A Day in the Life
of Plain Jen
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| Executive Producer | |
| Graeme Finlayson & | |
| Mark A Shelton | |
| Written & Produced by | |
| Carrie Lynn Certa | |
| Co-Produced by | |
| Melissa Friedman | |
| Directed by | |
| Mark Shelton |
A Day in the Life
of Plain Jen
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| Executive Producer | |
| Graeme Finlayson & | |
| Mark A Shelton | |
| Written & Produced by | |
| Carrie Lynn Certa | |
| Co-Produced by | |
| Melissa Friedman | |
| Directed by | |
| Mark Shelton |
| STARRING: | ||
| Carrie Lynn Certa........... | Jen | |
| Kyle Hester.................... | Matthew | |
| Mary LeGault................. | Crystal | |
| James Kim....................... | Josh | |
| Giselle Rivera................. | Office Hottie | |
| Molly Shelton................... | Office Hottie #2 | |
| John Woodard.................. | Mr. Arod | |
| Larry Mathews................... | Jack Accardo Jr. | |
| Ryan Haake..................... | Anthony | |
| Demetrio Munoz............... | Mark | |
| ALREADY GORGEOUS Article Written by Alicia Lara | ||
| Buy tickets to the red carpet World Premiere! | ||
| July 23, 2011 Pasadena, CA | ||
| Synopsis | |
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Jen is a simple, geeky girl from the midwest that
moved to Los Angeles for excitement and adventure. She's a junior accountant at
the same company as her fashionista cousin, Crystal, who wants Jen to fit in
instead of embarrassing her with her t'shirt and jeans fashion and quirky
sense of humor. | |
| The only way Jen would wear the Manolo Blahnik shoes and fancy dress, was for a hefty bribe so she could purchase a 1977 Star Wars original one sheet. Crystal happily complies. | |
| The fancy designer clothing gets her noticed, gives her a new sense of self-esteem and is the same exact day she gets caught up in an international money laundering scheme, which has the CIA protecting her while the mob is out to kill her. |
| The story behind "A Day in the Life of Plain Jen" Carrie Lynn Certa | |
| I always fantasized about being a superhero. Saturday morning cartoons weren't complete without my cape and soon adopted the nickname "Dyno Daughter" for such caped events.
As things panned out, I never became a super hero. For my super powers of invisibility or strength or to control the elements simply never came to fruition. Instead, my dry sense humor and 'nice rack' was what seemed to have "saved the day" from time to time. And since those two things can't buy you notoriety and the love of the commissioner, I wrote about it in a screenplay. | |
| This short is actually based on a feature which had been plaguing my brain and stuck between fantasy and what could truly be a kick ass action adventure film. I knew that being in the short was the only way I could live out my childhood fantasy so I instantly wrote it up and suckered Mark Shelton to direct it. The feature length "Plain Jen" easily came to the page and talks of who's to play... well, me... is just another fun adventure to this whole Hollywood business. |
| BLOG Melissa Friedman, Co-Producer Pre-production Blog - December 2, 2010 | |
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In the spirit of the holiday season, The Day in the
Life of Plain Jen received a Christmas miracle (I'm Jewish, so don't be
offended!). Manolo Blahnik has approved our use of the their name and shoes in
our film. This is the stuff that dreams and Sarah Jessica Parker are made of.
Thanks to Carrie, she made this happen after two months of working her producer
mojo. The lesson here kids is never be afraid to ask. In other
news, our star has started her workouts so she will be in tip top shape for
filming. I, as Co-Producer, friend and therapist will be joining her in
some of this craziness. What we won't do for our craft! More news to
come... | |
| Carrie Certa, Producer/Writer/Lead | |
| Pre-production Blog January 14, 2011 | |
| Here I am. Weeks out side the 'big shoot'. This is the script that started the entire production series and I'm finally doing it. Well, doing more than I ever intended and thrilled about it! Being an 'action star' was an inside joke but if you know me, I take my jokes quite seriously.
Being the 'action star' sure does hurt! I've been watching what I eat and calorie counting and working out and ouch! I'm hungry! In the end, I'm truly happy with the progression of the short. Sure it's had it bumps in the road... like a delay... and a push... and another delay... but... we're here and it's happening.
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| Photos by: Spencer Brennan First Day of Principle Photography, March 13, 2011 | |
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| Crystal and Plain Jen. (Mary LeGault & Carrie Certa) | |
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| The Director, Mark Shelton, and I'm getting into character. Yeah, I'm NOTHING like Plain Jen. | |
| Carrie Certa, Producer/Writer/Lead | |
| Production Blog March 20, 2011 | |
| What an excellent day of shooting! We wrapped out Crystal (Mary LeGault) and introduced the "after" Jen with her new makeover.
It's was a long day at almost 14 hours for me, but it was well worth it. As an actor, you can never tell if 'it' is working for the camera and so we need a little reassurance that the director is getting what he wants. Mark isn't one for praise when we're in the thick of it, so you must know that no news is good news and I witnessed that myself when we reviewed the playback and all of us were in stitches laughing. | |
| But next, the hard part. The fight scene. I'm already black and blue from today's shoot but next Saturday and Sunday, ouch, ouch OUCH! Kicking butt is painful business but I'm so looking forward to the challenge. | |
| Photos by: Spencer Brennan | |
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| Matthew (Kyle Hester) and Jen (Carrie Certa) Anthony (Ryan Haake) about to get Jen. | |
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| Crystal (Mary LeGault) is Jen's LA fashionable cousin. | |
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| Matthew Smith and Anthony | |
| Kyle Hester, Lead | |
| Production Blog April 2, 2011 | |
| What a world wind! It's a character wrap for Matthew Smith on "Plain Jen".
