Director's Notes: S3E7

S3E7 "Did She Say That?"

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Casting:

Heather Ashford

Fiona Dempsey

Jack Guru

Sindee

Written and Directed by Carly Morrisey

Day One (Script/Casting)
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This is the episode where I am reminding the audience that we are returning to the current time in the series. So I decided to string last episode's character Fiona Dempsey coming home after her home invasion with the casual affair that Jack Guru and Heather Ashford are having.

So the script came together featuring Fiona and Jack being interviewed by a popular television host (showing that they are still together and now famous). The dialog between them the host and Fiona's character introduces the past and then we return to wrap up the episode.

Day Two (Set/Location)
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For the television show, I had to pull together items on market place. "Late Night with Brea" being the theme of the studio set dressed to make it look very personal to this episode. The dank apartment was the creation of Cïđ Ɓαỹη who designed Rough Love & Violation!

Day Three (The Shoot)
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We had a great day shooting although it was tricky to get everybody from different time-zones together. Things will always come up but that's that makes filming this series so fun. I've learned to not always use wind-light if a sim is detailed enough and lag starts to slow down the shoot.

Day Four (The Edit)
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In Second Life you can be limited by your animations and so you have to use everything from music to dialog tell your story. I found two public domain songs for each set to help tell the audience where the characters were. This time the dialog really helped tell the story in this episode.

xCJM

Director's Notes: S3E6

S3E6 "Knock Knock..."

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Casting:

Sindee

Fiona Dempsey

Zepp Sicling

Carly Morrisey (Jane Sicling)

Written and Directed by Carly Morrisey 


Day One: Storyline
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Before day one I toyed with the idea of Sindee and Professor Zepp's story-line. But what made it come to life was when their story crossed paths with the last episode. So what we have is Zepp's wife (played by me) receiving a warm dish of revenge from the Punk Grrls Gone Wild exploitation video. The dish of revenge is served by our latest new-comer to the cast Fiona Dempsey.

Day Two: Looks/Wardrobe
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So after going through a few ideas on the story we can work on the cast's looks. Zepp and my character have it easy... we are that comfy couple at home. The real contrast is with Sindee and Fiona's looks. Punk yes... but with a little naughty too.

Day Three: Set and Animations
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Now the cast are ready its time to work on a convincing set. From the story I picked Sindee's future home from Episodes S2E7 and S2E8. Zepp helped me work on an amazing photo prop (our wedding portrait) that hangs over the fireplace of the house. I find myself tripping over pose-balls constantly!

Day Four: The Shoot
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Last night we all set the time for the cast to shoot. Talk about international collaboration. We have two Californians, one New Yorker and an European.

The shoot goes off without any hitches! Again, Sindee, Zepp and now Fiona are such professionals on set. It was filled with lots of laughs as we worked on each scenes in detail that I know will come out in the final video.

Day Five: Final Edit
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The shoot had gone so well that there was so much video to edit down into a juicy bundle. My friend Barbie Pomilio had earlier sent me a link to a scene that reminded me of what I'm trying to do. So the music I added was a Clockwork'y theme.

That's it folks!
xCJM

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Director's Notes: S3E5

S3E5 "Selling Out"

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Casting:

Katina Cazalet

Fiona Dempsey

Monique LeFry

Carly Morrisey (Jane Sicling)

Written and Directed by Carly Morrisey 

Episode Development: 

***Please note that the following contains spoilers*** 

So... I've decided to do the Director's Notes blogs in a little bit of a different way. Rather than post when I've finished the episode I'm going to share with you what is going on just as we film.

Days One and Two: Casting and Script
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So for this episode I am showing that the university was full of different cliques. We have the sorority girls, we have the debate team but now we show you the punk rockers. I picked a band rehearsal scene with three punk rockers. After they finish their song they talk about their opportunity with the sinister Jane Sicling (a/k/a me playing the character of Zepp Sicling's wife for the next show). We learn that Jane is a talent scout that has propositioned the girls to make a sex video that she will film to cause a 'splash'. They agree hoping that this will give them instant fame. After they are filmed, Jane leaves and but the girls feel duped by her because they get nothing in return.

