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.
Recently Jennifer Van Grove and I were approached by Tubefilter News about our new series. As you know by now we are shooting a pilot and have not yet released an episode. But Darren Elwood, writer & co-creator, and I have always felt that we have a great concept and a unique approach. So it’s nice when an established and reputable news source such as Tubefilter.tv considers you news-worthy.
“For those who vlog, blog, tumble, and tweet, Jenn2.0 is the show for you. For those who don’t, this web series might help you get a clue.” - Tubefilter News
Jenn2.0 is a show about how to live with the wonderful and sometimes unpredictably invasive new social technologies being made available. It’s a constant undertone of the show that makes a surprising impact on the plot line. Read the complete Tubefilter interview here at news.tubefilter.tv.
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!
November 5th - San Diego City Beat writer Kinsee Morlan talks about Twitter and how it’s making it’s way into the mainstream in more ways than one. The article draws a lot of comments from participants who attended the last SDTweetUp, a monthly social gathering of Twitter users that was recently held at the Pearl Hotel.
And those who are just using Twitter for its fun, social-networking side still seem to be the so-called “early adopters”—people like techies, journalists and PR specialists who are constantly on the lookout for new communications technology. Everyone at the Tweetup at The Pearl that night fell into those categories, but, at least to the techie crowd, it’s a good start.
The SD TweetUp was started in San Diego by our own Associate Producer and show inspiration, Jenn Van Grove. Clearly she’s doing something right these days… shaking all these “tweeting” birds from the trees. Expect a mention of Jenn’s SDTweetUp in the forthcoming episode of Jenn2.0.
Pick up the November 5th edition of City Beat for the complete article or find it here on the web.
Recently Jennifer Van Grove and I were approached by Tubefilter News about our new series. As you know by now we are shooting a pilot and have not yet released an episode. But Darren Elwood, writer & co-creator, and I have always felt that we have a great concept and a unique approach. So it’s nice when an established and reputable news source such as Tubefilter.tv considers you news-worthy.
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