What do you have when you combine the powers of Kit Yan and Katie? Only this Awesome third Gender video. I absolutely love it. Kit is so talented.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Oh, Dolly. What are we ever to do with you?
Finding the inspiration for the character of Jessy was easy because it is literally me, to a T... :) Acting awkward in girly clothes comes naturally. It worked out really well for me to be cast as in this role. I have very little acting experience, but "Making Gay Magic" was a very painless rite of passage for me. As Katie mentioned, having the freedom of improv made this experience more creative and fun (hilarious at times!... just wait, you'll see.)
*tips a 40 to the gay magical memories*
Stay tuned to official site and blog for more updates! And of course, be sure to catch a new episode of "Making Gay Magic" next Thursday on AfterEllen.com
RAWK!
Brittany
The inspiration for Celine
Where did I get the inspiration to play a straight woman who turns gay? Let's just call that post-college for me! Then, I tried to remember all those times men hit on me and I would have no interest and tried to reverse that with Samantha advances. Of course in the end I end up falling for her because in the end everyone would be happier if they were gay. (I'm kidding, well kinda).
I think making these webisodes were so easy and fun for us because we have known each other for years now and Danielle pretty much gave us free reign to improv whatever felt natural to us. I know I don't have any sort of acting experience, except with these young ladies, and I learn a lot from them every time we work together.
I will have everyone know those lovely checkered shoes and knit hat are actually mine, and yes I did buy it in the little boys section at H&M.
Thanks so much for watching,
Katie
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Sam's Character
What was your inspiration for playing the part of Sam in Making Gay Magic?
Sam's character is extremely sarcastic and flirty with a bit of an edge to her. I wanted to make sure to have this come through when playing her. I actually used my friend Sarah as part of the inspiration for her personality. Sam is extremely loyal to her friends (which is why she agreed to help Rachel make the movie to begin with) but is also not afraid to make it known when she is annoyed. This is my friend Sarah to a T.
I had a blast with her character because her sarcastic flirty nature is very similar to my personalty in real life (minus the blunt-bitchy delivery). I have always wished I did not have a filter in life so playing Sam was a lot of fun.
The set was non-stop laughs and I really grew closer to all of the cast when filming this. Someday I hope Danielle will upload the outtakes because they are beyond fabulous. :-)
-Denae-
Sam's character is extremely sarcastic and flirty with a bit of an edge to her. I wanted to make sure to have this come through when playing her. I actually used my friend Sarah as part of the inspiration for her personality. Sam is extremely loyal to her friends (which is why she agreed to help Rachel make the movie to begin with) but is also not afraid to make it known when she is annoyed. This is my friend Sarah to a T.
I had a blast with her character because her sarcastic flirty nature is very similar to my personalty in real life (minus the blunt-bitchy delivery). I have always wished I did not have a filter in life so playing Sam was a lot of fun.
The set was non-stop laughs and I really grew closer to all of the cast when filming this. Someday I hope Danielle will upload the outtakes because they are beyond fabulous. :-)
-Denae-
Julie and Julia Short Review
Last night I saw the movie Julie and Julia and I absolutely loved it. I really was hesitant to see it because I thought there was going to be nothing special about it, but boy was I wrong.
Why am I bringing this movie up? Well, because for one we are just starting to write on our own blog and the movie is very much about blogging. The second reason is because Julie wears the exact same checkered shoes that Rachel makes Celine wear in Making Gay Magic. When I saw them I could not help but laugh. It absolutely killed me. So straight women do wear checkered shoes and straight filmmakers do make their actors wear them. Although, now we do have to wonder about the filmmaker just a little bit.