Right now we have the featured cast confirmed. Its been several weeks in the making with other shoots scheduled but now this is taking shape.

Day Three: Dressing the Set
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When I log into SL home, I'm literally living on a set. Right now my home is a dank basement with a drum set in the middle and lots of speakers. In a way having the set as my home gives me the chance to stay in role and make little changes to the set before we actually shoot.

Day Four: Shoot Day
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So I hear from Monique and Katina but one of our cast members still isn't available. It just so happens that I had someone in mind that could be perfect for the role. She's a new-comer and hadn't modeled in a video. So in the space of thirty minutes Fiona Dempsey learns her shoot script and finds a perfect look. Talk about making a debut in SL Porn!

The shoot goes off perfectly. Even with clumsy threesome poses we manage to get some amazing angles. With all this going on and one the last scene my computer decides to go on strike and I end up crashing!!! But the good news I was able to catch almost everything.

Day Five: Editing
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So its time to edit all of what was shot and I really have no idea how to make clips of the gals look like they are actually performing a song. But when I added the music it started to come together (of course!)

To make the girls seem more like a band I used a multi screen effect that showed their best assets (Monique's butt will thank me). The other piece of music that I picked was a very 90s grungy background that totally worked better than I expected. It made the edits of Jane's character exploiting the band far more seedy and gritty.

Hopefully everybody will enjoy it but for me I'm proud of this one because it ain't easy filming threesomes and making them look raw.

xCJM

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Director's Notes: S3E4

 

Casting:

Heather Ashford (Katysa Ashford)

Jack Guru

Jake Raven

Support Cast

Carly Morrisey


Directed by Carly Morrisey 

Set design by Danielle Stead

Episode Development: 

***Please note that the following contains spoilers*** 

Episode 3 of Season 4 was very fun to do and surprisingly easy. We take Katysa from Episode One in her college days (a/k/a Heather Ashford ten years earlier) and Jake is there to bask in his glory of winning the debate from the last episode.

The music was a challenging thing. I edited it entirely with a little bird on my shoulder asking me, "What are we going to do to break up the scene?" I wish I could use whats on the radio but there is plenty of perfect music in the public domain that fits any scene. For this I wanted to show that in spite of all of the treachery, Jake and Katsya are still college sweethearts. But... the quick shot of the lipstick on Jake's abs says it all.

So as Heather's character clings to Jake and they talk to each other... we see that things aren't so perfect in their world. Oh please this series is Revenge!

There is a little play on the word 'late' because Heather comes from a family where if she is officially late then she will have to be sure that her future husband is candidate material.

The dialog is full of undertones of jealousy and race as Jake doesn't like Jack which makes Heather's little trip to the wrong side of town all the more exciting. Again the music changes because, as she steps out of her sports car, she is another woman. She's dressed differently. Her makeup is how Jake or her family wouldn't approve of. But Jack greets her in just a shirt and nothing else. Jake's character is trying to impress her and yet Jack simply is nonchalant about the whole affair.

Heather and Jack have more than a tryst..  we see that they are lovers. As a checker board girl.. I kinda like to have my interracial erotic moments to be more than blonde meets bull. So this episode establishes a relationship that will spill messy in the the rest of the Revengeverse. The sex scene between Heather and Jack was very fluid. Again its so wonderful to work with stars that know exactly what to do at the right moment. Instead of moving to every shot we let the dialog between the characters set the mood.

I hope you all enjoy.

xCJM

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Director's Notes: S3E3

Casting:

Rachel Avro

Severina

Laura Richards

Jake Raven (Jake Brennaghan)

Support Cast

Sindee (Sindee Bluthe)

Monique Lefry

Cameron

Delilah Serpente

Remy Gervasi


Directed by Carly Morrisey 

Set design by Danielle Stead

Episode Development: 

***Please note that the following contains spoilers*** 

Episode 3 of Season 3 finds us awkwardly watching Severina leaning against the girl’s room stall as Rachel Avro (The President in the current period) on her knees between Laura Richards’ thighs. The dialog moves quickly. Both Severina and Laura are telling Rachel what she must do for her debate team performance. The scene ends with the vibrator on the sink of the toilets. 

