I had such a fun day on set of the commercial shoot I did a week ago for
Buy Smart - Enterprise Lifestyle. And it was completely surprising and lovely to have several familiar faces on the team as well as fabulous new people to meet.
It was a real blast from the past to find out my 'husband' would be played by my friend
Dean Roberts, who was my colleague and fellow 'bohemian' in the South African and touring musical theatre production of
We Will Rock You (also read We Will Rock You - A Tribute) some years ago! Deano is an absolute scream, he has the best sense of fun and humour to have around on set and wow he's so great with kids! What an absolute pleasure angel!
I got to play #mommyforaday and had the most gorgeous-looking family!
Just look at my gorgeous little girl Amika and cute dimple-face boy, Levi. (So this is what my offspring would look like if I married a blonde!) And lemme tell you, the camera looooooves Levi! There's something to be said for the pure innocence of kids that age, they have absolutely no limits, fears or airs. Almost oblivious to the camera he just 'is', his whole little being speaks of joy and freedom of spirit. It's magical and inspiring!
I met
Aileen Joubert at our wardrobe fitting at the Wardrobe Studio and we were chatting about my sharing the Joubert surname (maiden name) and having lived in Northcliff, but I never quite put two and two together.
On set she was telling me about having worked with primates earlier in life, and I got all excited telling her about this lady who was my neighbour in high school who also rehabilitated monkeys and how my sister and I did school projects on them. After a great pregnant pause, she announced "That's me!"
Well, I could have hit myself! Of course she was! I don't know how I missed it before, I mean her name should have rung a
big bell! What a wonderful 'coincidence'! And what a good-looking on-screen mom to have, go-figure - we do look like we could be family!!
I just adored my beautiful red dress and styling by
The Warderobe Studio and enjoyed the pleasure of working with
Nerine Pienaar and her team once again, feeling familiar and well looked after in their hands.
Fianca Barnard was attentive on set all day, making sure I looked fabulous.
And the lovely
Bianca Pelser who did hair and make-up was a gem, and it was just as fascinating to realize we have so many friends and connections in common.
It was a wonderfully smooth day of filming and I enjoyed the slightly more improvisational style director
Andrew Cleland used to get the best performances out of the kids. As an often behind-the-scenes crew member myself, I always pay attention to and try to honour the unsung crew heroes who actually make it all happen at the end of the day. It was an immense pleasure to work with the great AD
Darryl Fuchs, DOP
David Pienaar and their teams.
I must also compliment the catering by
Anton from
Aquarius, who made the most yummy and mouth-watering coconut-covered, jam-pocketed, cereal-flaked, impossible-to-decline dessert. (no other way to describe it!)
Well, in a blink it was all over and I had enjoyed such a joy-filled, love-what-i-do day.
It's heaps of gratitude that spill over and await the next time I can walk onto a film set and enjoy telling you all about it!
Chat Soon Peeps!
