Ustreaming with Matthew Ebel

Last night, we filmed a scene at Affogato for next week's STBD episode featuring traveling troubador Matthew Ebel, who happened to be in town mid-tour.

iJustine was there too, and each of them ended up Ustreaming the filming live... which is odd, considering the folks watching their Ustreams were able to see the live filming of what will end up being an edited video. How meta can we get?

The revolution will be Ustreamed...

Heading Into the Home Stretch

Only 4 more episodes stand between us and the end of Season Four of Something to Be Desired on May 28th.

Originally projected at 40 episodes, we decided to shorten the season to 30 when production threatened to engulf us this past winter. Since taking a hiatus in February, we've received lots of positive buzz from new and old fans alike (which leads us to believe we're doing something right).

These last 4 episodes will tie up many (if not all) of the plotlines and loose ends that have been generated this season...

But what then?

We'll be filming for Season Five all summer, but in theory, those episodes won't start anew until September. In today's snack-based culture, falling off the map for that long is the kiss of death.

We have a few ideas for keeping the STBD flame alive over the summer. They include:

- a daily "minisode," 0:30-1:00 in length -- character-building scenes, stand-alone jokes, etc.

- a weekly "behind the scenes" video -- interviews, story meetings, rehearsals, making-of, etc.

- weekly Ustreamed live chats with the cast / creators

- character videoblogs

- or, quite simply, starting the next 10-episode story arc in July.

We could do one or two of those, but we can't do ALL of those -- we're not made of time.

So: how would YOU like to see STBD spend the summer?