Felicia Day

I have fallen into the trap of not blogging, just Twittering information again! Augh! Twitter is such a time sucker (in a good way!)

Never too late, wanted to post about The Guild Episode 11: Collision Course being posted this past week. I enjoy this episode SO MUCH! For me it’s one of the best, most consistently funny episodes and the cast definitely contributed a lot to that. Sandeep threw in a few improv lines that had me on the floor, the one about the mustard and “those are abs”. I love how Robin (Clara) picked up on that improv and went with it, 10x funnier! And Vork’s “Women…” line is the most quotable of the season. He’s brilliant.

The opening webcam was one of the first ideas I had for the season, I loved the idea of “breaking” the format, but not REALLY breaking it. Fernie (Wade) is such a good actor, I love the way he walks the line of being hunky and douchey at the same time, such a clever combo that few could pull off!

Next week is the season finale, I absolutely can’t believe it’s here so quickly! I have lived and breathed “Guild Season 2″ for 6 months almost, and now I should start thinking of stories for Season 3. I think next week’s finale will spur me to start BTW, I was thinking about having a live chat event next Tuesday night, try to get a few cast members involved, would anyone be interested in something like that? What service do you enjoy using, ustream, stickam etc?

Ok, I’m off to watch the premiere of Dollhouse! Supporting Joss and staff writers Maurissa and Jed and the cast is important because I know them, but honestly, I’m a sci-fi nerdette, so the show would have attracted me like honey had I NOT known anyone behind it. I am a Joss fangirl (don’t let him know, it would be awkward at parties ). I know a bit about where the show is going, and it’s seriously amazing later in the season. Coincidentally I announced yesterday (after getting extra permission) that I’m Guest Starring in an episode, and I absolutely can’t wait for it to air. Such a different role than I’m used to You’ll see!! More on that closer to the air date, for now, I hope it blows the ratings away!

I sat down recently with Mania.tv for an in-depth interview about web video, The Guild and Dr. Horrible.

EXCERPT FROM INTERVIEW:
Mania: As an actress and as a producer, what are the good and bad parts of producing a web series versus working in a more traditional medium?

Felicia Day: Well, of course the budgets are not even comparable. The money they spend on wardrobe on a TV show exceeds our whole budget for an episode. I do love the control of creating what I want without having to think “politically”, and that we’re inventing the rules as we go along. There are no rules, so we make them up. It’s the wild west. I also love the fact that we have such a quick turnaround, and get instant feedback from fans when we post videos, good and bad.

Mania: What’s the absolute most difficult part of producing and maintaining a web series?

Felicia Day: Getting people to return and remember to watch episodes. There is always a lot of traffic on episode 1, but it’s a different story around episode 5. The internet is a big place, and even loyal fans miss when episodes go out. They miss when whole SEASONS go out. You have to constantly be reminding people about your show, without annoying the fans who are attentive. It’s a fine line to walk.

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Please watch this video. If it moves you like it does me, then go sign the Courage Campaign letter to the California Supreme Court protesting Ken Starr’s filing to invalidate over 18,000 marriages in California. Please don’t stand by while the courts force my friends to be divorced. It’s not right.



“Fidelity”: Don’t Divorce… from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.

We finished shooting Season 2 “The Guild” around the 13th of Dec and to be honest, I was quite crispy around the edges when we wrapped. Filming two web shows (The Guild and my Machinima project), acting on four episodes of a sitcom (Roommates), traveling to panels and conventions and keeping up with my online “obligations” for 3 months straight led to me to total burnout. I think I slept for 2 weeks before I was feeling anywhere human. Ideally I would have written another project over the holidays, but honestly I had absolutely nothing left, I needed a creative refresher. So I played some video games, cooked, cleaned up my very dirty house, etc. but the real focus of my relaxation was reading. To be precise, reading about 26 J. D. Robb mystery/romance/suspense novels. In a row. And yes, I call that relaxing.

I love book series, I love living with a set of characters book after book. I discovered the “In Death” series from some online forums of authors I enjoy in the “other things you’re reading” section. I was a little dubious at first because I generally go for straight fantasy, or at least books with some supernatural element, but I remember a few years back I went on a Stephanie Plum jag and read like 10 of those mystery-ish books in a row, so I decided to give this series a try. It was around Christmas and my bank account was low, so I tried to save money and went to the library to be very frugal and check them out one by one instead of buying them. After book one, well, fat chance for that. I needed these books, and I NEEDED THEM NOW! That picture above? Yeah, I bought all of those. If they aren’t all there, it’s because I lent them out. Trying to spread the gospel of Eve Dallas, lol.

I have no idea why these characters got my attention so tightly, but I’m absolutely possessed. The series follows Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her (eventual) love Roarke, and is set in a mid-21st century New York City. The books have everything you’d ever want with your brain candy: Great plot, cool world, arresting characters and good romance scenes (yes, girls will probably like these more than boys, but whatever). Eve is a loner with a traumatic past, she doesn’t get along well with people, she’s not a girlie girl and she’s absolutely believable in every way. Part of me relates, LOL. The romance subplot between the two main characters is fantastically juicy and wonderful in every way. I rarely crush on imaginary characters, but Roarke definitely gets his hooks into me. The dialogue is very clever quippy, and my favorite thing is that as the (VERY LONG) series progresses, the secondary characters morph into main characters, so the world and cast is constantly growing. All of this is happening amongst crime and murder and the books are relatively stand-alone. Some plot twists made me laugh with their ridiculousness, but that made me love them even more! It’s like the best TV show I’ve ever read.

Admittedly, by reading one of these every day, or every other day, or a few times TWO in a day, the wonderful tension between the main characters isn’t what it was in the first 15 books or so (15?!?), but that makes me want to go BACK and read the early ones again, which I never do with series. I read somewhere that the author plans to continue for a long time and I’m excited about what twists and turns she can come up with to shake up the marital bliss a bit. Bottom line, I would definitely recommend checking it out. But have care; 26 books is a big investment.

Don’t they look pretty all stacked together like that? That’s why I can’t get a Kindle.