Julie and Julia was witty and clever. You can't help but love Meryl Streep in her performance as Julia Child. Aww Meryl Streep we love you!!! Julie and Julia was just a fun film to watch. It's also a film about women finding their passion in life through the help of other women, which technically the RetroReviewers have done that for me. (I know I know another cheesy moment brought to you by Rina) The film keeps you laughing the whole way through and of course lets not forget the checkered shoes. The ending though left a little to be desired but I had so much fun watching it that it didn't bother me too much. -Rina
Thoughts from the director
Hi everyone, this is Danielle speaking (writing?). I just wanted to share a few thoughts about the series, now that it's finally getting some air time.
It's incredibly weird/cool to actually see this puppy up and living on AfterEllen. Three years ago, when I started writing for the site, this was exactly the sort of thing that I wanted to do - to combine my love of film with a little filmmaking magic and yes, making fun of lesbian movies. Now, here we are in 2009, with my master's thesis project (yeah, I actually got to do things like this in school, be jealous!) finished and ready for the world.
I wrote this series while sitting in the Boston commons about a year ago. I came up with the idea one morning, and over the course of two days, I sat in the park and hashed it out, with the intention of making it an improv-driven movie (that is, the lines would be more of a guideline than gospel).
Then, once we were ready to go into production in November, we spent two full weekends (back to back) shooting at Katie's lake house, with a final shoot in February. I've never had more fun making a film in my life - we would shoot scenes, crack up laughing, and shoot more. A lot of it had to do with the fact that all these ladies are such good friends - and a lot had to do with all the improv-ing we were doing, but I couldn't have asked for a better experience.
As a director, you are always panicking about whether your movie is going to be complete crap. It's always in the back of your mind (well, mine, at least). Thankfully, the response has been good thus far - at least, out loud!
It's incredibly weird/cool to actually see this puppy up and living on AfterEllen. Three years ago, when I started writing for the site, this was exactly the sort of thing that I wanted to do - to combine my love of film with a little filmmaking magic and yes, making fun of lesbian movies. Now, here we are in 2009, with my master's thesis project (yeah, I actually got to do things like this in school, be jealous!) finished and ready for the world.
I wrote this series while sitting in the Boston commons about a year ago. I came up with the idea one morning, and over the course of two days, I sat in the park and hashed it out, with the intention of making it an improv-driven movie (that is, the lines would be more of a guideline than gospel).
Then, once we were ready to go into production in November, we spent two full weekends (back to back) shooting at Katie's lake house, with a final shoot in February. I've never had more fun making a film in my life - we would shoot scenes, crack up laughing, and shoot more. A lot of it had to do with the fact that all these ladies are such good friends - and a lot had to do with all the improv-ing we were doing, but I couldn't have asked for a better experience.
As a director, you are always panicking about whether your movie is going to be complete crap. It's always in the back of your mind (well, mine, at least). Thankfully, the response has been good thus far - at least, out loud!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Rachel's Character
What was your inspiration for playing the part of Rachel in Making Gay Magic?
I used my experiences working with other filmmakers as an inspiration for creating the character of Rachel. The honest truth is film production is a stressful thing especially for the producers and directors who have to make sure everything goes as planned. I think even in productions I've been a part of it's always a struggle to balance being assertive without being too bossy.
As a director you want the job done right, but you also need to maintain the respect of your cast and crew. What was fun about Rachel is that I could just forget about being P.C. or about treating the "pretend" cast and crew in a respectful manner. If something went wrong on set for Rachel I just went with that anger rather than thinking about what I was going to say or do. I figured if this was Rachel's first film she probably had no idea how to properly manage people.
I have to be honest though I think it's really hard for any director to get the job done well and still have people like you at the end of production. How many of us haven't had a bad manager? How many of us haven't had a situation that didn't go our way but we had no idea how to control the situation?
Danielle also mentioned that the Rachel character is a exaggerated version of herself. I know that to an extent Rachel is also an exaggerated version of myself as well. -Rina
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
YEAH DENAE!!!
Hey everyone this is Katie. Just wanted to say congrats to my girl Denae for winning the comedy competition and going onto the finals. I'm flying home just to see it!
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