Daddy's Girls go to the Christmas Parade

Join us on Sunday December 4th for the Merrimack Christmas Parade.

I'd like everyone to wear a Santa hat (Walmart has them for 2 or 3 bucks). Jenn and Kendra are working on the decorations, they are way cool! Thanks guys!

I will add Christmas lights and garland.
Oh it is so fun and you get to throw candy at the kids.

I need to hear from you guys, these are important events to promote the movie and your work in it. Please call me asap so I can make space for you on the float. Depending upon the weather, we may wear the daddys girls shirts over a sweater. That way, you all will match. I have extra shirts so if you need a bigger size, we can do that.
I hope to hear from you guys soon.

Oh, BTW, I saw Sophie in concert tonight, she was fabulous. Well back to editing, email or call me so I can get you on the float.

Dennis

Decorate the float day, Saturday at 11 AM

Here we have the lovely Kendra who knows my favorite saying,,, Do you need any help?

Kendra and Jenn are coming over this Saturday (10/28) at 11 AM. I guess we can do this from 11 Am to say 2 PM. I know Kellie is also coming but I have not heard from anyone else. (Where is Eryn, Britney, Ariel, Meagan,,etc) The older cast members are also welcome and it would be great to see people like Jordan, Bekka, Liz, Tanya, etc for the decorating or at least in the parade.

Please consider coming if for no other reason than to catch up with everyone on the movie. I have some great pictures which were blown up and laminated for the float. Come on down and join the fun. I also need to hear from you guys to see how many are available for the December 4th Parade (from 1-4 PM).

Karen, I will see you and Angie between 3-4 Saturday and we will get the 2 shots, Angie will need the clothes she wore for the bike ride (including backpack) and something else for the dance (I thought a dress if she has it, it would be nice and I could put on my suit and she can gently walk on my feet,,, just think if it were reversed, ouch!

Kendra, please wear the outfit for the barn drop off scene and your backpack if you have time to shoot the drop off scene Saturday, if not, maybe we could do it Sunday, let me know.

I hope to hear from more of you guys, if for nothing else than to say hi, editing can get lonely.

Hope everyone is doing well and hopefully we can get a good turnout for Saturday.

Mike has done a great job on the trailer, I am really impressed; so much so that I am giving tours so if you come, you can see what a craftsman can do. I think it is more impressive if you ever tried to do this because that is where the expression "it only looks easy" comes from. Kudos to Mike for all his hard work. I really appreciate it.

Hey Lauren, if you are there, let me know if you can make it too, Somehow, things are just more fun when you are around.

Dennis

Let's get the gang together

Hi Guys, While I'm busy editing, I am looking to the future. I won't have time for a halloween party but I have scheduled us for the Christmas Parade in Merrimack for Sunday December 4th at 1PM in the Commons Parking lot. We move at 2 Pm and should be done by 4 PM. I will check into the parades for other towns (Manchester and Nashua). I need volunteers to decorate the float. My Dad used to say "Many hands make light work". Let's not leave it up to those people who always give. If you have not had a chance to do something fun, please think about joining in.

Once the movie is done, we will be in heavy promotion mode with TV, radio, newspaper, and internet events. Stay tunned for those updates.

Please email me or call me if you want to help on the float so we can arrange this. I also need to know how many of you want to ride on the float. I expect the younger girls will be interested but hope some of you older people join in too. "Daddy's girl is all about growing up so we should be able to show that. So Liz, Bekka, Jordan, Erica, Judi, David, Kristin, Tanya, Kevin, Soph, Sacha,,,, oh you know who you are, just let me know.

PS: It is probably better to do any decorations while the weather is still nice before the cold sets in.
Dennis

Great team

This is the picture I should have used for the last post. Thanks to everyone for all the help in getting the scene set up and done. Kendra and Sophie did most of the hand off and inside set up work while Jenn and I were soaked to the bone outside getting stuff from the trailer. Yes Yes, I know they would have done more outside stuff but they had to dance looking somewhat normal. The weather didn't help but with everyone working as a team, we got it all done. (Oh what we do for art) Thanks Soph and Kendra, we couldn't have doen it without you.
Once again, thanks to Jenn for helping "patch up" Broadway bound.
Your the best,
Dennis

Somehow, we made it!

Well, it must have rained 4 inches today, mostly when we were getting the gear in and out of the trailer. Thanks so much to Kendra, Sophie, and Jenn for making this shot work. I expect it will be one of the prettiest scenes in the movie when we are all done. A special thank you to Jenn DeFelice at Broadway Bound for letting us use the dance studio.

Since Sophie and Kendra know their dances I will need both of them to be in the editing room when we do their scenes. Hey it's another credit in the movie.

What's left? Well we have the dog scene and 2 shoes scenes. I will try to get our town manager to do the shoes for one scene (He's a good guy, I'm sure he would do it, we can give him foot credit like we are giving for Captain Doyle (he gets hand credit). My thought for the other scene is to meet Kendra and Brooke one afternoon when the monsoon is over and I will have Brooke drive Kendra in my car and I'll film it real low to the ground.

