On Set With Gen Padova, Brooke Hunter, Ron Sullivan
10/26/04
I drove up to Santa Clarita Tuesday to Ron Miller's house. A storm threatened.
I stepped on to Rob Spallone's set at 11:45 am. He wasn't there. Ron Sullivan was shooting the movie. One scene for a young girl - older woman line and three scenes for the lesbian gonzo Chick Flick.
I wanted to try out my new camera (DiMAGE X31). I took some snaps then got home to find out that I had shot in movie mode. So enjoy. I think these clips need Quicktime.
Ron Sullivan with Candy Ellison on his knee
Charred hillside near the shoot in Santa Clarita Hillside
I walk in on Ron Sullivan directing a scene between Brooke Hunter and Candy Ellison. It's for a young-woman older-woman line. Candy is 20yo and Brooke, Ron Miller's wife, is 36.
Candy is blonde. She has several tattoos and small natural breasts.
Candy has custody of her 16yo brother, so she can't go to college (and work) for another two years.
Gen Padova walks in. We meet for the first time.
On July 18, a fire raged all around Ron Miller's home. About 400 firefighters massed to protect the 28-homes of his community.
"The fire created its own weather system," remembers Brooke. "It swooped down like a tidal wave. We couldn't even touch our windows they were so hot.
"We were evacuated on a Saturday night. When the fire seemed to be moving in a different direction, we came back to check our home. As we were getting more things, they said, wait. It is going to get mandatory again. Be prepared.
"They said, charge the line (a firefighter expression meaning to get your hoses ready to fire) and get in your house. You can't get out. There's only one way in and out and that was blocked.
"The sun was only a red dot in the middle of the afternoon. Embers the size of your fist were falling.
"I was entertaining. I was telling them to save the porn.
"They told us not to get in the pool, because things could fall, but to get in the middle of the intersection and they would put their shake-and-bake blankets on us. These are metal-type blankets that keep you safe.
"As quick as the fire came, it went. They didn't think they were going to be to contain it. They expected to see every structure leveled.
"Afterwards, when we walked around the neighborhood, there were no sounds. There were no crickets, no birds, no electricity."
Brooke says various TV stations came up to her community yesterday because a major storm was coming in and there was a threat of mudslides off the denuded hillsides.
I first met Ron Sullivan in early 1996. He was living with Nikki Sin.
Still living in Southern California, she's been married for five years. She works as a stripper. Ron introduced her to her future husband.
Ron's shooting vignettes. Instead of just cutting to the chase, he invents scenarios for each scene. He doesn't write them out. He just wings it. He said to Brooke, "I want you to be amused by her. Hide that feeling and just exploit her. Take advantage of her. Then get rid of her."
Production manager Kenny Carolina is like Martha Stewart without the insider trading as he slides frozen pizza into the oven.
Wanting to beat the storm and threat of being shut-in by mudslides, I fled the shoot at 12:30pm.
A few minutes later, Rob Spallone arrived. As the rain poured down, the final three scenes of the day were shot. There was a delay to get a confirmation from AIM that Gen Padova tested negative for gonorrhea. The day's work ended by 5 pm.
Gen writes: "The shoot went awesome. Candi really rocks and knows how to have fun with another girl. One of my favorite girl/girl scenes so far."