Kathryn Burkholder is a local resident whose talents contributed to the making of Stuart Connelly’s ‘The Suspect’ ( To read our feature on locally filmed ‘The Suspect’ here - http://www.tricountyrecord.com/article/20121126/NEWS01/121129943/local-author-connelly-makes-directorial-film-debut-with-the-suspect-). While she prefers to be behind the lens (she is a professional photographer and videographer, visit her at www.kathrynburkholder.com) Burkholder happily took on the opportunity to learn more about filmmaking through a hands-on job as a volunteer Set Dresser.

Burkholder has done similar set work ‘off and on’ for three years, most frequently for local filmmaker and family friend Daniel Speers. For Connelly’s ‘The Suspect’, she worked under the guidance of Art Department Director Eileen Dennehy.

“The art department was a small department, but with many shared roles. As a set dresser I would help create the film’s settings,” Burkholder explained. “Eileen would go to a scene and plan everything out. Then we would organize and transport everything we needed from our warehouse in Honey Brook. We would go to the location, set everything up, they would shoot, and then the next day we would break it down.”