Chuck Pacheco, Hillary Sherman dan Caleb Applegate memproduseri film ini, dengan memulai pengambilan gambar di [[Boulder County, Colorado]] pada 14 Mei 2013. Kota [[Niwot, Colorado|Niwot]] dua kali digunakan untuk pengadeganan peran protagonist 1960 milik [[Manteca, California]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.modbee.com/2013/07/10/2801905/jardine-small-colorado-town-becomes.html|title=Jardine: Small Colorado town becomes Manteca for film starring Jessica Alba|last=Jardin|first=Jeff|date=July 10, 2013|newspaper=[[The Modesto Bee]]|accessdate=July 15, 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714223610/http://www.modbee.com:80/2013/07/10/2801905/jardine-small-colorado-town-becomes.html|archivedate=July 14, 2013-07-14|df=mdy}}</ref> Kota di area Colorado's [[Front Range]] [[Rocky Mountains]], termasuk[[Longmont, Colorado|Longmont]], [[Lyons, Colorado|Lyons]], [[Nederland, Colorado|Nederland]], [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]] dan [[Hygiene, Colorado|Hygiene]], yang juga digunakan untuk pengambilan gambar.<ref name="albee">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_29863052/boulder-county-gets-its-close-up-dear-eleanor|title=Boulder County gets its close-up with 'Dear Eleanor' debut|last=Albee|first=Drew|date=May 8, 2016|newspaper=[[Daily Camera]]|accessdate=May 8, 2016}}</ref> Selain itu juga menggnakan lokasi di [[Downtown Denver]] [[Paramount Theatre (Denver, Colorado)|Paramount Theatre]] sebelum selesai pada pertengahan Juni.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.9news.com/news/article/340651/343/Sneak-peek-at-filming-of-Dear-Eleanor-in-Denver|title=Sneak peek at filming of 'Dear Eleanor' in Denver|date=June 12, 2013|publisher=[[9news.com]]|accessdate=June 14, 2013}}{{dead link|date=December 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Pengambilan gambar ulang dilakukan sekitar satu tahun kemudian. Sebuah program insentif ekonomi Colorado tertarik membantu produksi ini dengan mengeluarkan dana sebesar $2.5 juta.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22593953/state-uses-incentives-lure-three-feature-films|title=Colorado uses incentives to lure three feature films|last=Svaldi|first=Aldo|date=February 14, 2013|newspaper=[[The Denver Post]]|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
