We announce the Princess as the second new character, who brings her unique style and talents to the cast of the Writer’s Season 2 novel. Continue reading
Category Archives: Production Blog
Cast/Crew Interview: Jordan Smith
Month of the Novel: What’s your role in Month of the Novel?
Jordan Smith: It’s more appropriate to ask what my role isn’t. Seriously, I am really doing some of everything. Producing, directing, writing, acting (the Jester in Season 1, the Captain in Season 2), editing… Maybe even something else I’m forgetting.
Mainly, though, I’m directing. My job is to have the amazing vision that brings the whole show together. Sometimes I actually feel like that’s true.
MotN: From what you’ve seen of the scripts, what do you like about Season 2?
JS: Oh, I’ve seen all the scripts and I’ve been guiding them from draft one. Again, the question here might be better put, “What don’t you like?” I’m a very happy director/producer, and I think the Month of the Novel writing crew is absolutely incredible. They’ve taken this thing to a whole new level beyond the first season. Continue reading
Character Reveal: Bree
Next in our ongoing character reveals is Bree, the Writer’s helpful older sister. Let’s find out what’s new with her since Season 1. Continue reading
Cast/Crew Interview: Jenni Noordhoek
Let’s welcome writer Jenni Noordhoek to the blog for another cast/crew interview!
Month of the Novel: What’s your role in Month of the Novel?
Jenni Noordhoek: I wrote Episode 4.
MotN: From what you’ve seen of the scripts, what do you like about Season 2?
JN: The setting, definitely. I love a good spaceship story!
MotN: Now, of course, Month of the Novel isn’t the only thing you do. What else are you up to? Continue reading
Character Reveal: The Writer
It’s time to reveal the Season 2 characters! Every couple of weeks, we’ll be posting the next character with his or her bio.
First up is the Writer. You met her back in Season 1 when she was just a NaNoWriMo newbie. What’s she like now? Read on to find out. Continue reading
And Now It’s Time to Edit…
If you’ve been following our posts on the Month of the Novel Facebook page, you know that we’ve been loading the footage (a technical filmmaking term for our video and audio files) into our computers and getting it all labeled. You might also know that there are a total of 1,349 raw source files.
Wow.
Somehow, all these files will be edited into ten episodes for your viewing pleasure. Right now, though, we’re taking a short break before diving in.
Stay tuned. We might just have some little tidbits coming soon.
Writer in the House
We spent a good two days filming the Writer’s scenes of Season Two. Lots of work crammed into a couple days, but we were thrilled to be working with Laura Rozar again. Continue reading
Filming in the Wild Outdoors
A few of the scripts for Month of the Novel Season 2 called for outdoor filming, although nowhere near on as big a scale as Season 1. We found a good location close to home and spent a morning (really cold) and an afternoon (bundled up against the cold—only to have the sun come out) filming away. Here are a few fun shots from that.
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- Jordan and Kendra discuss options
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- A perfect location
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- Shooting on a rock
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- Kendra plans her shot
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- Trying to cast a shadow in the right place
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- Remember this character?
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- Kyle preps the boom pole
Cast/Crew Interview: J. Grace Pennington
Let’s welcome writer J. Grace Pennington to the blog for another cast/crew interview!
Month of the Novel: What’s your role in Month of the Novel?
J. Grace Pennington: I’m on the screenwriting team; I wrote the season finale for the first season, and I’m doing Episode 1 this time.
MotN: From what you’ve seen of the scripts, what do you like about Season 2?
JGP: I like that there’s more room to explore the concepts, with the length extended and twice as many episodes as last season. It’s just more full and you get to see more of the journey, which is fun!
MotN: Do you have a favorite episode from Season 1? If you had to pick based on the scripts, which episode of Season 2 do you think will be your new favorite? (You can pick your own.) Continue reading
Sets!
Time for another production vlog! This time, director Jordan Smith shows off the two main sets for Season 2.