Episodes 1 & 2 Shipped

Today episodes 1 & 2 were shipped to the network. I was able to view them and they look rather well. Thankfully we have some better camera equiptment so future shots should be of better quality. The only thing we had to worry about was the numbering of the episodes. Should we start over-which was the naming tradition with the photos or continue the previous number. From now on, future stills will be named by season#episode#scene# or some variation of this.

Another actress, Montana, flew in for a small role, so we're going to send her through makeup and wardrobe along with Jack. She has a small role, approximately five episodes, but we're not near ready to start filming those scenes. The sets haven't been constructed-considering she appears in the second season. Until then, we're going to use her as an extra for some other scenes, of course she will be paid.

We expanded the wardrobe and found some new items for the cast to wear. We're trying to develop each character to have a distinct style, but since many of them are in college, thier style is pretty casual, however there are differences. Like Ruth's character, Roxy. She's artistic in nature, so her wardrobe is often brighter and contains more colors than Alexis's character, Missy, who wears a lot of neutrals, well-actually at the moment Alexis's wardrobe is pretty drab. Her character is not comfortable with the extra weight and she tries to mask it with larger clothing. I think the writers are going to allow her to lose the weight, but I think I would be interested in having a plus size character...mmm, perhaps if Lucy Bright from Make Me a Model doesn't get to the final round, I'll try to tap her for Pahala Shore. Look at me, I think far too much in advance sometimes. But there is a vast source of talent out there and I anxiously want to use it. Thankfully we have a lot of stories coming up that can tap that talent, also thankfully, the writers are not clingy with the characters, pretty much no one on the set has job security, we're already letting go of one cast member this 3rd season (watch for episode 22) and two other cast members are scheduled to leave (perhaps temporarily) during season 6 and we're toying with the idea of increasing the permenant cast and opps, no more spoilers for you.

The writers are trying to wrap up Erika's story so we will know how long Blake and Jake will be needed, or if they will be offered more permenant roles on the soap. I love listening to the writers brainstorm about the characters. They seem to have a knack for putting them in situations where there is not a defined good or bad, right or wrong. Like Lani's triangle for instance. Lani is torn bewteen her childhood love for Meka whom she have always held a torch for, but who has never returned the feelings and her high school love, Russel, who loves her dearly, but whom she doesn't love quite as much as Meka. Futher complicating the storyline are the personalities of the two men, does Meka really want her or does he want her because someone else has her? Does Russel really love her or is he in love with love? They don't let her get the easy way out with letting one be an serial killer and the other saves puppies from being hit by cars. Ok, that's enough scoop for you.

Pahala Shore will aire the 15th, not the 8th as planned. Publicity and marketing have backed the date by a week, but don't worry...I might give a teaser link from here so you can view it early.