Depleted star Kat Carney had the privilege to be the first member of the cast to see the first master of Day 419 at a private screening at Oakwood Sound Design yesterday, which consisted of her and her best friend Amanda, director Jeremy Hanke, and John Howard (Day 419’s Audio Designer), as well as Donovan Davis of Oakwood Sound Design. While the starlet’s involvement in the franchise and additional responsibilities in the film could’ve commanded the private screening, director Jeremy Hanke clarified that the exclusive prescreening was due to the fact that Ms. Carney would be out of the country during the official release of the film and “it would’ve been unfair for her to miss out on the movie she was so instrumental in.” (As our sources fell us, Ms. Carney will be joining her boyfriend for six weeks in South America where they will be helping build orphanages for the children who’ve lost their parents in areas like Colombia and Venezuela. Once concluded, she will permanently relocate to Los Angeles, flying back for principle photography of the feature next May.)
Mr. Hanke explained that a special viewing of the film will be prepared for the rest of the cast and crew for next week, with his expressed desire that it be a live online viewing event so that people can share thoughts and questions live after the film is completed.
When interviewed about her impressions of the film, Ms. Carney expressed enthusiasm about how the film turned out, with a special appreciation for the sound design and the score which was crafted by David Todd Singleton (with supplemental songs from new Contributor zero-project). As these two elements took longer than the other elements of post-production, the Viking Team was very pleased with the response.
As director Jeremy Hanke stated, “when you’re finishing up a film, your perspective is radically skewed due to how much time, effort, and blood you’ve put in. Honestly, you don’t know if its any good or if it sucks. All you can see is all the tiny errors that viewers rarely notice but which seem massive to you. Kat has more distance than the post-production team, but she also has a huge vested interest in this film being as good as it can be and she’s a very smart cookie who really knows her stuff. So the fact that she was pleased was really great.”
In addition to getting a sneak peak of the secret ending (which is currently under wraps), Kat was presented with a prototype of a special collector’s item from next year’s feature. We were not given a name for the item, but we were provided with the picture below. Only time will tell what it’s significance may be (although judging from Ms. Carney’s reaction, it must be fairly important).
For the final release, the Viking team stated that they plan to do a few noise and artifact passes on the visuals, as well as the final adjustments to the audio which will happen in the Final Master. Pending review from the marketing team, it looks likely for a July 4th general release.