MadeOfGoesFast (madeofgoesfast) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2013-02-04 18:42:00

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cindy lord, iris west, jai west, steven garrick, tess holt

Getting organized
Once they're past the party, Jai, Iris and Cindy receive notifications of a time and place to meet for Speedforce Productions' initial set up meeting. Tess, of course, is invited, but doesn't need anything so formal. Steven even set up the twins' invitations to be on West-Allen time, so they should end up showing up around the time everyone else does.

He's rented out the party room of a pizza place in Keystone, where he can set up a projector and big screen and provide space for laptops and the like, after making sure the place had free wifi. Food is provided as a part of the meeting, with a few different types of pizza and a few different pitchers of soda, all labeled, are set out on the table.

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	fairplay 2013-02-05 12:32 am UTC (link)
	Tess sat alongside some of the notes, pouring herself a ginger ale while Cindy stuffed her face. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	fastasyoucan 2013-02-05 12:49 am UTC (link)
	Jai arrived, accompanied by a whooosh of air like usual. "As expected, speedster metabolisms taken into account, awesome. Hi Tess, hi Cindy," he waved at each of them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantcatchme 2013-02-05 12:50 am UTC (link)
	Iris was, for a change, on time. She had made it a point to be on time and small miracles did happen. "Hola amigos." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

madeofgoesfast
2013-02-05 02:32 am UTC (link)

"Very nice, you're early." He accounts for the time shift, and they show up at the announced time... huh, ok then.

"Alright, so this is the planning meeting for Speedforce Productions. Cindy is our primary investor, and I'd like everyone else to be as involved in the business as they want to be. Tonight is for working out the format for the first film, and then figuring out plans for going forward. My eventual hope is to make this an action and science fiction indie film label, but that's going to take some success with smaller projects first."

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	littleladylord 2013-02-05 02:50 am UTC (link)
	Cindy waved to everyone. "Action's going to take a lot. But this first one... the overhead's going to be minimal. Only the most minimal licensing issues, no travel costs, Tess is pitching in a lot of the electronics equipment. The initial investments we've worked will definitely cover everything, including the industry-minimum payments for everyone." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fairplay 2013-02-05 03:27 am UTC (link)
	Tess laid out a set of twelve index cards full of notes, but waited to let Steven talk more. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

madeofgoesfast
2013-02-05 03:53 am UTC (link)

"Thanks. As you can see, 50 percent of any profits, after all expenses, will be divided between Tess' neighborhood watch initiative and non-political, non-denominational charities chosen by the staff and actors. Before each film, we're also going to be doing a five minute spot highlighting the heroes and heroines in the films in action around their home cities.

That's going to slow down profits, but also hopefully net us the PR to grow faster, and gain some general goodwill. We have everyone we need for the first production signed except Jo Kent. Costumes are under production, Pippi Peppers will be doing hair and make up.

After this, I really want to start brainstorming ideas for the second and third projects, but for this first one, we're doing a good girl art superheroines calendar.

We need to figure out our month by month layout - I want to do a group shot in June, and its been suggested that we could do one in December as well to finish out well. So I'd like some feedback on who to put in which month. Tess, can you lay out the requests we have?

After that's done, I'll lay out the idea I have for June, and we can discuss ideas for December."

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	fairplay 2013-02-05 04:12 am UTC (link)
	Tess nods. "January: Petra. February: Huntress. April: Avia. May: Jess. July: Alina. August: Cait. September: Me. And Cat would like one of the colder months as well. Leaving, at this rate, March, November, and maybe December for Corrina, Iris, and Barbie if Barbie can make it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fastasyoucan 2013-02-05 04:21 am UTC (link)
	"So you've got three months left and two, maybe three, girls?" Jai shrugged and looked to Iris. "Guess you get to pick a month, Corrina gets the other and then there's an extra one for another group shot or if Barbie wants to do it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

madeofgoesfast
2013-02-05 05:01 am UTC (link)

"That's a possibility. If Iris would prefer to keep her clothes on - since she gets paid either way, that's an option, or Barbie may not be up for it. Either way, if we're doing a group shot in December, we have a bit of wiggle room. Colder month would put Cat in either October or November, Corinna in either the other one, or March, leaving one month for either Iris or Barbie."

