Break a Leg

I'm alive now, I think. My brain still feels like it kind of, sort of trying to leave its boney prison, but at least I can look at Break a Leg-related material without vomitting. That's a good first step.

I think I mentioned this in the other blog, but 85% of the episode is now shot. It's being edited at a wild pace by Dashiell and Justin and hopefully our target for early January will be achievable (we stop short of announcing it outright just yet, in case something or someone blows up.)

This weekend and last was insane. We've never filmed so much in such a short time. It was like having our own studio and a budget, except it was neither a studio nor did anyone pay us. But it was a good experience -- completely, utterly exhausting, but it really taught us about organizing a shoot of this caliber and shooting fast.

A few things that you should expect for this upcoming episode:

-The next episode won't so much be an episode as it will be 5 episodes. I'm going to write a whole blog post on the format change, but we'll be shifting from the 30-minute-an-episode-released-by-part thing and go instead for a 8-9 minute episodes with their own arcs. It'll still feel a little bit like 5 parts of one big episode, but for new viewers it'll give them a chance to catch up easily (no one wants to watch "Part 3 of Episode 4" after all.)

-The cast isn't all dead (what?!? Shocking twist!) but... someone will die.

-Relationships between characters (the ones who are alive) will be further established.

-Roommates will be made fun of again... I hate that show. Come on, MySpace, really? Them? You couldn't find any other show that... god I hate Roommates.

That's all I can think of for now without ruining anything.

I can tell you that our first conversation minisode has just been featured on YouTube, though -- so, hooray! Make sure to stop over, rate and comment to balance out the stupid.

Oh, by the way, who's going to submit the first contest entry? Our actress is going to develop a complex soon, with all this waiting...

Thanks guys!

-A still unusually tired Yuri.