Yesterday was a big day for Day 419, as Viking’s Depleted team was in the Oakwood Sound Design Studio working on the Final Master of Day 419. According to director Jeremy Hanke, the film is almost completed, with a final session slated with Score Composer David Todd Singleton for next week. The last session will allow final comments to be made, at which point any corrections will be made and and the film will be completed!
Folks who were able to attend last night’s Day 419 1st Master preview got a chance to be on the cutting edge of technology! Hosted on Adobe Connect, the event allowed people to preview the film and then engage in a question and answer session with writer/director, Jeremy Hanke. While there were some opening night technology issues which led to some inconsistencies in playback and the questions ended up being typed rather than spoken, the overall screening was a success. As with actress Kat Carney’s screening, the music from composer David Todd Singleton, along with the two songs from zero-project, were highly praised by those who attended. Director Jeremy Hanke shared some of the inspirations for certain creative choices in the film and regaled those in attendance with stories of past film screenings he’d attended, including one put on by filmmaker Kevin Smith.
One more sneak screening is slated for cast, crew, and select contributors this week. After that, the final master version of Day 419 will be made available as an episodic release in five weekly serial segments through World of Depleted’s YouTube page. A Sorenson 360 version will be available with the film in its entirety shortly thereafter, as will the DVD version. The limited collector’s edition of the DVD is currently slated to be one of the awards given for fans who choose to support the crowdfunding campaign of the Depleted feature film later in the year. (In addition, I’ve now gotten word that photographer and Day 419 cinematographer, Nate Eckelbarger, has designed an exclusive screen printed poster for Day 419 which will be made available for special contributors during the Depleted feature crowdfunding event. While it will not be shown until the campaign, I have gotten word from an insider at Viking that the poster is: “bitching AWESOME.”)