Just finished a long day yesterday for my first commercial shoot!
Was for a well known phone company that rhymes with Horizon, and was a baptism by fire into the quantum world of mini-scenes that comprise a 30 second commercial.
There were puppeteers, giant blue screens, a celebrity, passing studio tours full of people who sometimes waved, racks and racks of wardrobe with little changing pods, and endless hours shooting the shit with the small group in my spot.
We formed our own little squad, and it felt very much like an orientation for school or camp given that it was the first one for two of us. One of the people in my group was a former famous Viner (RIP Vine may you come back soon) who gave us the scoop on how that all went down. Another had done two movies as the lead when she was very young. Another, like me, had 2 kids that required childcare coordination as the day went a bit long.
The audition process was equally mercurial - in one audition I was a viking, and in the next I was some kind of businessman.
My son once told me “you just do nonsense” regarding my job, and yesterday it couldn’t have felt more true.