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	cantcatchme 2013-02-05 01:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Mom and Dad would probably kill me, but I can take a month," Iris said. "Since it's for charity, they may only maim me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fastasyoucan 2013-02-05 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Mostly Dad, we'll just have to hide any promos or advanced copies that he might see long enough to give you a head start if you really want to do a month," Jai points out half-jokingly. "But only if you really want to do it Irey, your choice in the end." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fairplay 2013-02-05 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah. We've got options. No pressure." Tess doesn't get into what her parents will say. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

madeofgoesfast
2013-02-05 07:15 pm UTC (link)

Steven has already talked to his parents. Its a Garrick thing, and his name is at the top of the page on all this.

"Exactly, no pressure. If you don't want to do it, we can call in a couple others. If you want to, I'm certainly not going to say no. Either way, we still need to start figuring out themes and the few remaining months.

I want to check with Jess and see if she really likes May, or might be up for moving to March for a St. Patrick's thing of some sort.

Oh, which brings me to another point when I start asking for ideas. Good Girl art wasn't ever long on subtlety. I'm mostly looking for pretty easy themes here. Tess and I worked out some ideas for September, and I know what we're doing in June, but feedback and ideas for a lot of months are still very wide open.

Tess, if you want to go over the notes you have for your September shot, it might be a good example?"

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fairplay
2013-02-05 07:35 pm UTC (link)

Tess nods, then looks to the others. "Stacks of books in the sides of the shot, one of them probably with 'Back to School' on the title. I'd be facing away from the camera, but looking back over my shoulder, with the Fair Play logo right where it normally is on the back of my jacket -- but sans jacket, henna'd onto my back, since I'd be in a dark-and-red bikini instead of the full costume."

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	littleladylord 2013-02-05 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	Cindy grins. "Okay, that's even better than what I was thinking. And I'll talk to Jess" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantcatchme 2013-02-05 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	"No, I'm sure. I'll take a month. It's not like they can ground me." Or so she hoped. She was over eighteen after all. "Just tell me what month and we'll brainstorm some ideas." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fairplay 2013-02-06 12:15 am UTC (link)
	"Well, if we move Jess to March, that leaves May open, and then there's November... are you more partial to flower crowns or leaf piles, Iris?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantcatchme 2013-02-06 12:18 am UTC (link)
	"Leaf piles," Iris said. "It's fun to make the leaves swirl around." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fastasyoucan 2013-02-06 01:29 am UTC (link)
	"Plus, you can do running or speed effects with leaves without needing to subject the poor camera to any actual speedster movement." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	madeofgoesfast 2013-02-06 01:44 am UTC (link)
	"This is true. Ok, so if she's got November, and we put Cat in October, that just leaves May for Corinna. Ok, so now we need to start figuring out layouts. Tess' is a pretty good example. Shall we just start tossing in ideas, or go in order?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

fairplay
2013-02-06 03:25 am UTC (link)

"For January, Not-the-least-bit-Sad Petra in Snow. February, it's obvious why Huntress chose it: crossbow, Valentine's, etc. Shooting up a . March, Jess in just a white-and-gray swimsuit getting ironically 'surprise'-pinched by a hand coming from off camera, maybe? Avia... a shot mid-trick might be good. Corrina, some pretty, flowery outdoor shot, her boots, one of those may-queen flower crowns, a strategically wrapped sheet, and that's it?"

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	cantcatchme 2013-02-06 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	"March could be St. Patrick's day themed," Iris suggested. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

madeofgoesfast
2013-02-06 10:22 pm UTC (link)

Steven nods. "That's kind of what I was thinking. If we can get Jess to do it, ideal. Set kind of a cloverish background, put her back to the camera, in a bikini colored like her costume - then some other model's hand coming from off the page to pinch her, with her looking slightly shocked over her shoulder, maybe?

Very good idea on Corinna, I like the Amazon May Queen feel. Definitely where there's obvious themes, add some playful suggestiveness without going overboard - and its probably pretty much what we're looking for."

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fastasyoucan
2013-02-07 12:18 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, a shamrock thing in there works well with the ironic St. Patty's pinch and helps make the joke. I like the sheet for Corinna working as a nod to her heritage, but how it's going to work is up to your wardrobe consultant. If Cat takes October I suppose you could take advantage of the obvious Halloween route and go with some kind of black cat style shoot. Works in as a reference to her costume too."