Felicia Day

Guild Halloween Video is posted! Happy Holidays all!

Streaming on MSN
Download on US Xbox Live (and UK)
Download on Zune

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My wonderful producer@kimevey wrote this episode and I’m really proud of her, the first episode I relinquished writing control, and it’s so good! We did it old-school quick and dirty style, very few crew members, 4 hour shoot, and honestly it was almost more fun than filming a regular episode because there weren’t so many elements for me to be paranoid about. I could just sit back, do my part acting-wise and do the creative producing. Greg Benson (her husband and part of Season 1 director@mediocrefilms) directed, and he did a fab job, I really like the loose camera work and improv-ish style for the piece, it’s really really fun! And what can I say about performance: Baby Blake steals the show.

This episode is out of the timeline for the season, so we’ll be back with Episode 9 next week, tumbling down to the end of the season! Really hope you guys enjoy it, Ep 9 and particularly 10 are my favorite eps of the season.

On another note, a month or so back I filmed a short for NASA! (When they called my agent@georgeruiz the words “NASA” were barely out of his mouth before I said “YES PLEASE!”

I have to admit, my knowledge about Astronomy is not as much as the other areas (ignorance now demolished as I, while doing research to understand what I was saying, downloaded 20 books on my Kindle and bookmarked a dozen sites and now am on a huge hard Sci-Fi fiction kick. Thanks guys!) I obsessively memorized my lines because THAT WAS A LOT OF DIALOGUE!!!!!!!! It came out sooo good, and I’m so impressed that the script balanced comedy and education so well. I hope you enjoy it too!

Episode 8:
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And a NEW Gag Reel!
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You can download them all from the browser onto your Xbox too.

This episode has my favorite Codex scenes yet. Basically when I go to festivals/panels, they always ask for a scene to show, but other than a webcam entry, it’s hard to pick a lot of scenes out that feature all of Codex’s character: She’s by definition shy, withdrawn, passive and internally neurotic (what they always tell you NOT to write, and makes her the hardest character to flesh out when I am actually writing, haha). The scene with me and Tink will definitely be one I feature in the future, as well as put on my reel. I LOVE LOVE doing physical comedy (that’s why I particularly like acting on sitcom sets) and this was a believable scene where I got to do some of those crazy moves I usually reserve for the DDR pad. I love the dynamic between the characters, and how competent Tink is with the ball, and how INCOMPETENT but determined Codex is to try (and fail) to work things out. Amy was a pro-baller in High school so that’s why I set this scene at the court (special skills FTW!)

In addition, Wil brings it home as Fawkes in this scene. I love LOVE the part where he says the thing about the gas tank, that’s directly stolen from my brother who once said he liked to push the gas tank as far as possible before refilling, whereas I am the kind of person who fills a little below 1/4, total anxiety about running out. It’s hard to be such a jerk and yet totally charming and hot, Wil does it PERFECTLY!

Another scene that’s great, Vork and the Matron, is one of the first scenes I wrote for the season. There’s a strange civility between the two of them that is kinda awesome. PLUS the Riley Zaboo scene is soooo crazy! Many thanks to John, the volunteer BTS/SFX guy, who made it look like that was a real paintball hit: He rigged that up with a baggie and some kind of air gun, haha. When I first wrote this scene Zaboo proposed to Riley, but I thought it was a bit much and throttled it back to reality, making it a commitment ring. I figured Riley’s character might dump him if he got too serious at this point in their relationship.

All in all, a turning point! I see a lot of people commenting that they want the Knights to start fighting back, well, wait til next week!

‘The Guild’ Season 3 Episode 7 “Coping and Stuff” is up. The Axis of Anarchy thwarts Codex’s attempt to counter their attacks with logic and reasonableness.

Streaming on MSN | Downloadable in HD on Xbox | Downloadable on Zune

There’s a LOT going on in this episode. We actually had to cut out a whole scene between Wiggly and Bladezz in this ep, the FIRST TIME we’ve cut out a big enough chunk to have a “deleted scenes” DVD extra in Guild history, haha. I particularly love how dumb Wiggly is about the game, he’s just NOT getting better. The horrified looks from the cast are just CLASSIC, and the little tantrum Bladezz does before I get the idea to trade lessons was just sheer performance genius on Vince’s part. Total accidental take that just makes the moment.

My top favorite part of this episode is Vork on the lawn. @andrewgleason, our Guild benefactor, donated the apartment complex where he lives again this season, and we were sooo careful not to mess up the lawn, so that’s why the van is partially on the sidewalk and not RIGHT UP against the building like I envisioned in the script. Still absolutely hilarious, his pronunciation of the Spanish is soooo bad! CABEYZAH! I was actually inside getting makeup on for the Riley/Codex scene and hadn’t seen any footage on this until we were editing, it made me roll on the floor, how intent Vork is on his little notebook.

Also, the spinning Finn Smulders head to transition into the button of the episode was a joke by@seanbecker. He FTPs cuts to me and my producer@kimevey for notes when we can’t get together and sometimes puts little jokes in the cut to crack us up (there’s a certain webcam this season that was lit like a pumkin and I made a comment and he edited in…well, you really had to be there, so forget it ) Anywhoo, when I saw that come up while writing down notes I totally snorted orange juice up my nose and was like, “WTF SEAN! KEEP IT!” So, there you go. Not traditional Guild style but anything for a laugh, right?

We just picture-locked episode 12, the finale. I can’t tell you what a relief it is knowing the season is over (er, actually we have 3 more weeks of work on the DVD extras. Oh and I’m writing the comic book so that will take a few more months…erg). But these episodes have come out SO GOOD I just can’t thank the cast and crew enough for realizing my vision of this “impossible-to-shoot-on-this-budget” script. I hope you guys continue to enjoy, I know we are!

It’s a lofty title to the article, but this is one of the funnest interviews I’ve done, it has a lot of great things in it. The biggest thing that people have picked up on is this section:

Wired.com: Has The Guild helped your acting career?

Day: It’s very funny. No. It’s a little frustrating. Having done this for two years, I’ve gotten used to the fact that it’s not going to cross over. Occasionally I’ll see a writer who knows about the show. I have fewer auditions now than before I started The Guild because I have less time to concentrate on my acting career. In an ideal world, people would be offering me roles or at least I’d get more appointments and so would my cast members.

I certainly didn’t want to sound whiney about it, which I hope it doesn’t come off being. It is what it is. The acting jobs I get don’t come from casting directors, they come from writers and producers calling me in directly, which isn’t that often. Oh, well. I just know I’m really happy making stuff on the internet, and hopefully can get enough jobs in the TV/Movie world every year to make my health insurance!