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After a long hiatus from video/acting, last week I managed
to squeak my way into a Samsung promo video.
The last video I filmed was the Thai Airways TVC in May when I wed a
beautiful Thai woman. Oh lets get the right song on first.
Like a flash in the pan this job was booked. Within 2 days I
had a one to one meeting with the director, and started filming. The shoot took
place on Wednesday, a day that originally was supposed to be busy. But, as if
there isn’t always a but, Mother Nature decided to sprinkle a dusting of the
fantastic white stuff. My eyes began to glisten at the site of snow.
Unfortunately most Korean drivers (from what I see) don’t
know how to handle the snow. Hammering the gas and spinning leading to jammed
traffic. It doesn’t appear like threshold breaking is taught here either as I
everyone’s tires are locking up. I have never seen so many car accidents in my
life.
Zooming up and down, swirling around a camera shot past my
face. “Be natural” I am instructed from my booker/translator as I deal with the
fear of a camera coming within inches of my face and swinging back out. Maybe
it was a bit of film rust? Is that what you call it when its been a while since
you have been in front of the video
camera and need to shake off the cobwebs? Either way it took around 5 or 10
minutes for me to fully feel comfortable with the environment and movements I
needed to make.
And as quickly as the job was booked, I was done. With less
than 40 minutes in front of the camera the director was ecstatic about my
performance and that we had finished far ahead of schedule. I had fun and can’t wait to do another,
hopefully the next one is a big TVC though.