We start editing this Monday at 2 PM. Sophie is coming and I will check on Sacha (she is not sure if she has the day off). Kevin will probably make it after 6PM. If it is just me and Soph, I think we can do the Becky dance first while it is still fresh in her mind. Kendra, we need a day to do this and also for Merrimack Matters. Let me know if Thursday the 13th around 2:30 Pm is good (after school).
My goal is to get enough scenes done to meet with Patrick on the weekend so he can get started scoring it. He has been very patient and we need to get moving. The delay is all my fault as I like to get the filming done before editing and I have had problems with the editing program that need several hours to fix and I just haven't had that time yet. My goal is to do it Sunday so I'll be ready for the editing team on Monday.

Off we go, Thanks again guys and to all the rest of you out there, I'm feeling real good by the performances I see, you should all take a bow for a great job.
Dennis

Robin's scene is cancelled

I think I understand how Elizabeth is feeling at the end of a very long day.

Daddy's Girl has been a long and exhausting project. I am so lucky so many talented people gave up their time to make the magic come alive. Kristin is not able to make the shoot on the 10th and rather than try to reshedule, we will go with the original scene. I'm tired too and we have enough great stuff to work with.

The last scene is the Becky dance. Soph and Kendra come over my house around 9:30 Saturday. Kendra, bring your backpack and the clothes you wore in the scene where the father drops you off and throws the back pack at you. I also need someone with shoes so if your dad is available around 12 noon (when we finish the Becky dance), then we are all set. Let me know, then I need shoes in the courtroom which I will ask the town manager to do and the dog scene. That's it. For Monday, I'd like Soph and Sacha over for editing (and Kevin if he is off). Figure get here around 2 PM, I am working that day and will try to get it all done so we can move onto editing. (P.S. Yes Patrick, I plan to call you as soon as I have enough film to go on)

Thanks again to everyone for all their hard work.

To Kristin, a special thank you for your marvelous smile and those eyes that stayed with me as I did my best to pretend I was even half the actor you are. Thanks for not laughing at some of my more obvious failings. Your reacting helped my acting more than you know.

To Tanya, thanks for being such a good sport about the tattoo. I was looking forward to clowning around with you and catching up but we will have to put it off til the Christmas party. Buena Suerte en Portugal, y usa el telephono para call me if you get a chance and let me know the details.

To Sophie, What can I say?, you can do it all, with grace and style, you are wise beyond your years. Thanks for all your help and comments

To Jordan, Sorry we didn't get to do this but the original scene was great too. You made the "Jamie's Lair" scene work. Thanks for laughter, especially at the all day shoot at your house. It really helped.

Thanks again everyone,
Dennis

Not again!

Well that must be the feeling people are feeling now that we are doing extra scenes and some retakes. We sent the better part of the day filming a 2 minute 24 second song montage. I recall Tony Pellegrino saying it is all hard work and today was a great example of that. Angie did great doing the hummingbird scene over and I think our improv worked the best (and it was the most fun). Thanks to Angie and Karen for being good sports.

We also did promos for the movie and Kendra came along and then stayed to help out for the rest of the shoot. (Way to go Kendra!).

Kudos also to Nat and Soph for the "Letting love rain" work. It is such a beautiful song and the scenes we did will make it real special. It is great to have so many talented and helpful people, be in in helping to create a scene, filming it, or just shlepping the gear around. Kendra actually said, "Do you need any help", Those five little words are the best, Kendra, you are the best.
(To be fair, the others did too, only Kendra said it more often)

Kendra directed some scenes today just as Sophie had in the past.

I guess our Becky gets special treatment.

I don't know about you guys but I'm bushed. Lucky for us, it's almost over. Next week we do the Becky dance, then on Oct 10 we do the Robe's scene over again. Sorry guys for not getting a script out yet, I will work on it tomorrow. Thanks to everyone for hangging in there.
Dennis

resumes needed

resumes needed!
Hi Guys, Tomorrow night, Angie will be at the Deerfield Fair for the Miss Deerfield Fair Pagent.Angie will be performing with the group "H-arts". The Pagent starts at 5 and goes to 7 PM. If you are going to the fair anyway, why not look her up, Good luck Angie!Now Angie has yet another event to add to her resume!I would like to ask everyone to email me your resume/portfolios.I will be putting up the website once the trailer is done. I also would like to get everyone an email link like angie@daddysgirlmovie.com The link would be triggered by a picture (JPEGS needed).Don't worry if you do not have any "resume", for a lot of you, this may be your first acting experience, no problem, just give me info about you, your age, grade, hobbies, etc. Let me know if you need a picture and we will schedule you for a glam shot in early December.Email pictures and resume/portfolios to daddysgirlmovie@gmail.comYou guys are the best, don't worry if your sparkle has not been noticed by Hollywood yet, it already has been by those closest to you, and that is the most important thing ever, Don't ever forget that!
Dennis