After founding Not Literally in the summer of 2011 with Dana and Erik, followed by more than two years of increasingly exciting projects, I have made the personal decision to move on from Not Literally and into another chapter of my life. Don’t panic yet! I’ll be staying on in a partial capacity until late summer, to do my personal ... Read More »
Tag Archives: ginny
Dana and Ginny: A History
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, we received a comment asking about our work at the Colorado Renaissance Festival. Now is the time that this question will finally be answered. Behold! In 2009, Ginny auditioned to perform in a madrigal quartet at the Colorado Renaissance Festival, which she had been attending, in costume, religiously for about ... Read More »
Behind the Scenes — Flying in “We R Slytherins”
One of our most frequently asked questions on our videos, particularly our Slytherin house-pride video, We R Slytherins, is how we did the visual effects for flying on brooms. We wanted to show you guys firsthand how we shot the scenes that were later edited into the video for the broom-mounted drag racing! We used a greenscreen and some sawhorses ... Read More »
Ever wonder how Not Literally got started?
On Easter weekend of 2011, I was bored. Really bored. All three of my roommates were with their families for the day, and I had no idea what to do. So, logically, I decided to make a Ravenclaw-themed parody of Rebecca Black’s “Friday.” Okay, well…maybe that wasn’t terribly logical. But at the time, I was a part of a Hogwarts ... Read More »