What I love about the cast is that everybody brings their SL acting to their roles. It is their look, what we talk about on set and most of all its that pixel energy! Severina was perfect as the narrator through her conversations and her leaning nonchalantly just drove this scene. Laura and Rachel of course were having a lot of fun method acting!

The next scene introduces Jake Brennaghan in his college days. His younger character was done so well by Jake Raven. Hey… at least they both share the character’s name! The scene starts off with a fiery debate that we have allude to since the last episode. Rachel Avro is a very glamorous star in her own right but for this we worked hard on toning her down and making her seem very plain. In the first scene, you could barely see her and in this one you see her humiliated with the ‘ole-remote-control-vibrator-at-debate-trick’. 

Then there is the audience that we shot of another date. The entire support cast made it feel like we were watching a debate and the banter was very funny! It did feel like we were all students stuck in a room.

As Jake wins the debate because of Rachel’s speechless state (all thanks to Laura) we move to the final sex scene. We return to the toilets that Severina, Rachel and Laura were originally in. This time Jake is there victorious in winning his debate and Rachel can be assumed to be hiding away from the rest of the students in the library. 

Laura and Jake are amazing stars because they make the scenes come to life using everything that SL gives us. Severina is the cherry on top of the scene and became the narrator for the rest of the episode by showing that Jake has a girlfriend and that he is willing to do a deal with the wicked duo. 

Musically, I chose two different themes. The restroom scenes are done in with a uber cheesy 1950’s sound to make the dialog just a little more ironic. I found a public domain song that to me at least conjured the image a bullfight in Spain. This had to be the debate scene. I was simply lucky that the remote control “On” scene fell neatly into it. 

This episode leaves a few lose ends with the plot. What happened to Rachel after losing the debate? Will Katysa discover what Jake had been up to with Laura? And why was Severina dressed like a political fixer???  Stay tuned!

xCJM

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Director's Note: S3E2

Casting:

Sindee (Sindee Bluthe)

Zepp Sicling (The Professor)


Directed by Carly Morrisey 

Episode Development: 

***Please note that the following contains spoilers*** 

Episode 2 opens flashing back to Sindee's days in university. The music may sound familiar to those following the series because its the same from the first season's finale. I chose the same music because this was each Sindee and Zepp's debut in the Revenge series.

So we open the new episode in Professor Zepp's office. It was fun to find a few props that suggested a different period without it looking too dated. The story continues with Sindee seeking an interview with Zepp. Since it was an interview I wanted more dialog I used little picture icons of the stars to make sure that the audience could follow the conversation.

The first part of this scene involves Sindee attempting to seduce Zepp into hiring her for research assistant. I wanted to do this with a cheeky tease from Sindee and so (and inspired by a famous 80's movie) I had Sindee communicate by something written on her eye lids. The flirtation continues even though Sindee is told that the position is filled.

The flirtations lead to Zepp challenging Sindee to solve a math formula as she bends over his desk. This is where things become raunchier and we also see more of Sindee's character. She isn't shocked. She continues to try to work out the formula knowing that if she does she will have the research position.

The blowjob scene is just a few seconds but this is were we see that Professor Zepp is more interested in exploiting her perceived innocence and interest in solving the math formula... all while dangling his intellect over her.

Most of the sex happens on his office chair and both stars completely shine. What makes Sindee and Zepp truly special as porn stars is that they truly get into their roles. They are always attentive and listen and know exactly where we are in the script. This made every sexy angle shot so fun to film.

The dialog between Sindee and Zepp keeps building to the solution of this math formula... and when she tells him he has no choice but to cum. Yes, talk about nerd porn.  

