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“Adultish is basically one giant textbook of what to do and what not to do,” Victoria said. “When we started the first season, it was not scripted and there was no budget we didn’t know what we were doing.” However, co-star Brandon Scott Hughes (Handsome Eric) said not having a script that first season helped develop the second season. They knew what would and wouldn’t work for the characters, which helped as Brandon and Victoria began to write the script for season two.
I knew we were going to Seoul, even if we had no money. Even if we didn’t talk to Footprint about getting more involved. I was like, this is something that needs to happen because that just seems like the natural progression for these people - Jordan Elizabeth Gelber, CEO of Starbaby Enterprises
“I still think of the first season as just one giant pilot for the show. And we encourage everyone to watch all of Adultish, but I always say, if you started from season two and you worked your way up, going back and then watching season one and seeing where our roots started, I think it’s really fascinating for anybody that’s a filmmaker,” Justin said. Season three has garnered a lot of attention. For starters, it pushed Jordan to approach Victoria, who she had met before, about getting her company Starbaby Enterprise working with the show. Jordan said she was drawn in by the passion she saw in in the people working on the show as well as the show itself. Having heard of Footprint from a previous series that she and her partner Tom Kohut had produced, she thought it would be a good fit for Adultish. “These web series, they’re purely run on the fact that people are passionate about it. All of these virtual OTT platforms, they are
ensemble-based, so you’re working with people who are extremely hands on… that’s why Footprint jumped on it,” Jordan said. Victoria added that she was genuinely blown away by Footprint’s involvement. As soon as the show received nominations at the Seoul Web Fest, the company set to work figuring out a way to get a posse to the festival, with Jordan taking point on a lot of the planning. Seoul Web Fest 2017 This was the first international festival that Adultish attended, though they were at the LA Web Festival just four months ago in April. It was an exciting opportunity, though Justin admitted that at first that he didn’t even think they would be able to come. He said it’s been encouraging having people
and companies wanting to help out with the show. “People were coming to us and saying they wanted more and how can we help and how can we donate and, it was really mind-blowing. That only fueled our desire to keep doing it and keep doing it right,” he said. It took about two weeks, a lot of phone calls, little sleep, lots of coffee, and lots of songs sung by Victoria, but Jordan and Victoria worked out the details and made it happen. “I knew we were going to Seoul, even if we had no money. Even if we didn’t talk to Footprint about getting more involved. I was like, this is something that needs to happen because that just seems like the natural progression for these people,” Jordan said.