Felicia Day

Well guys, it’s pretty amazing to see Episode 1 of Season 4 FINALLY online! I really hope you enjoy it, it’s our longest first episode yet, and I gotta tell you it KILLED me I couldn’t get it under 5 minutes. Looking at it now, I probably could have cut some stuff, but I’m super happy with the final result, so editing to an arbitrary length is not the end-all be-all. If it works, it works

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A few things. If you’ll notice, the episode looks a bit different than usual. We shot this season on a different camera, the Canon Mark 5D, which I NEVER EVER WILL TRUST BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE A STILL CAMERA SO HOW IS IT TAKING VIDEO?! (/oldwomanrant). Honestly, the quality looks AMAZING, it’s in 1080p for the first time with the Guild (we were shooting 720p before) so it has a clarity to it that is pretty spiffy.

Story-wise, when I started this season, the thing I wanted to avoid most of all was the whole “Codex sneaking around with Fawkes behind everyone’s back and getting caught later in the season.” That seemed like the automatic go-to as a result of the cliffhanger, so I knew immediately that I would have Codex do the opposite and come clean at the top of the season. She’s a pretty guilt-ridden person (as am I, that part is a bit auto-biographical ). Everything else fell into place from there. Getting Codex into trouble this season was much easier because she’s definitely coming out of her shell a lot, her interactions with The Guild face-to-face are making her more assertive and more confident, so her point of view about things is much easier to write now.

In addition, I introduce the idea of a Guild Hall for the Guild, because, as an in-game activity, it is something that would theoretically bring the Guild TOGETHER, unlike last season when they were torn apart. But bar-none my favorite moment in the episode is Bladezz sneezing SO disgustingly on the kitchen grill. Sean Becker’s idea ladies and gentlemen. Thanks to Amalfi for letting us use their kitchen and cleaning up EXTREMELY WELL afterwards, that place is a great restaurant and had a very clean kitchen which we abused a little bit

Small side note: When you write something crazy like “Clara wears a goofy squid hat”, Kim Evey (my producer) can take care of it for you. She found a man who ACTUALLY MAKES SQUID HATS. So weird, but thanks Kim for making my “vision” a reality. Also thx Sean Becker for getting Clara to belt out that opening song, and making me write even MORE than what was in the script for her to sing. The opening shot is really really funny and well-done.

For more in-depth analysis of this episode (and ALL of them really) our show fan-podcast Knights of the Guild was on set for almost all of our filming, interviewing cast and crew about each episode. I believe they will upload a mini-cast with every episode (today’s goes up tonight@knightsoftheguild said), so check them out! We’re very lucky to have such amazing fans!

Lastly, Maureen Ryan over at the Chicago Tribune did a set visit and an in-depth article about me and The Guild that I’m really proud of. She’s a smart and insightful lady, and it’s an honor to be profiled by her. Check it out, and the accompanying article she did on Web Series Coming of Age.

Hope you enjoyed the episode! Next episode has some really funny stuff, I think Bladezz is kinda stealing the season, hehe

It’s my birthday today!  So…I’ve been working all day.   I had a wonderful birthday party yesterday, so I got my celebration over with early.  It was kinda the best party ever:  Rock Band 2 set up in the living room, Rock Band Beatles set up in the rear of the house, and Mario Cart 4 player set up in the guest bedroom.  Gamers dream!  Oh, and I hired a hot dog truck to come by and serve everyone hot dogs and tater tots covered in cheese sauce.  NOM’D!

It’s been a while since I updated the blog and putting aside the guilt I feel, there is no possible way I could have posted something before now.  From January to June has been a complete blur, to the point where at a few points I wasn’t sure I could keep going (FYI, being hospitalized for exhaustion is something I COMPLETELY sympathise with now!  Before, I just thought it was an excuse for drug addition or something, LOL.)  But the woods are now clear and the whole of Season 4 of The Guild is now on hard drives and being edited as we speak!   We’re up to episode 5 and I am so extremely excited to share this season with you, I really love the episodes and feel like we’ve added some really fun storylines and characters you’ll enjoy.  Release date is July 13th on Xbox/MSN, if you haven’t heard.

Also the comic books are all three released now, and we have a new shirt coming out for Season 4, so we have lots of great stuff to offer in our Comicon booth this year!  Thanks to Jamie Chambers, our booth sharer, we got a corner booth in a really prime spot, so for those of you who visited our hole-in-the-wall tiny booth last year, I hope you’ll be pleased!

I haven’t been doing a lot of interviews lately, because frankly I’m sick of talking about myself.  I love that people are interested in what I’m doing, but if I don’t have something new to say I feel like I’m wasting people’s time.  That’s why I’m just concentrating on getting The Guild season made as great as possible, and developing new web series.   Yay!  Kim Evey and I are working on several things and are inching towards the time we can get funding and announce stuff.  Just the idea of working on something new in between Guild seasons makes me excited to keep plugging away.  Thinking about new characters and getting a chance to breathe from 24/7 Guild for 3 years is actually making me excited to GO BACK and starting thinking about season 5.  Weird how a break can inspire you like that.

Anyway, I did do the below interview over A YEAR ago, and Mortified has finally released it.  If you don’t know about it, Get Mortified is a hilarious stage show about people reading embarrassing things from their childhood.  They have two great books out and are branching out into video now!  I was one of the first interviews, but they’ve just recently gotten around to releasing them.  I admit, I’m a bit embarrassed about the video, but I guess that’s the point, LOL.

I will be blogging a bit more now that I have some freeER time, I still have those sci-fi books that you recommended to review, as well as some great fantasy books I’ve picked up.  Cracking the whip on myself, I promise!!

The Guild won Best Web Series, Best Ensemble Cast, and Best Actress in a Comedy (Me). Winners list on the Streamys Website. Coverage at Tubefilter and NewTeeVee.

An Interview on the Red Carpet with Mary Rambin for Kodak:

This Girl Does It All – The Fabulous Felicia Day from Mary Rambin on Vimeo.