01. Danny Daneau - Director

Long time no Blog

Sorry about the lack of entries. We are busy updating our site to help us launch our festival and distribution campaign! Please stay tuned and check us at facebook.com/theatticdoor.

Behind the Attic Door Featured on Vimeo!

Danny Daneau
Director
Vimeo has been our choice of video hosting for almost as long as the site’s been live. They were the first to do HD streaming and their presentation is as clear and minimal as it gets. We were delighted today to learn that the staff include, Behind the Attic Door – Episode 3 – Caroline and Darrell, in their “Staff Picks” section! Check it out.

Thanks Vimeo. We love ya!

Behind the Attic Door on IMDB

Our behind the scenes video podcast series, BEHIND THE ATTIC DOOR, is now part of IMDBs video beta testing. Although the quality leaves something to be desired, you cannot beat the shelf space. Check it out here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1098358/

If you haven’t already, please help get our videos seen by sending people to www.theatticdoormovie/video

The series was created by documentary filmmakers Roman Safiullin and Chris Walker.

Producer Erica Harrell World Premiere in China

Danny Daneau
Director

Shanghai Poster The team here at theatticdoormovie.com would like to congratulate our producer, Erica Harrell, who will be world premiering her other feature, ACTS OF MERCY at the Shanghai International Film Festival next week. Shanghai, with it’s corresponding film market, has been described as the “Cannes of Asia” and it is truly an honor to be invited to play in the International Panorama.

ACTS OF MERCY was also directed by my future wife, Laura Lopez. We both wrote, produced, and post produced our films together while attending the University of Central Florida’s Entrepreneurial Digital Cinema, Master of Fine Arts program. Working in those tight spaces had it’s affect on us, and we are to be married this Summer in her home country, Ecaudor!

Paying homage to classic noir films and thrillers, ACTS OF MERCY unveils the story of young nurse Maggie Collins as she begins caring for the charming but forgotten residents of Moss Oak Manor nursing home. Slowly, Maggie finds herself on an ethical minefield where good intentions turn into ambition, and mercy finds its way into murder. The film stars Tony and Emmy nominated actress, Tovah Feldshuh and upcoming star of Martin Scorsese’s Boardwalk Empire, Aleksa Paladino.

Once again, congratulations Laura and Erica.

We Are Back

theatticdoormovie.com is back from being down for a few days. We’ve been updating our systems to better prepare for our upcoming festival run. If you haven’t already, please befriend us on facebook and spread the word.

Sorry again for the black out!

Local Hero Post

Danny Daneau
Director
Local Hero Logo The Attic Door is a very large low budget film. Our production was continuously blessed with people and professionals who leant us a hand, or cut us a break. One of the greatest experiences we had was working intimately with Leandro Marini and his post production crew over at Local Hero Post. Scott Uhlfelder, the Director of Photography, and myself spent ten days in the darkness of the color correction suite searching the for the proper color choices for our final film.

This process is often overlooked and misunderstood by filmmakers. A proper D.I. (digital intermediate) is crucial to the storytelling. When filmmakers famously skip this process (PT Anderson for example), it is for a highly motivated and personal reason that is in tune with the central theme of the project. One only needs to watch what a proper DI can do to understand how important it is to the process.

Local Hero Post has included before and after video clips from our film on their site under “Main” and “Color Correct.” Check it out.

New York Times visits our Location(s)!

Check out this slideshow in the New York Times featuring our home in Southern Utah. We are especially happy for the special write-up on The Parry Lodge which was the home base for our crew during production.