It’s early on a Saturday morning in Los Angeles, and since screen-writer and budding director A.J. Wells happens to be visiting this weekend, we’ve committed to attending the entire duration of this latest Celluloid Addiction shoot. First in. Last out. Both days. … Nothing but beautiful naked women to look at and talk to for the entire weekend in the Hollywood Hills. Oh, bother. Work, work, work ….

The dedication here reigns astounding, right?

True to the roots of the Nymphetamine series, Michael et al, have assembled a dandy collection of beautiful women to prance through the camera lenses over the next two days. Also true to the roots of the latest incarnation of the Artcore of Michael Ninn, the “et al” part of the equation remains remarkably low in the New Ninn world. There’s Michael, of course, a couple of camera operators, a video tech, and sort of a miscellaneous guy whose job consists of helping everyone with whatever they need. Other than the actual application of the models’ makeup, Michael’s partner on set handles basically everything else, from the producer and assistant director positions, to production managing, to styling and wardrobe, to the actual still photography and behind-the-scenes videography, Scott fills a lot of shoes in this streamlined approach to making DVDs.

Now Scott happens to operate what may be the only actually successful new magazines to hit the stands in the last decade in Strip Las Vegas, so he’s undoubtedly used to filling a lot a varying roles in a given day. But on a movie shoot, the list of responsibilities here remains a truly impressive one. (And I don’t just say that because he gives us free copies of the magazine. Really.) Even if everything goes “smoothly” an individual will be exhausted by the task list at the end of the day, and for the first time in many, many moons, a decidedly not smooth road ran through the production.