The morning shoot was in the produce portion of the market. Jack rushes up to me with a microphone as I shop for peaches and asks me questions like, "What brings you to Denios? What keeps you coming back? Why is the produce so wonderful here?" to these questions I would respond, "...because the local growers bring the fruit straight from their farms... because of the wide selection... Just smell this peach, it's fantastic! It all looks, smells and tastes so fresh!" you get the idea. The second part of the morning shoot was another talent going over the same material and then me in the background shopping.
After the morning shoot the cast and crew were fed a hearty meal of Chicken, corn dogs, Salad, Wedge Fries, Fruit Salad and Scones. Bye bye diet (which was alright because the shoot was already half over, love the loop holes).
I felt so honored to be there because our meeting place was at the Denio family compound (behind the 70 acre market), Tracy the granddaughter of founder Jim Denio was telling us that the Denio's family gets together there the Saturday after every Thanksgiving. There are several bedrooms at the compound for the family gathering every year and so it was dubbed "The Holiday Inn". Family pictures lined the walls and it was so neat to be there.
After lunch, we were off to the next shoot which took place in the Garage Sale portion of the market. Same sort of material and feel as the morning shoot only this time we were dealing with garage sale items as opposed to fruits or veggies. Oh, and it was nearing 90 degrees by this time. Luckily, the shots were quick and they had golf carts for us to lounge on in between takes as well as ice cold waters and Gatorade. I hardly broke a sweat, it was nice (but if I did, hair and make up was just trailing us with a fix-it kit).
The commercial is scheduled to air not this Wednesday but next and I overheard the director saying that these commercials will air for the next two years! That is a really long time, wow.
Now, a nap.
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