Hadleigh headed to the K.C. area to film her very first TV commerical!
All went well. We arrived on set at about 2:30 and the crew was on break from filming the mom and dad part all morning. They brought the 3 kids in the house for wardrobe and decked them out in winter coats, ear muffs, mittens, hats, etc. and sent them back outside to keep comfortable. Filming was ready to go at about 3:30 and they shot until about 5:30.
The storyline is a mom and dad shopping online. The dad walks to the window and sees the kids all sitting bundled on the bench in the snow (fake snow) and goes back to the mom to ask what they are doing. She mentions that she told them she was going shopping. They become absorbed w/ the online shopping and the kids come to the door knocking and ringing the doorbell. Hadleigh yells, “It’s really cold out here!”. The boys shout, “I thought we were going to the mall?!”, etc. There’s different scenes of the kids acting bored, sleeping, etc….they don’t know which scenes will make the commercial just yet. Originally the kids had no speaking parts but they were being so good that they decided to give it a try. Seemed like everyone was happy with their performance so it should make the commercial.
The commercial is for a grocery store chain (Giant Eagle) in the Ohio, Pennsylvania areas so we won’t be seeing it on our TV, however, we are supposed to get a link to a streaming feed so we can save to the computer.
This was a pretty big gig for her first round…it’s a union job with SAG (screen actor’s guild) and she’ll receive her base pay and then residuals on it. The producers had flown in from L.A. for the shoot so that was exciting. They set up “house” in a model home in Lee's Summit, blanketed the yard with white sheets and used a snow machine for the flurries. There were caterers with tables of food (kids liked the bowls of candy) and stylists who made sure the hair and makeup was in place and as a bonus we got to keep the wardrobe.
It was all pretty exciting! We can’t wait to see it all put together.
It was all pretty exciting! We can’t wait to see it all put together.
**All this happened about a week after she got "cut" for a Colgate web commercial. She was picked for the gig as the favorite (over 100 tried out) and then cut at the last minute because they changed the dad out and Hadleigh no longer matched. She was devastated so Giant Eagle saved the day in our eyes! She's off to meet Hallmark reps next week so we hope that all goes well.
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