We have established that Simon Molinar
enjoys the Christmas season a great deal. The advent of 24 hours
shopping has made it really enjoyable for him. Thus, He's been on my
mind while I hustled and bustled about getting the last of my gifts.
However, he isn't just on my mind as a writer doing an exercise with
a character. I was also thinking about what clothes and household
items he would buy that would be seen in the web series. Shopping
must continue even as the fundraiser rages on. We'll have to hit the
ground running to gather everything in time once the campaign is
over.
Where Vampires Shop
We've found some really groovy second
hand shops for costumes and props and set dressing. I could see Simon
being drawn to the eclectic goods in the window displays late at
night and then returning in the final hours that they are open. Shops
like these are great for a characters whose tastes would reflect many
eras of fashion and style. Everything was very reasonably priced, and
that sort of store is likely to buy everything back.
However, for consistency of look and
feel, a vampire on the move cannot beat places like Target or Costco.
Target is great for basics, but Costco is the place to find some
surprising luxuries. There were Italian suits, cashmere sweaters with
an incredible softness. There were sheet sets with incredible thread
counts. There was even a $1500 bottle of cognac. I don't think Simon
would buy a bottle of that, but I think it should be clear that he
and Joe shop at these sorts of places. It makes their homes seem more
real. Of course, until we can get a product placement deal, we'll
have to make labeling that mimics those stores – but not too
closely.
Strangely, the place where we found a
number of special props that will be very personal mementos for Simon
was at a comic book convention. I can't imagine Simon attending one
of those as most are in buildings where there are windows in the
venue where sunlight can stream in. Although, Bent-con's location
last year was in a basement ballroom. The location this year had a
lot of light in the lobby and corridors. He could have gotten in an
hour or two in the Dealer's room, I suppose. And the parties do start
well after the sun goes down. But I digress. One of the dealers had
an array of well crafted personal items for very fine prices. They
could easily pass for items owned by a wealth gentleman from as far
back as the 1800s. He even had leather bound, gilt edged journals.
Journals and letters with a custom seal loom largely in the
flashbacks for the web series. Actually, I'll have to have our Simon
and whomever is love interest is from yesteryear do quite a bit of
journal and letter writing with a dip pen.
That should be interesting. All I can see is India ink everywhere.
Practice is in order.
Rehearsals
Speaking of practice, the podcast
interviews brought this topic up. We've decided to have a table read
long before the script is locked. There were so many interesting
ideas that came out of that Q&A that we thought we'd workshop the
script with the cast to sharpen the dialog. That'll be a very
interesting exercise. If it's cool with the cast, we'll record some
or all of it.
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