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  • [MUSIC PLAYING] Day one.

  • Woo!

  • We haven't talked--

  • Day one, baby.

  • I feel like we had such a good time on this particular project

  • because it was a collaboration from the start.

  • We were very much holding this thing together.

  • And we had a lot of input from Ian and Eshom Nelms.

  • It was a DIY effort.

  • It was very much independent-spirited.

  • They brought their film family to the table

  • and we brought our film family to table.

  • It just filled every slot we needed, which was fantastic.

  • And we were totally blown away by all

  • the support and enthusiasm we got

  • on Indiegogo for the project.

  • Yeah, impossible without you all, thank you so much.

  • Some of the benefits of doing a show

  • like "Everyone's Doing Great" where you do everything

  • yourself is the freedom.

  • We owed it to ourselves and to this project

  • to give it a go with a core group of people that

  • really got the spirit of it.

  • It's a perfect scenario.

  • You're maintaining your creative control with the stories

  • that we've written out.

  • We're so excited to tell them.

  • And now this chuckle-head got his own thing going.

  • Speaking of setting the tone.

  • We have a bit of a death scene that's playing out today.

  • It's going to be a tough day on set for Seth Stewart.

  • Obviously, people know James and Stephen as actors.

  • And I think some people know James as the director

  • from episodes of "One Tree Hill" and "The Royals,"

  • but I'm so excited for people to see Stephen

  • directing for the first time.

  • Tell him to do the AC Slater.

  • Flip the chair around. Flip it around.

  • Oh, OK.

  • I'm so excited for people to get to know

  • James and Stephen as writers, as producers, and as creators.

  • Their own project as leaders on set,

  • they really established an environment

  • that was welcoming and inclusive in so many ways.

  • I mean, this is the first time in my 20-year career

  • that I think I've been on set with many other Asian women.

  • Camera rehearsal is up.

  • Quiet all around.

  • And action.

  • See the Stephen hair on camera?

  • Is that the real thing?

  • I can see it from the lens.

  • It's been the most fun for me in terms

  • of a directing experience, the most fun

  • I've ever had as a director.

  • Cut it. Cut it.

  • That's a cut.

  • If it wasn't for acting, I would have never

  • found my way into directing.

  • And I feel that it's helped me work

  • with actors as well because they feel taken care of.

  • As a director, he knows what he wants.

  • He knows me pretty well, so he probably

  • knows what I'm thinking.

  • And he's a very decisive person.

  • I am a tortured indecisive actor.

  • I don't know why I became an actor.

  • I'm an indecisive person, so it's terrible.

  • 25 days of shooting, this might be

  • my favorite thing we've shot.

  • I can't wait to--

  • It's amazing.

  • It's like watching Bambi on ice.

  • It was a collaborative effort in every sense of the word.

  • We even edited the project together.

  • So we've really been on the same page in terms of what we want.

  • And what we're going for.

  • We feel like this is something that we've

  • been trying to do for a very long time

  • and, finally, we're doing it.

  • And sure enough, it's been a very, very fun process.

  • Hulu is our dream scenario for a home.

  • They support independent filmmakers.

  • And they took this thing that we made from scratch

  • and they trusted our vision.

  • And we couldn't be happier.

  • It's a dream come true.

  • That is a wrap on our background and our wonderful Indiegogo

  • background.

  • Yes!

  • Woo!

  • Well done.

  • Well done.

  • Thank you guys so much.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Day one.

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