Will Benson, director of Tattered Angel, has had several weeks to look over the footage from the independent movie he shot in and around Cincinnati in September with star Lynda Carter.

        “I am very, very happy with it,” he said in an interview from the movie's production office in Newport.

        By January, Mr. Benson and his colleagues with Cincinnatus Motion Pictures, the company created to produce Tattered Angel, plan to have their raw footage in an editing room.

        After about two months of cutting and pasting the high-definition digital reels together, the movie will go to local composer Douglas Thornton for scoring and sound work.

        “If we start in January, which is the goal, it will be finished by April 1,” Mr. Benson said.

        The filmmakers, including screenwriter and co-star Duffy Hudson, then plan to show the finished movie to Paramount Classics and other distributors of independent films. It will also be submitted to key film festivals, Mr. Benson said.

        A distribution deal would also be good news for the national Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which agreed to let the movie use its name. Cincinnatus has promised the center a share of any profits from the movie, which involves the trauma surrounding the disappearance of a child.

        “I think we made a great decision” to use high-definition video instead of 35mm film, Mr. Benson said. The movie has been mentioned in a number of trade publications and ads placed by Panasonic, the brand of camera used by director of photography Mike Caporale.

        The less expensive high-definition system allowed for extra takes and backup shots that the production could not have afforded with film, Mr. Benson said. “As a performance piece, it should be stronger,” he said.

        “It definitely holds its own in the arena of films that it's in,” he said. “It doesn't look like a regional local film. It holds its own with any sizable indie film.”

        The company is also updating its Web site — www.tatteredangel.com — with information about the completed production, including a coming-attractions trailer. The new site is expected to open in December, Mr. Benson said.

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