Bud Light Shoot
December 11, 2006 Add a comment below...
Bud Light ShootOriginally uploaded by LimboSaint.
So, the Bud Light Shoot happened last Friday. The plan was to meet at 1:30pm at Sable Canyon Ranch in Santa Clarita.
Sable Canyon is a place used for making many different films. They basically have a little ghost town for westerns (see photos via flickr to the left), and other various locations that can be used for films. See http://tinyurl.com/w2rfc and http://tinyurl.com/yezesd and http://tinyurl.com/ylvqw9 for the various films that have been shot there. Also, see http://employees.oxy.edu/jerry/sable.htm for a further explanation about Sable Ranch.
So, I arrived and they were shooting a different Bud Light spot. It involved pirates and was set in a bar. So, the waiting began. I worked with wardrobe to come up with an outfit that worked. Ended up wearing my own clothes which will kick in some extra $$ at the end of the day. So, black jeans, some layers up top covered with my jean jacket is what I would be wearing…oh yeah, and a burlap sack with one eye-hole on my head. Originally, they had designed the spot to have me wearing a hockey mask, but that was too similar to some famous movie character…(hint, he only works on Friday’s)…so burlap for Bostin….
The plan was to film at twilight, which would be about 5pm or so…so, basically, we waited…
Finally, it was time to move to our location. We were going to film down the road a ways on Placerita Canyon Road…It would involve a car, and they had CHiPs there to block the hiway when needed. The crew trucks were set up along the side of the road as were we.
They rushed to get some shots of the car driving down the road…then it was my turn. I was hurried into my spot as we were losing the light. A few takes and I thought I was done, but the light was so bad, that they had to set up additional lights and we basically re-did my stuff.
After we were done, I thought I might get to leave, but the director held on to me, just in case…so, I got to hang out in the cold, canyon night while they filmed the rest of the spot. There are some shots of the car on the dolly to left (on flickr), but it was dark and you can’t see much, but it gives you the idea. Finally, around 10pm we were done and on our way home.
So, things went fine. I hope the spot turns out well. It is being considered as a Super Bowl ad, so cross your fingers for that one! No matter, I just hope it gets used and used a bunch, cha-ching $$…
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