Seeking Simone

Behind the Scenes of Episode 4 - Plus, Tips for Hot n' Heavy Scenes

Ask Audrey will be back next week - Audrey, like the rest of us, is busy basking in the afterglow of Episode 4, in which Simone FINALLY got some!

For the record, in the original script, Simone does actually meet Caramel Kiss in a club before bringing her home and getting it on.

But given our timeline (short) and budget (HA ha!), finding a club to shoot in that wouldn't look totally dork-acious seemed unlikely.

So THEN we thought we'd show the club part in snapshots before heading back to Simone's apartment for the main event. So we had our ace photographer, Kristin, take some photos of the girls meeting outside the club.

We learned some good lessons that night.

1. The flash is a harsh mistress.

2. It's hard to feel sexay when you're freezing your nips off.

3. Even though it's known to be the gayest street in all of Toronto, dudes on Church St. will still stop to watch and hoot enthusiastically if two chicks look like they MIGHT kiss. Thanks for keeping it classy, Church Street.

3. Vertically oriented shots are really hard to use in videos.

In the end, Team Simone opted not to use the photos and to cut right to the chase, as it were. And by "the chase", I mean, "the girl-on-girl action".

If you're shooting your own hot n' heavy lesbian scene in the future, we have some wisdom to impart there too.

1. Cast people who are cool and brave. Not everyone's idea of a fun night involves being filmed during a half-naked homo clinch. Weird - but true! Fortunately, Kiran and Renee are both cool and brave and totally went for it - and we all sat around and watched. HA ha! You guys are the best.

2. Pick the right lingerie. This was the hardest part of the job, for sure. "Could you...model that, Kiran? Okay, and now the other one?"

3. Choreography. Improv has its time and its place but choreography is always a must. Our director, Lisa, made it a threesome a few times as she demonstrated optimum making out positions.

4. Have a great crew. When you're shooting an intimate scene, it's pretty great to have a DoP who is kind and respectful and who doesn't yell stuff like "Bonerific!" or "Flick it!" Those things are only funny when the writer does it. And they are funny only to the writer.

5. Don't let the writer sit in the corner. See #4.

For a few of Kristin's "outside the club" photos, as well as the rest of the "crime scene" behind the scenes shots, check out the Episode 4 photo album Seeking Simone Facebook page or visit our Flickr page (click on the "most recent" tab for the latest shots).

Ep 4 in Spanish! Ep 3 in Portuguese! Renée on SistersTalk Radio!

Happy Autumn, everyone! It's been a busy weekend for Team Simone, y'all.

First, the lovely Lorena of lebiscoito sent us subtitles in Portuguese for Episode 3, bringing our total number of dirty lyrics translations up to four! Use this information wisely, ladies - these are private words. Don't whip 'em out on the bus or anything, that's all I'm saying.

Muito obrigado to Lorena for the subtitles!!

Seeking Simone Ep 1.3 in Portuguese

THEN, the lightning-fast Paola of Lesbicanarias provided Spanish subtitles for Episode 4! Paola mentioned that all that girl-on-girl action sure makes for faster translation - Paola, you're welcome.

If you ever wondered how to tell someone "that girl is out of your league" in Spanish, Paola has you covered. Muchas gracias, Paola!!

Seeking Simone Ep 1.4 in Spanish

Finally, if you missed Renée on SistersTalk Radio last night, you can download the interview here.  Thanks again to Genia for the opportunity to chat up Simone!

Seeking Simone's Renée Olbert on SistersTalk Radio Tonight!

Set your dials!

The lovely and talented Genia Stevens of SistersTalk Radio will be interviewing the lovely and talented Renée Olbert tonight at 6 p.m. Eastern on her podcast.

With all that loveliness and talent, who knows what they'll talk about? Politics? Q-tips? Muff jokes? ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN! Be sure to tune in.

If you don't have a chance to tune in live, don't fret - you can always download the podcast later and enjoy at your leisure. Over and over again! Or, you know, just once. Ladies' choice.

Seeking Simone Episode 4 - It's UP!

Ladies and ladies and also gentlemen!

Seeking Simone Episode 4 - A League of Her Own is now live! Watch it here!

Crime! Passion! Donuts! This episode has it all...and MORE! Well...definitely the first three. Hope you enjoy!

Simone Ep 3 - Now in French!

The lovely ladies from French lesbian site Univers-L have worked their magic again and we now have subtitles in French for Episode 3! Merci, merci!

Because there's only one word from Episode 3 that we all REALLY need to know, here it is:

Seeking Simone Ep 1.3 in French

Thanks again to Magali Lehane, Lindsay Gray and Virginie Pécoult from Univers-L for expanding our vocabularies with your fabulous subtitles!

Ask Audrey Ep 4 - Betty Q, Halifax

Audrey's back this week with more pearls of gay dating wisdom, just for you! In this episode, Audrey analyzes some lesbian euphemism for BettyQ in Halifax.

Have a question for Audrey? Leave it in the comments, tweet her at @ask_audrey OR, to keep it private until she blabs it on her vlog, contact her via the contact form. She can't wait to hear from you! Seriously...she CANNOT WAIT.

Simone Interviewed by Crazed Buffy Fan on Univers-L

As you may recall, last week French website Univers-L published an interview with Seeking Simone creators Rose and Renée. (scroll down for the English version)

But the gals at Univers-L ALSO had a very special correspondent - BuffyFan3927 - interview Simone herself! What followed...well, you'll have to read the interview in English or in French to find out.

