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some highlights from the yellowjackets q&a I went to yesterday, hosted by pete chatmon (who is also the director of 306) and featuring the showrunners ashley lyle and bart nickerson, courtney eaton (teen lottie), warren kole (jeff), and jeff byrd (executive producer and also the director of Ep 203 and 305):

ashley & bart came up with the show a little randomly. since they're both husband & wife and a writing duo apparently they would pitch each other show ideas all the time that would go nowhere. ashley specifically remembers the idea of "plane crash, girl's soccer team, cannibalism" happening while they were sitting in a parked car. once they added the adult timeline to the idea, they both were sold on it. ashley liked the idea of doing "my so called life" meets "twin peaks"

the final show pitch was about 30 mins and pitched to several networks. ashley was so sure after the showtime pitch that it was a bust and that the exec didn't like it at all. It turned he was just squinting because he had the sun in his eyes from the window. also, apparently the exec who helped greenlight it is also the one who greenlit twin peaks so full circle moment for sure!

courtney eaton says she is an overthinker and talked about how the biggest challenge when it comes to playing lottie is to shut her brain off since 1) she wants to maintain that vague mystery where we're not sure what's going on with lottie whether it's real or supernatural and 2) since she knows so much about what happens to her in the future and adult timeline, she doesn’t want it to impact her performance too much.) When simone was cast the two went out for dinner to get to know each other to see what connections they could make between each other's portrayals

approving director's cuts of the episodes in season one was really hard since no one had seen the show or knew the tone yet. apparently ashley took an edible gummy before she reviewed every director's cut of an episode back then to help her get in the mindset (too real of her, tbh)

they tend to overshoot nowadays since they like being able to cherry-pick scenes, so some director's cuts of episodes can be 10-20 mins longer the aired version. 

apparently the simone & sammy scene was always intended to be that short, don't know if we'll be seeing much more or either of them the rest of this season either sadly

they do plan a lot of the foreshadowing but admit there are sometimes happy accidents. one of their favorite unintended foreshadowing moments someone pointed out online is that when liz phair's "supernova" plays in the pilot, we see jeff sneaking out of the house just as the line "walk in clouds of glitter" plays

the 306 episode filming went all night, until it was nearly morning. Courtney joked that all-night, on-location shoots help them get in the mindset of the yellowjackets (that they lose their minds a little after midnight) so she enjoys it. they talked about how different it is to shoot on-location too vs. on a soundstage like they did in season two with the cabin (soundstage is less muddy and gross, but also requires a lot more acting for the suspension of disbelief that they're still in the wilderness)

The s2 wrap gift from Courtney, Sophie and Steven was a deck of cards that said "fuck this cabin" on it lmao

the Repo Divorcees commercial in Ep 306 was a writer's room joke that came from the fact that they all watched trash reality TV. they had a day-long shoot for the commercial and even filmed an intro for the show, they got really into it

warren does adlib some jeff lines or deliveries. one last episode was the "are you sure?" after shauna tells him about lottie.

the danny mears guy (that lottie jokes dumped mari for their own cousin) was actually named after one of their producer's assistants and is a real guy. he didn't know about the joke until they aired the episode.

also I was NOT able to get good photos of them RIP, but at some point they had screenshots of the director's marked up 306 script onscreen:

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Disintegration Anxiety by Explosions In The Sky, live on KEXP

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**Shots of the Episode**

Star Trek: Discovery (2017)

Season 4, Episode 11: “Rosetta” (2022) Directors: Jeff Byrd and Jen McGowan Cinematographer: Christopher Mably

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Jeff Byrd the director of episodes 7x04 and 7x06 mentioned the cast of The Flash  in one of his recent posts on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNjrC12rFH9/

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byrdjeff Since we’re all on lockdown I’m gonna start my WCW list today with the one and only @candicepatton I had an AMAZING time working with her on @cwtheflash She made my Flash dreams come true in a major way!!! I’m looking forward to everyone seeing this Iris West heavy episode of The Flash very soon!!! Props to you Candice, I can’t wait to work with you again!!!

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byrdjeff: Last day of Directing The Mikaelson Brothers on "The Originals"!!! I had a fun time with Klaus and Elijah and I look forward to getting in the editing room and cutting it up!!! Speaking of cut up, the guys had me laughing here and that's why I look face bloated, I was trying to hold it in!!

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