Kissing in the Rain

***Kissing in the Rain*** is a two season series by Shipwrecked Comedy. The series was inspired by a John Green quote (quoted above). The series follows two couples Lily & James and Audrey & Henry. The project was a transmedia fan experiment that had videos on *Youtube*, roleplay *Twitter* accounts, and written canon drabbles by Yulin Kuang alongside fanon turned canon on *Tumblr*. (the *Twitter*s are linked under "Extra" and the *Tumblr*s are linked under each season's plot)

## Watch it Here!

* Playlist of all episodes of Kissing in the Rain on Youtube

## Plot

Two sets of actors re-enact the most romantic kisses in the rain from the 1600s through the 1960s, all while grappling with their off-camera feelings between takes.

### Season 1

Lily Everett and James Porter keep ending up as costars on romantic period films. However, offscreen the two do not share these feelings for eachother even in the slightest. Throughout the season, the two learn to enjoy eachothers company more.

Complete tumblr blog for season one of "Kissing in the Rain"

#### Episode 1

##### Video

Lily and James play the roles of Lily and James. In the movie, James runs after Lily to tell her that he is going to keep standing in the rain because he cannot go without her. She, however, finds him insufferable among other negative traits. Instead of walking away, he takes this as reason to start repeating 'I love you' to her. This convinces Lily, and the two of them makeout under her umbrella. The director calls cut, and the two actors break from their characters. James tries to make small talk and invite Lily out to lunch, but she quickly rejects it.

##### fan canon

It is revealed that they know eachother from an old pilot.

#### Episode 2

##### Video

Lily and James play the roles of Anne and Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables. Anne is out in a field soorounded by books and laying on a picnic blanket, when Gilbert comes out to greet her. He brings an umbrella to protect her from catching pnemonia,but she protests saying it is worth it to cacth pnemonia in order to enjoy the beauty of the rain. For her, he takes the umbrella down. They exchange a few sweet words, share a glance, then kiss eachother. The director calls cut, and James tries to make small talk that is once again rejected by Lily. They are still being unfriendly to eachohter. When she requests a water, he adds on the snarky comment of "and a mint."

### Season 2

Audrey Porter and Henry Mancuso are costars who keep ending up as eachothers film love interests. The two act on John Proctor/ Lenore, *Persuasion*, *Great Gatsby*, and *I Capture the Castle* movies. Throughout this, they develop feelings for eachother, but they struggle to express them.

Complete tumblr blog for season two "Kissing in the Rain"

## Credits

### Cast

* Sean Persaud as James Porter
* Mary Kate Wiles as Lily Everett
* Sinéad Persaud as Audrey Porter
* Sairus Graham as Henry Mancuso
* Alex Ovadia as Director
* Michael Phillips as Director
* Irene Choi as Director

### Crew

* Created by: Yulin Kuang
* Executive Producer: Yulin Kuang
* Co-Producer: Sinéad Persaud
* Director of Photography: Zack Wellnau
* Editor: Kyla Plewes
* Production Designer: Jennifer Hwang
* Hair/Makeup: Julika Engols
* Composers: Brian Grider, Paul Sprangers, & Scott Barber
* VFX Adviser: Laura Laham
* Costume Design: Yulin Kuang
* Set Costumer: Sarah Grace Hart
* Sound Design: Justin Lee Dixon
* Colorists: Zack Wellnau
* 1st AC: Christy Morogenroth & Ali Brocato
* Production Assistans: James Huff, Adam Floeck, Josh Gannon, Peter DeSalvo, Tiger Souvannkoumane, & Brian Regan
* Music for Episode 12 "Giving it My All": Max Brodie

## Production

They filmed the series over roughly three days. They created rain using three different rigs. And, they filmed around various spots in LA. They also did all of this on a very small budget.

## Extras

After the whole series was released, Shipwrecked uploaded a Blooper Reel to their channel. On the same day, Yulin uploaded a BTS video to her channel.

Additionally, there were three "in world" twitter accounts created for characters.

* Lily Everett: @iamlilyeverett
* James Porter: @realjamesporter
* Audrey Porter: @iamaudreyporter

## Trivia

* James and Audrey Porter were not originaly planned to be siblings, but the fanon turned canon made them siblings.
* Episodes 4, 5, and 10 were shot at the same house that A Tell Tale Vlog was shot at.
* James and Lily's ship name is "Jily." And, Audrey and Henry's ship name is "Portman(t)au."

1. ↑ "Isolation Livestream Six" on YouTube