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Welcome to Netherfield

So this is new, first video at Netherfield, new room, new house, and new people. Watch as Jane and I try, and immediately fail, at keeping the video diaries underwraps.

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It’s safe to say that everyone on the team was extremely excited for this episode. We have a new location, new characters, and a big plot reveal. 

1. We’re in Netherfield - the house where Bing Lee, Caroline, and Darcy are

2. Lizzie’s first true adversary appears in Caroline

3. And holy jeez, she knows about the Video Diaries!!!

Those of you who are speculating about how we’re adapting everything know that as much as Lizzie’s vlogging is a story changing dynamic, Caroline KNOWING about Lizzie’s vlogging is a tremendous shift. - It’s a massive ripple that greatly alters every conversation/interaction that we’re adapting from the book. It also gives our Caroline a level of power that the character has never had in any version before while making her extremely fun to write for. 

I don’t want to spoil anything specific but I can say that the “Netherfield Arc” is gonna be a fun ride, so buckle up. Oh and be sure to keep track of some of the characters on twitter over this arc. We have some more surprises in store. 

The entire Lizzie Bennet Diaries vidcon panel. 6 part playlist.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA04B6C4D35830B9D

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Vidcon Interruption

So we went to Vidcon! Here’s the first video that Charlotte and I shot. It was supposed to be really quick but I ran  into my old ‘acquaintance’ Ricky Collins.

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Collins and Shooting at Vidcon.

Ok first off, I’ll say that this is not shot on a green screen. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to be flattered or not with the amount of comments thinking that it was but this was most definitely legit. 

I’ll say that this episode and the one afterwards were by far the two hardest episodes that we’ve ever shot. For this episode, it’s a testament to Ashley, Julia, and Maxwell to pull off these long bits of dialogue literally on the floors of Vidcon. To be specific, we were on the 2nd Floor of the convention hall by room 212 around 10am on Saturday. There were literally dozes of people watching us film this, many of which clearly were fans of our show as they referred to Ashley, Laura, and Julia by name. - Those lucky fans were treated to seeing how we speed shoot an episode of our show. If anything, I was wondering if they could actually hear the dialogue and could piece together which character Maxwell was playing (since that wouldn’t be announced until a few hours later). 

Anyway so Vidcon and introducing Collins. I’ll say that we didn’t know we were taking the story to Vidcon until about 6-7 weeks into the show, and really it was fortuitous timing and experimenting with making the show more and more meta. One thing I wanted to make sure of was that taking the show to Vidcon had to add to the story and/or drive the plot forward. I’m not sure if you think taking the series to Vidcon seems overtly gimmicky or not. I think someone like our Lizzie Bennet, who is a video blogger, who’s grown this audience almost overnight, would actually go to Vidcon but regardless there’s still that layer of it being a stunt/gimmick. 

So whether or not you think this is a gimmick, we did our best to honor the show by making sure that both this episode AND Thursday episode drive the plot forward. 

As for Collins himself, everyone who has read the book will have their own version of Collins and wether or not Maxwell fits that or is too “good looking” for the part. I for one never thought appearance was a factor here. It’s not that he’s bad looking, it’s just that he’s self absorbed, has a massive inferiority complex, and is incredibly socially awkward. - He’s perceived to be annoying, but like our show is, annoying is a Point of View. As Lydia is “annoying” to Lizzie while being loved by many of you, Collins, in a way,  will probably be the same.  

Probably the first of many. But this is a great video from one fan’s experience of meeting our cast at Vidcon. I’m still looking for someone to upload the video of the panel. 

Oh and she was right, we were not prepared for the tremendous response. I never got to see that autograph line in person but wow that was insane.