Production
| "Having our life turned into a mockumentary wasn’t as big a deal as some would think. We took all the friendships, Alex’s one liners, and my music and put it into a storyline; it was a heightened reality...The show created a great audience for us..." |
| —Nat Wolff |
Kidzhouse Entertainment, a production company that also produces the series, is located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The enormous studio is large enough that cast members play basketball with friends in a separate room when they are finished filming episodes. Moreover, during a family interview at the Times Center Stage in January 2008, Nat mentioned that the family's authentic home is not as multi-colored as in the show.
Draper managed to keep an eye on her two boys. For example, when the cast was filming an episode that featured the band recording a video, Nat, who did not want to make out in the scene due to his crush Rosalina watching, mistakenly smooches her. He then confesses to his mother that he was puzzled as to what the instructions were. The scene being filmed was that of the first season's ninth episode "First Kiss (On the Lips, That is)" which was directed by Melanie Mayron, who acted alongside Draper in Thirtysomething.
As showrunner, Polly Draper's presence is evident. For example, during production for the fourth episode of the second season, as the boys played restlessly on a purple sofa, their mother (who was not directing the episode) admonished them by saying, "Both of you, try to smile more." Occasionally, family disputes occur on set; for example, in July 2008—after filming for a long period of time on the set—when Draper gives one of the boys' an instruction, one of the siblings' replies, "I know, Mom!"
The first season was prodiminately written by Draper. The other writers were Magda Liolis, Michael Rubiner and Bob Mittenthal, and Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi. Moreover, Draper and Melanie Mayron were the only directors for the season. While consisting of the same panel of writers for the series (to the exclusion of McRobb and Viscardi), Jonathan Judge joined Draper and Mayron as a director for the second season. The last episode Mayron directed for that season, and thus the series, featured her as a fan on the radio (by providing the voice over). By the third season, Mittenthal joined the writing team as co-executive producer, with Draper and Judge directing every other TV movie while Mark Salisbury directed the initial animated episode and Rosario Roveto, Jr. directed the concluding episode. It differed from other seasons as the third season consisted of one webisode, and four TV movies and episodes.
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