Comments on: Maxim Media wants Dark Light

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:18:26 +0000

Fair point Mr S… there are way too many factors to weigh up here, I just wanted to know if you thought about it.

A girl in my work (Gemma) mentioned you guys today, sent a photo of her with a clapperboard working on Encounter at Black Ridge.

I like the new trailer. Good job

By: Darryl Sloan

Darryl Sloan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:25:23 +0000

Thanks, Mick. Glad you liked our little vamp movie.

Hi, Ed. Guilt by association, eh? I’ve thought about this, and it does make me slightly anxious, but if I start making myself responsible for the sins of others, where do I draw the line?

I could probably pick any marketing/distribution company and if I scanned their catalogue, I would discover many titles that I consider to be morally bad on one level or another. Even Dark Light contains some things that wouldn’t fly with me today.

If I start down that road, it will end with me abandoning all support for every Midnight Pictures film prior to Don’t Look in the Attic.

Ultimately, I have enough actual sin in my life to contend with without worrying too much about the business practices of the company that’s marketing one of our films.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:12:02 +0000

I’m certainly not judging you, so don’t take this the wrong way- its great that finally a company is taking you seriously as filmmakers and I’m hoping you might get a few quid out of it to recoup some costs over the years- but MMM sell (and I assume market) ‘Traces of Death’, which contains scenes of real torture, suicide etc.

Surely there’s a moral can o’ worms of the highest magnitude? I’m interested to hear what the born again Darryl has to say on the issue, and once again I’m not judging you and I have a seen clips from TOD. If it were me, I would find the decision an extremely difficult one.

By: critical mick

critical mick — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:02:33 +0000

Dark Light has its weaknesses, but does (like all the best thrillers) deliver one excellent surprise moment at its conclusion. As sharp and twisted as a fish hook, it sticks in the memory even a year after I’ve last seen the film.

Plus, the good-looking chickie!

Congrats and continued best of luck, Darryl! With Dark Light and Chion both.

Mick

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:58:22 +0000

Right, sure. That would make it tricky. Thought you might still have the raw files.

By: Darryl Sloan

Darryl Sloan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:50:05 +0000

You are right, but sadly, the lack of voices is purely down to a technical constraint: we no longer possess separate sound channels for vocals, music, etc. It’s all a single mix. So, including vocals in the trailer would mean the viewer hears jarring snippets of various music tracks along with it.

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:24:16 +0000

Love the new titles! Brilliant. Good news about a potential new lease of life for the film. It is worth a release! I certainly enjoyed watching it again recently.

I like the trailer, but I do feel it is missing a bit of drama - the human element. I don’t mean for you to attempt a US spell-it-all-out-for-them style trailer, but it does distance you from the drama, when you don’t hear voices and simply hear music. And I found the film is rich in good characterisation…. just my thoughts on it.

But congrats again!