I have enjoyed the whole process of shooting and look forward to how far this train goes. It all started in an office set meeting new people on the cast and crew who I am bound to be friends with for life.
CUT TO:
Me... healing from the bruises caused by the fight scene. I have a new found respect for action stars and the work they put into the stunts, as well as, acting. It becomes a full personal workout, mentally and physically.
It was a pleasure working with Carrie Certa, an 'A' type personality with no quit in her. That is what it takes to make it in this crazy business film. She is a very talented actress, as well as, producer.
Mark Shelton, the director, in addition to being a very talented director is a character in a half! Always with a quick joke to keep the stress on set as light as possible. (It does get kind of stressful sometimes) Especially when dealing with big camera moves where everything is moving... actors, steadicam rig & operator, lights that are in the way during one part of the shot but need to be there for another. Being in a shot like that is like being on the insides of a machine... one thing out of place and it is... CUT... Take 97! Hahah.
The crew was great! I could name everyone but you can see everyone on the credits on this very website. I do not want to leave anyone out!! Lots of people have to come together to make something like this a success. I believe we have done that and I look forward to the premiere!
All my best, Kyle Hester | |
| Photos by: BirdieThompson | |
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| Mark Shelton, the director of "Plain Jen". | |
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| Have you hugged your director today? | |
| Carrie Lynn Certa, Lead | |
| Production Blog April 16, 2011 | |
| It's over. It's FINALLY over. The script that began it all, ends it all with picture wrap on Plain Jen and with a very excited cast and crew. What's made this experience even better for all involved is the fact that I already have a potential investor for the feature AND a webseries based on these character PRIOR to the short film. It's a prequel webseries, if you will. And one of my good friends at ABC is keeping her eye on our progress. THIS is what it's all about folks... shorts leading to features and it's even better when it happens BEFORE the press releases go out!
We shot our first Webisode this past weekend so keep an eye out for new webpages going up in about two weeks with those mini-stories.
Thank you all again for your wonderful work, support and help on this for it looks like its going to pay off in more ways than you imagined. See you on the red carpet!
Hollywood kisses, Carrie | |
| Carrie Lynn Certa | |
| Post-Production Blog May 9, 2011 | |
| And let the good PR roll! Our first 'press' hit today. Check it out! | |
| ALREADY GORGEOUS Article Written by Alicia Lara | |
| Carrie Lynn Certa | |
| Post-Production Blog July 2, 2011 | |
| This has had to be one of the most painful edits I've ever experienced. Not only because of the passion and the feature film behind the short but because of creative differences with the director. We've gone through four editors and, though each editor has brought something to the table it was never "just right". As a perfectionist, I kept searching for the perfect Pro-editor who takes pride in his work and is willing to put in the time to make this short what it deserves to be and I've finally found that editor in Carl DeGrazio. I can not thank him enough for coming on last minute and saving this film. Once the color, audio and score is laid in, I know we'll all have a great time watching this little action flick.
Thank you everyone! |
| CREW: | ||
| Director of Photography | Mark A Shelton | |
| Camera Operator | Jonathan Furtado | |
| Steadicam Operator | Dean Smollar | |
| 1st AD | Larry K. Litton | |
| 2nd AD | Karl Hertz | |
| Production Designer | Mark E Fenlason | |
| Art Director | Anthony "Doc" Eikner | |
| Set Decorators | Mark Bate | |
| Anthony Pearce | ||
| Wardrobe Designers | Jennifer Kirschman | |
| Lisa McFadden Whaley | ||
| Dept. Head Makeup & Hair | Donna Sexton | |
| Key Makeup | Dalia Ayoub | |
| Set Photographers | Spencer Brennan | |
| Birdie Thompson | ||
| Sound Mixer | Douglas Edward | |
| Production Coordinator | Giselle Rivera | |
| Production Assistants | Noel Yuri-Bermudez | |
| Ashley Shewell | ||
| Ryan Willis | ||
| BTS Camera | Shannon Lilly | |
| BTS Camera | Ryan Willis | |
| Music by | Deon Vozov | |
| Editor | Mark A. Shelton | |
| Audio Mixer/Sound Designer | Andy Hurtado | |
| Visual Effects | Carrie Lynn Certa | |
| Casting | thecastingdirector.com | |
| FILMED ENTIRELY IN LOS ANGELES, CA | ||
| Camera Provided by | Jon F.ilms | |
| Special Thanks | Alieve | |
| Pandora Certa | ||
| Kyle Hester | ||
| Charles Noh & Family | ||
| Bhavani Rao | ||
| Tracy Ray | ||
| Saint Lukes of the Mountains | ||
| San Gabriel - Hilton | ||
| Mark A Shelton | ||
| The Shelton Tribe | ||
| Michael Valentino | ||
| 2011 copyright | ||
