The Attic Door

Our own Eric Ernst is writing and directing a hilarious a web television series called VICE FORCE ACTION SQUAD. To do this Ernst took to crowdfunding on IndieGogo and with a week left in his campaign he has surpassed his original goal. Eric is now taking any extra monies raised and putting it directly towards future episodes, so please take a moment and donate to his campaign by clicking here.

Also please “Like” the VICE FORCE ACTION SQUAD FACEBOOK PAGE.

The series chronicles the adventures of two homicide detectives as they chase down justice and brutalize crime.

We are pleased to see our very own Danny Daneau joining the crew as the editor of upcoming indie feature FREE RIDE, starring Anna Paquin and Cam Gigandet and directed by Shana Sosin. The film is about, “A single mom caught up in the Florida drug trade during the late 1970s who tries to make a better life for her two girls” (from IMDB). Although still pursuing a career as a writer-director, Danny is thrilled to be rising up the ranks as a film editor.

“I fell in love with the job when co-editing THE ATTIC DOOR with Sean LaGrange. It was there that I realized how much the movie is really made in the editing room. Since then, I have been blessed to work with extremely talented filmmakers and continue learning more about the craft on every project I do.”

We look forward to hearing more about Free Ride and are happy for Danny’s success.

We are so proud of our actor Jake Johnson and the premiere of his new ABC show Man Up! Check him out in this 30sec clip and tune in tonight at 8:30|7:30c.

Update:
Episode is now live on Hulu:

We had a great time last Saturday in Boston showing our little film at the beautiful Coolidge theatre. Thank you to everyone who came out! If you missed it, you can purchase a DVD or BLU-RAY on our online store.

We are delighted to be screening at the prestigious Coolidge Theatre in Boston, Mass next Saturday afternoon, October 8th. Director Danny Daneau will be there afterwards for a Q&A. If you live in the area, please come out and support the film. Tickets are available now on the Coolidge site: http://www.coolidge.org/content/attic-door

Go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/livinglightnetwork/2011/09/07/one-cell-one-light now to hear producer Erica Harrell, writer Eric Ernst, and director Danny Daneau talk about their experiences making THE ATTIC DOOR. We were double featured as the show of the day today over 25,000 other radio shows!

Thank you to Marina Antunes at Quiet Earth for such a glowing review of our little film. 8.5/10 is truly an honor and your words melted our hearts.

Opening scenes are a little like first impressions: the good and bad stand out while the mediocre blend together into the background. It’s been some time since a film’s opening stood out. So long in fact that I can’t recall a particularly memorable one in the last few years and then I sit down with a small independent film titled The Attic Door and I see an opening which, in its opening 5 minutes, mesmerized. The combination of framing, music and the confusion of the scene, seen out of context from the rest of the film, are so outstanding that it will be a long while before it dislodges itself from my mind. The same is true for the film.

The potential for things going wrong when working with kids is great, particularly in a movie like The Attic Door which relies solely on the performance of the two children. There are no distractions here: no additional characters to deflect bad performances, little music or action to hide what doesn’t work and they’re unnecessary because both Madison Davenport and Jake Johnson do what many actors can’t: they fill the empty, quiet moments of the story with emotion and depth. Their performances are wonderful and both give off an air of being wise beyond their years.

I loved everything about The Attic Door, the low key score from Kristin Øhrn Dyrud, Scott Uhlfelder‘s gorgeous cinematography which captures the desert in both its beauty and menace, the performances and the delicacy of the story which reveals itself in small measured steps, building anticipation and dread with each passing scene.

Please visit http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2011/08/11/A-beautiful-low-key-thriller-THE-ATTIC-DOOR-is-a-must-see to read the full review.