M D Productions presents: 'Violet'

I love the way Kara delivers the line, "Didn't I say that?". It sounds so natural and is funny because her character has no clue that she's saying it wrong.
 
Nice short entry (haven't seen the longer stuff you've linked).

At least on my system/setup, the dialogue was too low compared to the music.

Beautiful stuff - actors, lighting, shots, setting. Definitely makes me interested to know these people despite the fact that the trailer I saw doesn't hint at why or where she and the guy on the swing might be going somewhere. Looking forward to seeing more.
 
I'm assuming your don't expect to win the competition. Just posting clips from your upcoming film? Looks a bit interesting. :-)
 
This looked like it could be very nice.

Obviously it's hard to review or know what to expect from this trailer, but it shows a lot of promise. I'm downloaing some of the scenes now, I am looking forward to seeing this.
 
Thanks Darkline, glad you liked the bit we posted.

We are in the middle of our biggest shooting period right now. Finished up a difficult (logistically, not shooting wise) exterior sequence yesterday morning, last night we banged out a couple of interior scenes. We hope to finish nearly all the interiors by tomorrow.

This is a bit of a challenging project due to a lot of factors including that all our talent are working professional actors so we have had to work around their availability. In the middle of yesterday, our two lead young actresses had to leave set for a few hours to attend a nomination ceremony for the Young Artist Awards; both were nominated for a best actress (luckily in different categories) award.

Today, our "Violet" has a meeting with a management company and a meeting with a production company that is shooting a feature in Atlanta in May, all this in the middle of a shooting day!

None the less, we are all so pleased to be working with these professionals. It is wonderful where each and every take is a keeper and your director can really fine tune the performance, not try and get a performance. This make all the difference in the world.

Should be posting some more BTS and frame grabs later in the week.
 
yeah Kevin, this looks like really really great work. DVX???

Anyway, the only thing is, i wish the trailer gave me some more about the actual story. But I cannot wait to see the whole thing.

Hope I get to meet you when I am in LA. I'm meeting up with Mark Johnson for some beers, and you should come out. Definitely an admirer of your work.
 
Hi Mark,

Thanks for the comments. The very small trailer that we submitted really only hints at the story. The actual feature development piece will have a TRT of near 10 minutes and will more fully reveal the conflict and set up the dynamics of the story but it too will not have any resolution nor conclusion. The concept being that the feature development piece is to be used to generate interest in the actual feature.

In answer to the question, yes all the footage shown so far is DVX source material.

I would love the opportunity to meet up with you when you visit and having a few brews with you and Mark Johnson would be a great way to spend a bit of time.

Thanks again for the post and interest in "Violet".
 
I haven't had time to read this whole thread, but I wanted to drop in and tell you how much I ADORED your trailer. The look was beautiful, the story intriguing, and your lead has an amazing presence. She reminded me of a young Scarlet Johansson. She has that same intensity. Anyway, fantastic trailer, and I can't wait to see more.
 
Thanks Chris. So pleased that you enjoyed our trailer. We hope to have the feature development project finished in the next month (principal photography phase) then into post, which shouldn't be too length of process as we have been cutting each scene (rough) as we go.

As soon as we have more to share it will be posted here.

Thanks again and I will pass along your comments about the Scarlet Johansson reference, that will really make her smile.
 
Hi Tom,

I doubt that I will, more likely I will turn it over to a real editor that I have worked with before. I find that it is almost always better to have a fresh set of eyes on any project when it come to the final edit. For now, I will just continue to assemble the scenes as they progress so that I can be certain that we are getting what we will need to finish it up.

Hope to have another scene up in the next hour or so.
 
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