Greetings film friends,

I realize it’s been a long while since my last update on the progress of “Discussing Mr Darcy” so have chosen this Valentine’s Eve to check in with you.

At the end of November editor Frederique Remy and I achieved a picture assembly that we’re very happy with. The story is complete and performances are strong – no surprise given how great the script and actors are. Elifer had done a lot of the heavy lifting so Freddie and I worked on finessing the timing and crafting the story. Now we’re at the beginning stages of the audio process.

Professional Recording Arts students at The Art Institute of Vancouver are working on background and dialogue clean up led by Marc Benoit. It’s fun to think the film is moving ahead even though I don’t have my hands on it directly right now. In the meantime, I’ve been listing to a lot of music and forming ideas for scoring and soundtrack. Thank you again to musicians who sent songs to us via Matt Safran. There are wonderful options to choose from, the decision now is what fits best with the film. If anyone still wants to throw suggestions as us, please get in touch with Matt through www.filmusic.ca

The production team at Goldtooth Creative have put together a strategy for delivering post production and when money comes in I’m looking forward to getting involved with them. Everyone’s aim is to have the film completed by end of April so we can hit film festival submission deadlines beginning in May.

This feels like the unglamorous part of the process, there’s not much action that seems worth reporting on… but progress is ongoing in small steps. I realized it was a year ago in February that I optioned the script from Andrew and had a 12-month window to develop it. So in retrospect, we’ve done a good job of making this thing a reality.

I’ll be sure to post again when there’s news to report. Oh, if anyone out there is comfortable with WordPress and would be interested in helping get our official website online, please be in touch. I’ve got a small honorarium set aside for the project and content is well organized.

Happy Olympics. Vancouver is a fun place to be these days.

DISCUSSING MR. DARCY is a comedic drama about the conflicting opinions of two First Nations men as they prepare to set up a roadblock.

We are currently seeking an experienced Editor who can cut a 2-minute trailer for marketing purposes, and perhaps come on board as Supervising Editor for the film. A rough assembly has already been completed.

This micro-budget feature film was shot on two Panasonic cameras (HPX 170 and HVX 200 with 35mm lens adaptors) in early September 2009. The shoot was done with completely volunteer labour. We have a modest honorarium for our trailer Editor.

Director of Photography: Les Erskine
Producers: Darlene Choo, Michael De Sadeleer, Rhonda Dent
Director: Sara McIntyre
Writer: Andrew Genaille

Cast: NATHANIEL ARCAND (Heartland, Moose TV, North of 60, Da Vinci’s City Hall, Ginger Snaps Back, Unnatural & Accidental); JUSTIN RAIN (The Twilight Saga:Eclipse, The Guard); CARMEN MOORE (North of 60, Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, Wolf Lake, Godiva’s, Raven Tales, Flash Gordon, Unnatural & Accidental); SAM BOB; DENYC; ASHLEY HARRY.

Our all-First Nations cast delivered very strong performances and we have good-looking footage to work with. We also have a handful of distributors and broadcasters waiting to see the story. This film is intended for festival audiences with DVD distribution and television broadcast to follow.

The story has been warmly embraced by the First Nations community and non-Aboriginals alike. Please be in touch as soon as you’re able if you have questions about the project or would like to get involved.

Sara McIntyre (604) 730-1630 kissdustpics@gmail.com

PROJECT WEBSITE: http://www.indiegogo.com/Two-Indians-Talking

VANCOUVER SUN ARTICLE: http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie...

Progress! Tonight through the magic of Skype Desktop Sharing (about which I was previously oblivious), I watched Elifer’s assembly of about half of the film. Up to now I’ve been battling with my big screen desktop that’s too out of date to watch footage, and my little laptop screen where I can only view the unlabeled raw files. It’s been frustrating. I’d decided to just wait for Eli to show me his first rough cut… so tonight’s viewing was a fun surprise. And the performances are working! Happiness.

We’re seeing challenges with focus since the 35mm lens adaptors have such a narrow window of sharpness, and our camera crews were constantly rotating. And a few scenes where axis puzzles are present. But overall I think we’ll piece it together nicely. Man, those guys look good on screen.

Congrats on the interview! I encourage you to share the event details with your fans in the new EVENTS tab so they can attend or send their friends from the area. More info on EVENTS here:http://www.indiegogo.com/blog/2009/09/new-event... Cheers GoGoDanae