The Attic Door

Finished Film with A New Title! from The Attic Door on Vimeo.

Erica Harrell
Producer

Today is the last day of post-production on A Monster in the Attic! This news is very bittersweet for me, as Danny is currently at Local Hero doing the final layback while I am at work on Entourage. It feels weird to not be with Danny and the movie on its last day, but I am really excited about the film’s next step - a film festival run and distribution.

Last week we had the opportunity to screen the film with a full 5.1 mix in the screening facility at Would Work Sound with our engineer Evan Frankfort. It was awesome seeing and hearing the film for the first time on a big screen. While watching, I was also reflecting on how much we accomplished with this little film. Traveling with our cast and crew to a small town in Utah that is hours from an airport, we built an amazing structure, faced flooding and unbearable heat and shot a period film with only two child actors. Then the film returned to both Los Angeles and Florida and went through a nearly year-long editing and special effects period.

While watching a finished film, it is easy to forget all of the hard work that goes into making it. So again, I thank everyone who helped make this movie possible; I am so proud of what we’ve accomplished and I can’t wait to share it with you with full sound and surprising color correction.

Another thing I realized while watching the film at Would Work is that I am ready to begin this process all over again. Apparently doing two features back to back didn’t teach me a lesson ;). I hope to work with many people from the Monster Crew again soon.

Tomorrow, Danny heads back to Orlando and I am truly going to miss him. Hopefully we will begin development on a new film very soon and I’m sure we will blog about that too! I can’t wait for the long iChat sessions and revision after revision because if there’s one thing I have learned from this film is that I love this process.

These are not easy times for Independent film or Independent filmmakers, but I am optimistic for our futures.

Danny Daneau
Director

We are days away now. Today we wrap on the final dub, tomorrow we begin to master, and by Monday afternoon, the film will be complete!

We also have decided on the new title…

Our lead actress, Madison Davenport, continues promoting her new film Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. Check out the Q and A on the ELLEgirl Blog.

Check out this video interview where our lead actress, Madison Davenport, talks about her role on Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.

Click here to watch.

Check out this great interview in Scholastic News of our lead actress Madison Davenport. She discusses her role in the film Kit Kitridge: An American Girl (now playing in select cities), but also happens to mention our film a few times.

Thanks Madison!

Read the article here.

Keep checking in for updates!

Do you live in LA, New York, Chicago, Atlanta or Dallas? If so, check out our lead actor, Madison Davenport, starring as Kit’s best friend Ruthie Smithens in Kit Kitridge: An American Girl. For everyone else, the film opens wide July 2nd.

Check out Madison in this collection of interviews: