As I’m sure you’ve all guessed, shooting a commercial takes a lot of time and work. Its never done in just one take, which means we have to do the same thing over and over again. After about the 20th take, I needed a break. Now I have some “stand ins” that help me out from time to time (being a full time mascot can be pretty exhausting, you know). Well, one of the stand ins weaseled his way into one of the takes. The results were pretty disastrous.
It all goes really well until the end of the shot. That’s when “the other” Frank gets all nervous and ends up piddling on the cards. Seriously not cool. Naturally I kept a copy of it just as a reminder to that marketing guy that you can’t replace old Frank T. Dawg.
Well, we’re done shooting the commercial and its looking pretty good if I do say so myself. Team PoolDawg bowed to my will and made me the star of the commercial so I must say I’m pretty pleased with how it all turned out. We shot the entire thing at The Foundry over in Boulder.
It was a bit nerve wracking having to stand there and look pretty for so long, but in the end it was totally worth it. Our director Ben Eslinger from Backline Productions was really cool and came up with a bunch of ideas for different endings to the commercial (some of which are going to have to be web only).
All in all, it was a blast shooting the new spot which we’re hoping to have to ESPN in time for the airing of the Pacific Coast Classic (November 15th). Once Ben’s finished doing his magic, we’ll post some of the commercials up on the blog.
It seems that team PoolDawg has decided that its time to update our beloved commercial. The guys over at The Foundry in Boulder, Colorado were nice enough to offer up their very cool space, so hopefully sometime in the next few weeks we’ll be shooting.
Now since I’m in Bloomington with Sarah, they had my stunt double stand in for some of the planning shots.
As you can see, my stunt double has been through some rough times. Sadly, he’s not lifting his leg here. His back leg got snapped off at one point, he’s got no tail… its really just sad.
They haven’t told me what exactly the commercial is going to be yet, but I have been promised a starring role.
