Season 4 Preperation Starts

The cast has signed thier contracts for the next season, we let go of one member, but we gained another member, Montana Rolfe. Now that the paperwork is done, the creative process can start. We're going to spend the next two months getting wardrobe and make-up for the cast. Last season, the wardrobe was a bit haphazard, some cast members had very similar styles. Well, I'm meeting with a costume designer (along with the writing staff) this week to sketch out character boards. We're going to really delve into the characters and find out what makes them tick, thier background and attitudes. From this exercise we're going to develop a wardrobe for them in terms of colors and styles.

Sound confusing? It's not really. For instance, Missy is a southern belle. Her parents are rich and have spoiled her, but they demand that she uphold the family name and are very concious of apprearences. This would transform into Missy having a more tailored look with well made-though not neccessarily expensive-clothing that varies in muted shades. Compare this to Roxy who is very artisitic and is finally coming into her own personality. The first season she got a makeover from Erika, but it had Erika's style, so this season we saw her try to break out of Erika's mold and experiment with color more, so her clothing style is more brighter and bolder with intense colors and shapes, she may not bare a lot of skin, but Roxy would be the one to wear a retro poddle skirt combined with a leather jacket. She marches to the beat of her own drummer. It is interesting how color and clothing can indicate a character's attitude, background and even current emotional state. Like if the character is going through a blue period, thier clothing may be frumpy (take a look at Missy this season, since she's struggling with her weight you often see her in oversized clothing) or if they are moving up in thier career, thier clothing will become more conservative. Ok, enough Wardrobe 101.

This next season is really exciting, we have some amazing storylines for our beloved Pahala Shore residents, so the next two months will be busy with printing scripts, wardrobe, make-up, readthrus, publicity photos, and perhaps filming a few shots if we're lucky.

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Check! New Task Please

Found a clothing design firm for Pahala Shore. We're working with the company to create some outfits for Nailah and Sierra since thier characters are still in college, but are not college grunge. It's been hard to find distinctive clothing for them and I want the next season to be even better than the first. Thier first assignment is creating a few tropical inspired t-shirts for the characters and creating a uniform for Lani's Diner...mmm, I wonder if I should promote that as a contest among the fans. I'm sure there are plenty of creative fans out there with dreams of designing clothing. Ok, back to the issue at hand, this design firm is fairly new, but they have done superiour work. Right now they are working on thier zodiac collection, so that should be interesting-I'm not sure if they will export thier items, but Apple Valley residents wear thier clothing a lot.

Photo shoot is this weekend. We're camping out at the beach and securing our territory. Hopefully the fans won't be out in flocks. After the photo shoot, we'll need to edit the photos and send them out to magazines and to Adrian in Simmerville to create posters so that everyone in SimNation can have the cast of Pahala Shore on thier walls.

Tatiana and Chad are hosting a costume party for the cast and crew, I won't be attending since I'm flying out to meet the designers and go over some fabric choices. Hopefully the cast will have fun, but not too much fun where they won't be at thier best for the photo shoot.

I wonder if I can find a furniture manufacter...mmmm

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Weekend Festival

Well, the scripts are ready for next season. We haven't sent them to the cast yet, pending the negogiations of the contract renewals next week. Once the contracts are signed, cast members get the new scripts and then we can start filming for the nest season. This upcoming season only has eight episodes for us to film since most of the first two episodes were filmed this year. I am excited about the new season as we're looking to expand Pahala Shore into other venues, namely posters, designer clothing and accessories and more commercials.

Good news, I have signed the rights for a new script called "Final Goodbye". I read it and thought-amazing! It will actually be tied into Pahala Shore and aired as a special, however this will be at least two seasons from now, so next winter. I am looking for a script for this summer, something a bit more lighthearted, but dramas seem to go off well. After finding a decent script, well a fabulous script, the hardest part of producing movies is finding the webspace to host the movies.

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Internal Working

Today is a busy day for the crew and I. I am meeting with the writing staff to flesh out the scripts for season two, so we're going to take the storylines and actually create the scenes and scripts for the cast. This will then be shipped to the cast for review and to the crews to scout for/create the needed sets and the wardrobe to find the necessary outfits.

Afterwards we're going to work on the editing for November's episodes. I've taken to having a more hands on approach with the editing of the shows which the staff hasn't complained about-I just dare them to complain, ha! The stills are edited, but we need to format the shows to be packaged for the networks and they need to be sent out rather quickly, next week at the latest.

The lawyers are reviewing the contract renewals and looking at our salary rates vs other shows and looking at the success of the show to see how much of a bonus-if any-the cast recieves. We're considering moving away from a per episode pay scale to a flat rate for the season depending on number of episodes the character appears in, skill level of the cast and other potential issues. With some we're going to offer bonuses in lieu of a severly increased paycheck.

Next season will be a bit different. We will take our time with filming, allowing the cast to have occasional breaks, but no more of the massive amounts of filming in the beginning with a long break for the cast. It's too hard to call them back for events, photo shoots and reshoots of scenes, so we'll probably film two episodes ahead of schedule, which will allow us some flexibility in terms of storylines. The hardest part is trying to keep the writing staff focused on the season at hand, they keep throwing out ideas and storylines (I'm afraid that I'm not helping much with this aspect). Honestly, we have enough storylines to last for seven seasons at least and that's not including my desire to add new cast members.

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Episode and Feedback

The latest episode has aired. I wonder why the audience hasn't left much feedback. I suppose I should send some marketing reps out to survey our viewers andsee if we can improve the series. The editing for the next two episodes needs to begin soon, I think I will have the writing staff work on some of it today and tomorrow. We had a meeting this morning to finalize the next season and give the ok to start developing scripts. I've been scouting for new faces, I'm always on the lookout for new talent and I have a couple of ideas for some upcoming stories. I know that I want to deal with outward beauty and our notions of what is beautiful and sexy. I also have the writing staff setting Sierra up for some discontentment in her current relationship (lack of) state. I also realized that the characters seem to have an endless supply of simoleans, which isn't true, so I need to throw some realistic aspects into the mix-but not too much. Viewers don't want to see real life all over again, they want a fantasy world to escape to. Today the lawyers and I are finalizing the contract renewals and preparing them for delivery to the cast at the end of this month-otherwise things are going well. It's getting a bit chilly in Apple Valley and Tatiana is moving out of the condo, so I need to either move out or find another renter for the condo.

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Busy Time of Year

Scheduled the photo shoot for the cast to be next weekend, which is good timing on my part since Tatiana and Chad want to throw a costume party then, so the production studios only have to pay for flights for the cast for one trip. The photo shoot will be held at several locations: the beach, a photo studio and the pool. We're reviewing possible poses and cast members to include in the shot. We're thinking of leaving the individual shots up to the cast members' talent agencies and simply doing group shots. Theses photos will be publicity for our latest ad and for posters made by Simmerville's Adrian. The next episode aires this week, the writing staff has had a holiday and I need them to work on the editing for next month's episodes and quickly, since the holiday season is approaching and they will of course want to take thier vacation days then. The weather here has been strange, but nothing out of the ordinary. I've noticed that as I walk downtown several men seem to slow down and stare. Ugh, pathetic. I need a strong man, since I'm a strong woman.

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