IBM Shoot

I did my IBM commercial shoot today. It really was a lot of fun. It was my first time working with Joe Pytka, the biggest commercial director on the planet. I was told he directed like all the IBM spots in the last 12 years. That's amazing!

I did my research before hand about him and all the stuff that is online about him. I was definitely a bit intimidated at first. My shot came second to last too at the end of the day. I was really trying to focus very hard on what I was doing. The lines were pretty much fed to me there, though they briefly showed me beforehand what I was doing. It was pretty intense, but amazing.

It really was a great experience and working with Joe Pytka, I learned so much. I was only really working in front of the camera for like 5 minutes and that was it. But he knows exactly what he wants and doesn't waste any time. It was just amazing. I had 1 take at 1 angle, and then pretty much 1 take with 1 adjustment to 1 line at another angle and then I was done. It just went by so fast, but I loved every second of it.

Well I hope I get to work with him again on future commercials. I chatted with some of the other actors and they said he likes to reuse people. I have seen the same people in many of his commercials too so who knows, fingers crossed.

It was also amazing that one of the background actor there today was actually in another shoot I was in two years ago. He was actually a background in the Verizon commercial I did in the Fall of 2007. That was an amazing coincidence.

All in all, I am thrilled and fingers crossed that this will make it to the screens. I had a great day!!!!!