Hello again! The teaser trailer for LoliGirls is ready! Watch and enjoy:) I took the footage we shot during the Midsummer Night's Dream shoot. Be sure to let your friends know about the project and, if you're feeling generous, help us to keep going with the project!

All of the footage from this past weekend's photo/film shoot has been captured! I've received from photos (that haven't been touched up yet from the photographer) from Saturday's shoot and put a few up. I hope to get Sunday's pix soon and will do my best to put a few up here as well.

I'm really pleased with how the audio came out from the shoot. I was unsure for awhile about how to capture decent audio from the girls while they were being photographed. I ended up putting a wireless mic on each girl (the poof of the dresses helped hide the bulk of the transmitter) and recording the audio direct into the 2 cameras we used for the shoot. I was nervous about how great the quality would be...but it's fantastic. What a relief! You'll have to wait for the doco premier to hear the audio, I will put a little footage up as soon as I get a moment to edit something together. Stay tuned!

A blurb for the Lolita Fashion show is up on the Connecticon website! This is the big show our 3 lolitas are organizing and modeling in. We'll have cameras (if all the permissions go through all right...) set-up at the event slated for July 31st. If you'd like to help out with the crew that day please let me know!

Shoot Update: Things are coming along swimmingly for our Midsummer Night's Dream-themed photoshoot set for this weekend. Saturday is supposed to be gorgeous and Sunday (so far) has a teeny tiny chance of rain that I'm going to ignore for the time being. We're going to get a little creative about the shooting order, since one of the girls cannot stay for the entire shoot Sunday, so we'll get some shots in of her Saturday.

LoliGirls Documentary Treatment

LoliGirls: The story behind the frills and bows
 
A documentary that lifts the veil of the underground lolita fashion movement and sub-culture. 

Synopsis:

A real look into the world of lolita fashion as it presently exists in the United States. This fashion phenomenon first emerged from Japan and has slowly made its presence known here in the states. Though the Japanese version of lolita fashion is constantly evolving and becoming ever more creative and brazen, the American lolita is somewhat more demure. 

Here we introduce The Court, a small group of girls who gather together to share their love of this unique and whimsical lifestyle.  Not only did the lolita fashion take hold of these girls’ fancy, but it also managed to completely change their world. This is their story, and why it’s not just about pretty dresses and white lace. 

I'm very sorry to report that one of our lolitas opted to drop out of the documentary. It's too bad, but I understand that life can get complicated really fast, and I'm positive that we can still make a pretty kicka$$ documentary with the 3 lovely ladies of The Court.

That's my main announcement for today! In other news, I met with Linsey, who will co-produce this documentary with me, yesterday. Over some delicious vegetarian food (I love It's Only Natural) we discussed our ideas for the doco and attempted to come up with some sort of a storyline. Of course without filming anything yet it's hard to tell exactly where this documentary might go. For now it looks like it will be mainly informational, with a side story of these 3 lovely lolis who are preparing to put on one of the biggest lolita fashion shows ever seen on this side of the U.S. Of course we also discussed funding (or lack thereof). It would be amazing if we were able to garner some support for this film, especially since it'll be the first of its kind, but we're not going to depend on money and, thus, it's a low/no-budget doco. Funding will limit us in some ways, but forces us to think outside of the box and get creative. I will certainly use this space to describe how creative we get with our filming methods, in case you're at all curious!

Linsey and I are going to start putting together a treatment for this doco and will post it up here as soon as possible! So stay tuned!

Hello and thanks for tuning in!

I intend on using this space to give updates on the progress of the documentary "Lolita Girls" (note: working title!). As far as my research shows (which is Googling and browsing YouTube) there haven't been any documentary made on the state of Lolita fashion/lifestyle here in the U.S.

So I'm hoping to enlighten the public a bit on this poofy, frilly, often over-the-top fashion, and also entertain and educate. I intend to do this by following the lives of 4 local lolitas as they prepare to put on for one of the biggest lolita fashion show in CT ever (they even enlisted me to modeling in the show!).

Expect photoshoots, tea parties, fashion and drama from this production, which is currently in preproduction. My name is Kato and I'm producing this documentary on very, very low budget. I'm hoping to get some interest in the film and perhaps receive some funding so I won't be limited by my dwindling bank account. I'm a freelance videographer (www.katoproductionsllc.com) with a passion for film and fashion, and although I've worked on several short documentaries, this will be my first time producing (...directing and editing!). My awesome friends will assist as camera operators, directors, photographers and composers.

Please feel free to comment with any questions or suggestions! I'd love to hear your ideas and input!