette will submit it to film festivals and we'll see where it ends up showing. She said she would send it to Sundance, although she didn't think it was edgy enough for that festival. But she thought that if there was a full-length film with a similar theme or setting, that they would pick BSG to pair with it.
It was a marvelous adventure, and I feel so lucky to have had the experience.cheers,
Jackie
The film is now at Skywalker Ranch for sounnd and other editing
Summary of The Bake Shop Ghost
The charming story of a cranky old ghost who haunts the bake shop she used to own is now in paperback!
Cora Lee Merriweather had a lemon pucker mouth and hair scraped back into a hard little bun. Cora Lee also baked the best pies and cakes for miles. But now Cora Lee haunts the shop she used to own. When new bakers arrive to take over her empty bake shop, she scares them away. Then Annie Washington comes to town, and it seems Cora Lee has met her match.
Cora Lee Merriweather had a lemon pucker mouth and hair scraped back into a hard little bun. Cora Lee also baked the best pies and cakes for miles. But now Cora Lee haunts the shop she used to own. When new bakers arrive to take over her empty bake shop, she scares them away. Then Annie Washington comes to town, and it seems Cora Lee has met her match.
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