The scene ends with the Sindee Bluthe we all know. She assumes that the research position is hers as she gets dressed leaving Zepp in a hot sticky mess.


xCJM

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Interview with Director Carly J

I would like to thank my impromtu cast for this interview. Brennaghan Bailey (the interviewer), Hannah Aunerfal and Fiona Dempsey. Also Cïđ Ɓαỹη of Rough Love and Violation who has helped me so much with his sordid sim as a location.

 

Brennaghan: What exactly got you interested in directing porn?
Carly: There are two answers to this question. First is that my friend Jezzi Mornington and her partner Rachel Raxen have been in SL Porn for some time before I even got curious. I heard of award shows and shoots and gradually became interested even though my photographic 'talent' isn't the best, I figured I'll give it a try. Jezzi (I hope she doesn't mind me saying this) is an absolute voyeur and so I always asked her about her take on the scene. The second answer goes down to me being a terrible Drama Queen. Yes this is Drama therapy for me! The moment that I'm not fixated on making something that stirs me, I'm horrid to be around.


Brennaghan: Why behind the camera Carly? 
Carly: I feel like a newbie compared to the stars with their fancy Bento stuff... besides I would crash every two minutes if I was to film and star. More seriously... the less time I spend in front of the camera the more time I can devote to telling a story that involves some of the sexiest SL Pornstars around.

Brennaghan: I know you love working with a big cast of characters, not asking you to name names, but describe what would be your dream talent to work with?
Carly: I love working with all of the cast. Everybody brings something to their role. From the first episode all the way til now its that shared creativity in enjoying erotica and more importantly sharing it with each other. All this to say, I am already working with my dream cast. Everybody is so different and has something to add. Besides if you ever do work with me you will know that I'm very picky on the look and energy that you bring to any part of the story.

Brennaghan: I know some actors tend to really get into a scene at times, ever get so turned on that you wanted to just say fuck it and join in? If so, how did you handle it?
Carly: Two words... Orgasm Denial! Its part of the thrill to do something that is so sexual but at the same time have to be focused enough to not just jump in and enjoy. Have I touched myself while filming? Hopefully that comes out when you see what I post. Its very fun to form dirty crushes on the cast and even those whom help me with sets and scripts.

Brennaghan: You have filmed your fair share of hot scenes Carly. What has been your favorite, or what scene would you most love to be able to film?
Carly: The funny thing about that question is that every time I film something I think that is my ideal and favorite fantasy until days later when I discover something new. All I know is that the ideal scene will be filled with lots of tension and chemistry with the stars. That moment when you watch it and wonder what they are doing off screen.

Brennaghan: I know for a fact that everyone i have talked to who has worked with you just loves the experience, why do you think that is?
Carly: I have no idea! LOL! I like to tell myself that its because I value their time and effort in doing what they do so well but what if it all comes down ruthless ambition? I think it has more to do with enjoying the process of making something together and seeing the results.

Brennaghan: Do you ever find the job tedious? What do you like to do on your down time?
Carly: This question is going to be my downfall. Without filming I am a horrid drama queen. I channel all of my emotions into story and feeling and the expression of emotion in those moments. So when I film I am lost in the enjoyment and when I'm not... I'm a horrid trouble maker. Whether its looking for a typewriter for a scene or editing 10 minutes of rawr footage to make it a 3 minute bonbon... its never tedious.

Brennaghan: You are known for your The Revenge Series, how do you come up with your story lines, I mean you have some pretty crazy plot twists?
Carly: Its like dancing with somebody who pulls and twists you around faster than you first expect. One moment you are just about to kiss them and they are holding you tenderly. The next... you are being spun around and you worry if you can stay on your feet. Of course there are times when I'm trying to make the story carry on in a way that the audience can personally enjoy.

Brennaghan: Ok, we are dying for some inside scoop....how do you see the series developing in the next few seasons?
Carly: I have a question for you Mister Reporter... If I'm going to seduce my audience... would I give too much away?