dave warns bett - a scene from "house of trixxx"

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so this scene takes place before the other one.

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first completed scene of "house of trixxx"

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This took several rehearsals, 3 hours of filming, 10 takes (different angles) and days of editing - resulting in less than 3mins of the movie. I haven't even started on putting in the audio that was recorded separately (crappy audio on this video is from camera).  Bett/Zirconia is played by Aja and Dave by Edwin de Leon.

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edwin joins the cast of house of trixxx

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actor edwin de leon joins the cast as of "house of trixxx" as dave, bett/zirconia's younger brother.  am so glad of his enthusiasm in tackling the role.

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preparing for a shoot

we're finally doing a couple of scenes, and i don't wanna mess up so i did this very rough story board. i thought a dp/camera guy was gonna join us and i was looking forward to concentrating with directing, but... so i'm gonna end up doing those too.  i went to aja's and momo's to check the room we're shooting in, and try to dress it up a bit.  hope things go well.

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1st day of rehearsal for house of trixxx

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This is one of the scenes that we did on the 1st day of rehearsal.  Momo was kind enough to stand in for the role of Dave (the character has since been renamed Paolo and hasn't been cast), Bett's cop brother.  In this scene, Paolo confronts Bett for withholding information about an on-going murder investigation.

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main drag characters complete as ms. ivy ferriya joins the house of trixxx project

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welp, there it is.  now that ms ivy ferriya has joined the project, all the major drag queen roles are cast.  now on to the other characters.

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jemma and momoshade also joined the "house of trixxx" project

Jemma and MomoShade    © Joselito Briones

two more lovely queens agreed to take part in the "house of trixxx" project.  jemma will take on the femme-fatale character and momoshade will be taking on ms. trixxx of the title.

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aja is on board

fierce drag queen "aja" joins the cast

well, the project has gained momentum. super talented drag queen aja has agreed to be part of the "house of trixxx" project. more updates soon!

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a short scene from "house of trixxx"

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so... yesterday i did this photoshoot, supposedly with drag queen extraordinaire aja, but when i got to the location there were 3 other drag queens there and they were all so nice to join the shoot - ivy ferriya, momo shade, and jemma (she's wearing the "die" cap).  currently, i always take the opportunity to ask people to do a scene from my project, and they did it.  video above is the second take - the first one was all reading from my iphone.  considering they did it in a snap of a finger. they were so much fun. they also shared some major T (contestants who made it in the show) on season 8 of rupaul's drag race.

pardon the quality, i wasn't prepared to do video.  one of those days when i wished i brought a tripod.

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p.s. for some reason sharing the link to this picks up random images from this page as thumbnail photo, so i'll just put here below the cover photo for this project, so maybe that can be picked up as thumbnail.

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reading for "house of trixxx"

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i told you about the "house of trixxx" screenplay that i wrote a while back, right?  well i've decided to film some scenes from it.  i placed an ad on craigslist for actors and this is matt benson reading a short scene. he's reading for the part of shane - a drag queen noob from a religious family. in this scene he's being interrogated by the police, being a key witness to a murder. hopefully i can post a better scene video when we record it with proper setting and with the dialogue memorized.  this was our first meeting, at brooklyn's anchored inn, over fries.

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