My commercial shoot with Frye and Pop Sugar Media went so, so well. The production team was great and the female model was amazing which made for a smooth project overall. There were two people with high-end digital camera's filming for the commercial along with photographers on set taking still images, stylist, make-up artist and a couple extra hands on set holding light reflectors etc. We filmed in West Village(in Manhattan) in a cool little park. There was constantly a stream of hundreds of onlookers who, once they saw all the cameras, would stop behind the production team and take pictures of me and the female model with their digital cameras or cell phones which I thought was pretty cool. It made me feel like I was a "star". The female model was from Denmark, she has been modeling for 13 years and can fluently speak 6 languages. The lead photographer on-set was amazing, he has even worked with Vogue so I feel quite honored to have had the opportunity to take part in this project with him. Once I have a link to the video I'll be sure to share it!
Outside of modeling I have had the chance to meet some interesting people through my other job at the restaurant I work for. We had the President of Bravo, Show Developer at MTV Networks, CEO of American Express, a Today Show anchor, the Product Manager at Ralph Lauren Polo and the Cheif over Government Affairs for the NFL have all dined with us. Another cool thing I stumbled upon recently was the set for Men In Black 3. I was walking to the grocery store in the neighborhood where I live and happened upon this huge outdoor set with all kinds of filming equipment, tour buses etc. I didn't see Will Smith but none-the-less it was a cool experience to sit and watch them work for a bit. Speaking of filming, there has also been a new t.v. show being filmed at Riverpark(the restaurant I'm employed by). The production team comes into the restaurant early in the morning, sets up for the show, films, breaks down and sets the restaurant back to normal each morning before the restaurant opens for dining service. Riverpark also recently held an event sponsored by Manhattan Magazine due to the magazines best restaurants in Manhattan of 2011 issue coming out. I believe 13 chefs were selected including the chef/co-owner of Riverpark. Riverpark hosted the event and all 13 chefs set up small tables offering samples of their food from their respected restaurant. I believe close to 300 people showed up for the event, it was quite a night.
Time for pictures! During my shoot with Frye I had the opportunity to hang out on a really cool private tour bus that took me to the location of the shoot. It was filled to the brim with various foods and drinks, after initially walking into the bus I remember thinking to myself, "I could get use to this!" I decided to take a picture of the bus but had trouble getting my Blackberry's camera lens to focus so the image is a bit blurry but will give you an idea of what the interior of the tour bus looked like.
This weeks poem actually started out as two different poems but after doing some tweaking I combined the two poems into one. Its pretty self-explanatory, but basically its about a boy chasing a girl. Enjoy.
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My heart lays an intricate beat
Her body exudes a sudden heat
Oh baby, fall to my knees
Oh baby, don't you let go
At least wait to see if our souls will dance and flow
Lets grind these feelings away
Don't be afraid to love me true
Her beauty speaks like hey, hey, hey
Never gonna give you up no matter what you do
The bass kicks and the snare rattles through
Jump and skip, one, two, do-dee-do
I can't explain nor contain these words
A beautiful symphony begging to be heard
Look me in my face while I give you a taste
I go on the grind but her eyes leave me in a bind
Sly girl, like a fox
Got me hooked, gotta detox
Lookin' out over castle walls
Winds kick and so I fall
Spiral downward toward destiny
Crooks are out on the cobblestone
She'll love you for a small fee
Steal your soul but leaves her halo home
Skp and whistle you childish thief
True love is dead says the chief
And so I fall, down I fall
They whisper, boy she'll never call
I'm achin' now, gotta stand it somehow
A jealous heart will retaliate
Never the same since feeling her hate
2 comments:
As always, I enjoyed your blog. Your dad and I are ecstatic for you regarding your commercial. We can hardly wait to see the video.
We hope this is the first of many!
Mom
Austin, I enjoy following you and what you are doing. It all sounds so exciting. Sounds like you are getting some really good offers. I know you are going to do very good.
And meeting so many interesting people I am sure is so exciting.
You are a very good writer. Wish I could put words/thoughts together like you do.
I am looking forward to seeing pictures and video.
Have a good week.
Carolyn
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