I got to do something really fun today. I got to be in a campaign commercial!
One of our friends is also our State Representative, and he asked if our family
would be in his commercial. Erick had to go to work, so he didn't get to be in
it, and Jay wouldn't cooperate, so it was just me and the rest of the kids.
Basically, it was Bruce Borders and I talking with the kids playing on
playground equipment at the park behind us. (I guess Jay thought he was too cool
to slide down the slide over and over on cue.) There won't be any audio of us
talking, so we just talked about whatever, including discussing jobs we'd had
and Tim Hawkins jokes.
It felt a bit awkward, since they had us standing
so close together. No personal bubbles for us! The camera people would tell us
every so often to nod or smile or look serious, but other than they just wanted
us to carry on a conversation with each other. They also called out directions
for the kids and how they should play--such as when they needed to down the
slide or whether they needed to go faster or slower. After they had filmed for
probably a good twenty minutes, they decided they wanted me to take my glasses
off so they had to do all the shots over again.
I really enjoyed the
experience. The kids said they never knew that people in the background in
commercials were told to do things a certain way. It was definitely a learning
experience for all of us, and I'm so glad I got to do it. I've always wanted to
be in a political ad.
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