Commercial Time

That's me, in the grey shirt.  I'm sitting in Little Town Market, the small grocery and convenience store in our town.  Why am I sitting there, reading a book?  I'm an extra in a commercial.

With my brother as director, a group from our church filmed a commercial for Chalk Shirts last week.  

And what are Chalk Shirts?  They are t-shirts with a chalkboard painted on them.  A chalkboard which you can write or draw on with chalk.  And they are seriously awesome.

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The creator of these fantastic shirts attends our church and as a practice project, the film crew made a commercial for him.

My brother and our friend Hank were the two man "characters" in the commercial - Chalk Shirt Guy #1 and Chalk Shirt Guy #2.  Because we're creative like that.

My job was super easy.  All I had to do was be my charming self, sit at the table, and read my book, The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter.  That, I can do.  And it's an excellent book, by the way.

Actually, that's pretty much all Hank had to do, too.  Sit and read.  Except he got to read Alex's book The Adventures of Rathdrum Willie.  Seeing as it's a much, much shorter book, he probably had that book memorized by the time we were done shooting.

And who can blame my bro for a little shameless book advertising?  Hehe.

The older gentleman seated at the table with me was another extra.  He just happened to be in the store when we were just getting started and was quite interested in what we were doing, so Alex asked him if he'd like to be an extra.  He was a natural - next stop, Hollywood.  Okay, maybe not. ;)

And here it is, the finished commercial itself...

The delightful and original soundtrack/theme was written and recorded by my talented bro.
Make sure to click through to the YouTube channel so you can like and favorite the video!

Happy Trails, y'all!

p.s.
Bow ties are cool...

Yep, just had to get that Doctor Who reference in there.