The past 2 nights, between the hours of 11pm and 4am I was doing 1 of 2 things:
1. Pushing a shopping cart
2. Eating
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| My cart! |
Let me clarify. My agent booked me some work on a Publix commercial. The commercials have to shoot overnight when the store is closed, so I've spent the last two nights as a dutiful Publix shopper. I think I'm more than qualified for the role....I do love grocery shopping!
Here's a run down of a
day night on the set:
9pm: Talent call time + hot dinner served
9-10pm: Wardrobe selects outfits and the client approves.
10pm-1am: On set. I was working the glamorous job of "background talent" these 2 nights. If you've ever watched a Publix commercial you'll notice blurs of people in the back.
You don't notice them (at least I don't) unless you look, but it would be weird if they weren't there. Like the grocery store was empty. The background's job is just to simply walk around and look like we're shopping without being distracting. That last part is tricky. There are cables and wires all over the floor and I had to make sure my cart didn't bang when I pushed it over them!
1:05: By the time 1:05 came around I was STARVING! I ate a big, healthy salad before I left home, but I was "legitimately hungry". Then we found "craft services". If you've ever been on a set before then you know about the delights of craft services.
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| Craft service - Day 1. |
There were healthy options like fresh veggies with dill-feta dip and fresh salsa. There were also devilish delights like dark chocolate brownies and peanut M&M's. At 1am it's hard to find a lot of will power. I had veggies, dip, salsa, and about 15 M&M's. I also drank a Mix1 I brought from home for protein.
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| Craft Service - Day 2. |
1:10-2:15: Back on set with additional breaks for coffee and craft services.
I was planted by the juice/produce section and it got quite cold. Brrrrrrrr!
2:15: Lunch. One of the pleasures of being on a Union set is that you are treated well and served hot food. It seems silly, but "hot" food makes a difference.
Omelets or a boxed sandwich lunch?
I had a ready-to-order veggie omelet and a few potatoes for carbs/energy. There were some delicious looking honey biscuits, but I restrained and enjoyed my
eggs ketchup.
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| Food pics in a dark parking lot. Not good - sorry! |
2:45- 4am: Play bananagrams and read. We were still at the shoot, but not needed at the time. We amused ourselves by playing word games and reading. Is the word "naan" acceptable in scrabble? Just wondering.
4:15am: We were released and I headed home to sleep.
And that's all in a day's work!
Have you ever been on a commercial or TV set? What was your favorite part?
Love and scene stealers,
Carissa & Kyle
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