The particularity of screenwriting, as opposed to prose, is that it doesn’t end on the page… Screenwriting continues on set and even after, until the Final Cut.

I’m happy to be able to edit myself, although I love to collaborate with editors… Editing is like holding the pen and doing another rewrite. What does that mean?

Well, on this example from The Last Touch, my last movie. You can see an excerpt of the script as it was written for production, on set. And I annotated it and parallel-played it with the scene as it is edited in the film.

As you can see and hear, a lot of the dialogue has been cut.
Some of the changes in the dialogue just happened on set, letting the words come out in a natural way.
The rest, I decided to cut out in the editing.

You can also notice the AI voice doesn’t appear in the script. That “character” did not exist until a year after we shot. I had done a first cut. Then put the project to sleep. When I went back to finish it, I realized something was missing… and thankfully, I didn’t need to re-shoot anything. Just recorded the wonderful voice of Monica Blaze Leavitt and worked on the sound design.

I hope you enjoyed sneaking behind my screen.

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The Last Touch is available with English, Spanish and French subtitles! > RENT THE MOVIE

In a relaxed and cheerful conversation, they talked about The Last Touch, and how it was born and made. Mars proudly showed her first filmmaker badge (that “she will frame”!) and hinted at future projects in the works. Watch the full interview!

The Last Touch festival run is coming to an end. To close the festival circuit, we couldn’t wish for better than an official selection at the prestigious Garden State Film Festival 2022, New Jersey’s Premier Independent Film Festival, celebrating their 20th anniversary!

Writer/director/star of The Last Touch, Melissa Mars, will be attending the event. Come join us if you are in the area. Ticket information below:

• GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL 2022 – PREMIERE IN NEW JERSEY
  20th Anniversary
• In Person BC28
  Berkeley Hotel – Continental
  March 26 2022, 10:00-11:30pm
  TIX: www.gsff.org

The Last Touch is an official selection of the upcoming Spanish film festival, L’HIFF (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat International Film Festival) that will take place in Barcelona, in person, September 13 – 18 2021.

Not only is The Last Touch competing for the BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM but it also garnered a BEST ACTRESS nomination for Melissa Mars who also received her first nominations as a BEST DIRECTOR and for BEST SCREENPLAY!

The Last Touch will be screened on Friday April 30^th in the block of  ‘Shorts 5’, as the last… touch, closing the selection.

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You can also check out writer/director and star of The Last Touch, Melissa Mars’ interview with James Wren, festival director of UVFF:

 Check out the calendar of all the upcoming festivals

“The thing I really liked is how you managed to sort of create the whole thing about the lack of intimacy but yet you’ve made a very intimate film about it.”
~James Wren, UVFF Festival Director

In a 10 minute interview with UVFF director James Wren, Writer/Director and star of The Last Touch, Melissa Mars, chats about her award-winning film and hints at future projects in the works. Watch the full interview below!

The Last Touch is nominated at the U.K Unrestricted View Film Festival (UVFF)! The festival runs from April 26^th to May 2^nd, 2021 and is available for screening worldwide! The Last Touch will be screened on Friday April 30^th in the block of  ‘Shorts 5’, as the last… touch, closing the selection.
The award ceremony and festival wrap will be on May 2^nd.

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As a reminder, The Last Touch is an official selection of Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival 2021. The festival is virtual AND WORLDWIDE, hosted on the platform Eventive, now available on TV (Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast, Fire TV Stick) , you can watch a curated selection of science fiction movies from the comfort of your couch, from anywhere in the world!
Get your virtual tickets and clear your agendas for a trip to another dimension, March 9-14 2021!

The Last Touch opens on March 11 at 6:30pm Eastern Time (NY, Miami…) | 3:30pm P.T (L.A…) in the block “Extraterrestrials Dating Humans on Planet Earth” and will be available for viewing until March 14th at 9pm E.T / 6pm P.T.

The festival may be virtual, there are a lot of live events. Don’t miss the live Q/A with all the filmmakers, including Melissa Mars on March 11th at 9:30 pm Eastern Time (6:30pm Pacific Time)

Info Ticket | Opening March 11th
Block Extraterrestrials Dating Humans on Planet Earth
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