Here's a snippet, to whet your appetite:

Are you aware that a weird photo of you having an eargasm circulating on the web??? It’s a pretty intimate thing, how do you deal with that? (any sex tape available soon? Want to do like the famous other chicks of LA?) (By the way, do you think you could sign me that photo? Just for me!! Pleaaaaaase!!!)

SIMONE :  I actually appreciate the opportunity to talk about that photo…I was young, obviously…well, younger, it was last year…and that photo is just one of many I took for an ad campaign for Q-Tips. Of course, the ads never ran because the photographer did not actually have a contract with Q-Tips – he actually conned several young women into posing with Q-Tips and then sold the photos to a fetish website. I was not paid for that job. I switched agents shortly after that incident – and that’s how I ended up getting on CSIS:ForensicSWAT! So in a way, I have that Q-Tip snapping perv to thank for my big break.

Head over Univers-L to check out the interview in English and in French. And thanks to the hilarious Magali and Gaëlle of Univers-L for hooking Simone up with her biggest fan!! Her biggest, creepiest fan.

Seeking Simone goes Brazilian! In the "new Portuguese subtitles" sense, you pervs.

A few weeks ago, the lovely Anja from Kweens, who does our German subtitles, let us know that she'd seen a Portuguese subtitled version of Ep 1 and suggested we track it down. So we did!

Lorena and Carol from lebiscoito were totally AWESOME and provided us with Portuguese subtitles for Episodes 1 & 2!! 

So for those of you courting Brazilian beauties, we have the goods right here. Learn essential lesbian pick-up phrases like "My ass looks better in the second photo" and "get away from that soul-sucking vampire" and you'll have the ladies swooning for SURE.

Seeking Simone Ep 1.1 with Portuguese subtitles

Seeking Simone Ep 1.2 with Portuguese subtitles

Here's a quick refresher on toggling between captions: Just click on the CC button at the bottom of the YouTube player to turn on the captions - then mouse over the little arrow button to the left to choose your language.

Muito obrigado to Carol and Lorena for the fabulous subtitles!!

Lesbian Dating Advice - Audrey-Approved!

Ask Audrey was having some...technical difficulties this week, but we didn't want to deprive you all of your weekly dose of excellent lesbian dating advice!

Audrey recommends:

SistersTalk Radio - We're big fans of SistersTalk - we posted about Genia's interview with Karen Williams back in June!

The latest episode of She Said She Said with Genia Stevens and her partner Andrea is called "Analyzing Lesbian Dating Ads on Craigslist". VERY IMPORTANT SKILL, ladies.

Genia told us this week's topic was inspired by Seeking Simone - thanks for the shout-outs, Genia & Andrea! This podcast is chock-full of funny stories, bad personal ads and very good advice on everything from red flags to look out for in your local Craiglist W4W section to meeting your significant others parents (hint - haha - be out to your parents first). Download the podcast and soak up the wisdom!

Seeking Simone's very own Renée Olbert will be interviewed on SistersTalk Radio on September 20 - mark your calendars.

The Lo-Down

Malinda Lo and Sarah Pecora just kicked off a seven-part series on lesbian dating over on AfterEllen and it's a definite must-see for advice-seeking lesbian daters.

Whether you're just starting off on a journey to girl-on-girl action true love or you're a veteran carpet...enthusiast, Malinda and Sarah dish up some excellent, hilarious and also very keen and common-sense tips on how to handle a variety of lesbo-dating situations. No grabbing! Don't be drunk!

We know there are lots of other lesbian dating advice givers out there - let us know your favourites in the comments, so we can all benefit from the wisdom! And Ask Audrey will be back next week!

Univers-L Interviews Seeking Simone in English et en Français! Plus, New French Subtitles!!

A few weeks ago, we got a very curious note in our contact form. And by "curious", we mean "very disturbing". Upon closer inspection, however, it turned out to be the most hilarious interview request EVER. Here is what it said:

Hi Simone I'm buffyfan3927,

I've seen your profile on the dating online website and I couldn’t believe it when I saw it !!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMFG loooooooooool, I thought "WTF, am I dreaming ???". So happy, because I'm a huge fan of your show, I think it's great, really great !!!!! Every week I watch it and I think "OMG, That Woman is my soul mate I need to know her" and there you are !!!. Now a few words about me :  I'm a pretty funny person, I love to read deep books such as Willow & Tara fanfictions, and  I live on a little flat with my lovely cat Buffy, and my birds Willow and Tara.

I would be so happy if you accept a date with me. Will you ?? Say yes ! Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase !! I'm pretty sure we would make a wonderful couple and I've already the names of our four children : Bette, Tina, Jenny and Shane !!

Just before we called the cops, we read the second half of the note, which was from the very funny and fabulous women of French lesbian website Univers-L, requesting an interview for their site. With an intro like that, HOW COULD WE SAY NO?

Magali and Gaëlle sent over the questions and we answered. And then they translated and posted! Check out the Univers-L interview in English and French for a little Seeking Simone history, a little web series philosophy and a lot about why we love Buffy.

But that's not all! The lovely ladies of Univers-L not only translated our interview into French, but they also created French subtitles for the first two episodes of Seeking Simone! For those of you who wanted to know how to shop for organic beets and complain about emotional crabs in French - YOU'RE WELCOME.

Seeking Simone Ep 1.1 in French

Seeking Simone Ep 1.2 in French

Stay tuned - the crazy girls at Univers-L have one more VERY SPECIAL interview to share and we'll post about that next week. VERY SPECIAL.

Merci beaucoup to Magali, Gaëlle, Lindsay and Virginie and all of the Univers-L team for the fantastic interview and the wonderful subtitles!! Vous êtes merveilleux!!!