Thursday, June 11, 2009

Commercial Shoot

I had so much fun on set yesterday! I got there a little before my 9AM call time and went to have my hair and make-up done. I changed into my wardrobe and then hung around for a few hours in the make-up trailer while I waited to be called to set.

Once I got to set, I met Geordie, the director, and Bryan, the actor I was going to be working with. We spent about an hour and a half shooting different variations of the dialogue and re-shooting with different adjustments that Geordie gave us.

Then we broke for an hour lunch and Bryan, the other three actors in the commercial and I ate and then hung out in the trailer talking and listening to music.

After lunch we shot a different part of the commercial and then I had to record some "wild track" dialogue. That means they had me in a room with a microphone just recording dialogue over and over that will be edited into the commercial. It is amazing how long it takes for a 30 or 60 second spot to get made!

The whole day was a lot of fun and I can't wait to see which parts of what we shot end up in the final commercial:)

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Amazing

This past weekend was a lot of fun. I went to see the movie 'UP' at the El Capitan theatre in Hollywood. It was in 3-D and there was a live Disney pre-show beforehand. The movie itself was really cute. Then on Sunday I co-hosted a Tony Awards party. We played theatre trivia games and everyone dressed up as their favorite theatre character.

Yesterday I had a wardrobe fitting for my commercial. The three wardrobe girls were really nice and I officially met the director. At the fitting they had me try on 10 outfits and then took a bunch of pictures so the producers and ad agency people can decide what they want me to wear. My shoot date is Wednesday and I can't wait!

After my fitting I went to visit my friend, Joe at work, who works on the show Californication. They had just wrapped shooting for the day and so we went on an impromptu trip to the beach! Nothing beats living in Los Angeles and being able to work some and play some all in the same day:)