Ever wanted to find out what it takes to write, cast, shoot, edit, and distribute a web series?
Well so did we, so we've decided to do it. Follow along with us as we create the pilot episode
for Jenn2.0, a show about a young social media consultant attempting to build her brand and
define herself in the ultimate connectivity of the Web 2.0 world.
We wrap on Tuesday after our big bar scene. Come and participate as an extra - first drink’s on us. The party continues afterward. And there’s rumor of a Playboy event at 9pm, but you didn’t hear it from us ;-) Details on Craig’s List here.
Well I might as well follow up with another post for today’s shoot. We started again at 5:00am (originally scheduled for 9am…) and made our way downtown and for the first few hours followed Alexis around the city. Got some good shots as the sun peaked over the tops of buildings. Our Producer Josh tried being sneaky and taped some homeless people while “reviewing clips.” I think the homeless people caught on.
We continued with our day by shooting one of our most important scenes, the Office Elevator between 9-12. The crazy thing about the elevator is that we couldn’t find one to save our lives when we went location scouting and even teased the notion of making one from scratch. Alas, the downtown SD club/bar Stingaree was gracious enough to let us use their elevator for three hours while they thoroughly cleaned the aftermath of a typical Saturday night. It was a tough morning and only got harder after lunch.
We had the lounge, Minus 1, secured for four hours to shoot some of our “Tweetup” scenes. It took us three just to set up. We needed movement from our Steadicam, action from only a handful of extras, and lighting in a room with low ceilings. It was hectic and we fell behind a bit, but we got the shots we needed the most and are saving the rest for Tuesday. Things got so tight with extras alone that we had to recycle a couple and we have some cameos from our trusty production crew. When the pilot airs, keep a lookout for Darren, our writer, Rob, the Exec. Producer and his wife Stephanie, and the inspiration behind the show, Jennifer Van Grove herself. Our makeup artist Acasia was behind the bar handing out drinks (of the non-alcoholic variety) and I even made my way into a shot.
All in all I’m proud of what we accomplished today, although everybody was expecting more. We got some really good stuff and we’re all excited to take a day off from shooting. Tuesday we’re all coming back together to finish off all of our remaining scenes and then we’re off to the cutting room (by room I mean a computer with editing software.) Stick around for more updates from all of us here working on this project!
lright, we need all of our peeps to give us a little help here. We are filming scenes on 2 days that require extras. It’s the Minus 1 lounge of the Keating Hotel, a very cool place. We’d love to have you show up and we want to know that you’re coming. so we need toget your name on a list. Here’s the details:
Background Actors Needed
Keating Hotel, Minus 1 Lounge at 5th and F Street
Sunday, Nov 16th, 1-5
Tuesday, Nov 18th, 4-7
Requirements:
- Wear muted solid colors.
- Try to wear the same clothes both days.
- Will need to sign model release.
- Refreshments will be available.
- Minus 1 lounge will open following wrap.
Thanks in advance for your help and we’ll see you there!
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