This is mainly for episode 3,but will cover tying up episode 2,and touch on episode 4 & beyond.

I began working on the special features for the "Holding Our Own: The Complete Second Episode" DVD, including subtitling the episode and preparing the commentary track.  I also have made substantial progress designing the DVD cover.  The front and spine are already completed and I'm working on the back.  The content of the lore text is similar to that in the commercial, which will be included as one of the many special features.  I've also made a 20 song episode 2 "official soundtrack", which I can't "officially" sell, because only four of the songs are my own.  Casting will eventually resume for episode 3, and included are potentially some real exciting casting choices for parts already.  I have reserved the part of the cellmate for myself, but among roles still open are:

Bill Maher
Ann Coulter (actually, I'm already looking at people to fill her role)
Male Police Officer
Man In Line (at supermarket)
Small Store Owner
Son

This will be the largest cast so far.  The script for episode 4 is long completed and has an even larger cast, including all of Melissa's six friends gathered together at once!  I also recorded an original song that the girls will be singing in episode 4.  Meanwhile, Episode 5 scripting is still in progress, with a complete outline and some scripting completed.  I'm also getting ready to build four virtual models for the third episode.  For now, I'm compiling a list of parts I don't have but will require to build the models.  It will be quite a few pieces, but less than I hoped.  The main thing is finding a lot of beige pieces, which is important for building the church.  The church attended by the Schneiders now has an official name: St. Hilarius.  Yes, that's a real registered saint.  He was also a pope in the 5th Century.  Already I've been to the Lego store and collected a lot of beige in two free fill-up boxes for their Christmas promotion.  But my wife,  Angela, wants to build a set for her own brickfilm and the living room is beige (tan is the color's official name according to TLG).  The other brick-consuming problem is that I need to build exterior models as well, for establishing shots.  But as far as interiors go, I think the police station is the most impressive.  Models can be seen on my tumblr page:

http://holding-our-own.tumblr.com

I'm also going to post concept art of models that didn't make it into episode 2 (or was rejected for episode 3).  Keep an eye out!

Mary Charles (known on BiM as Brick7) is recording or has recorded her lines for episode 3, and will almost certainly play a second, supporting character.

I hope that everyone got to see episode 2, and I hope that you all enjoyed it.

PS: Has anyone seen General Ned?  A few weeks ago he was asking for the script to the second episode of a crime drama I'm writing for him.  That night I finished it and sent it off to him the next day.  I haven't heard from him since the day he asked.

As for scripting, I've also been in the middle of writing Robert Sheckley's short sci-fi story from the 1950s, "Warm", into a script for a brickfilm.  Anyone's welcome to use it when it's done.  It should be visually interesting, and is open to some abstract, free-form, and conceptual modeling for someone who wants to get experimental with the bricks. I adapt these stories to make them buildable.  For instance, in "Warm", the main character is tying his shoes in the original story.  I change it to something that is more practical to animate with bricks, but still stays true to the original's vision.  I actually have a few sci-fi scripts ready for anyone who loves to animate/direct the films but isn't much for writing the stories.  (One of them, "Marianna", is found in its entirety in the pre-production forum.)  PM me if interested!

Last edited by HoldingOurOwn (May 15, 2015 (06:34am))