I filmed a San Diego County Credit Union commercial yesterday. It was awesome. It was way up north in the avocado groves in Crest. Kind of near the fires but there was no sign of them where I was. This was the biggest set I've been on w/a trailer for hair/make up, the production company, and food. Yes there was a trailer especially for food-and medical supplies, and water, and tampons and... you name it! For breakfast they asked 'what do you want?' and I said "what do you have?" and they said "anything you want"! Anything? Come on!!!! For lunch it was a choice of Tallapia fish, spaghetti and meatballs or fried chicken w/a salad bar. It was insane. Oh and the commercial went well too! I really enjoyed the director. He never became stressed and gave us generous direction without making the actor feel stifled. The man that played my husband was an exact replica of Ed Burns. Even his voice was the same. I'm sure he was annoyed by me telling him how much he looked like him. There was a still photographer on set. I was told if they use our photos for the brochure it would also go onto a billboard. I doubt our commercial will go up-but its a nice thought. The day was very cold. I had to wear shorts so that was my only complaint. Otherwise all of the crew/make up/wardrobe folks were all really great. I think I can definitely get the hang of this!
