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Me in a Subaru Ad

Blue Fox

Blue Fox

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In June, an ad agency got a hold of me because they were scouting talent for a Subaru commercial starring real owners doing real things. They saw my off road YouTube videos with my Subaru, and contacted me. A couple weeks later, I was on set, being the "talent" for this commercial. I'm not usually the type to get in front of a camera, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't thrilled to do it.

Amazing experience, and I was extremely happy with the outcome! Just aired earlier tonight on Discovery.

 
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leftywamumonkey

leftywamumonkey

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Wow, it turned out great and you did a wonderful job. :)
I have a few questions: where was it shot, do you actually rock climb and is that also your voice?
 
Blue Fox

Blue Fox

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leftywamumonkey said:
Wow, it turned out great and you did a wonderful job. :)
I have a few questions: where was it shot, do you actually rock climb and is that also your voice?
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That was shot north of Santa Fe, NM at Ghost Ranch. It's private land where they shot a couple of movies (Indiana Jones, No Country for Old Men, Cowboys and Aliens, etc.)

Yes, that is my voice, and I do actually rock climb (and ice climb, hike, mountain bike, scramble, etc. I love adventure sports). Everything in the commercial is real. I was driving the car in all the shots, climbed, scrambled, etc. It was an absolute blast.

I was worried about how my voice would come out, being that we did the recording (which was me talking for 2 hours about my random adventures) at 7:00am in my hotel room with a ton of audio equipment. lol.
 
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supercooled

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Great insight into how a commercial is all fleshed out. How long did the driving/climbing aka action shots take? A week, a day, a few hours? Did they also mount a DSLR camera on your Subaru for that 'into the cabin' shot?
Thanks
 
wordoflife

wordoflife

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Wow that's really neat! Congratulations :)

The commercial is really great - I like it!
 
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phas3

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what kind of subaru do you have? what year and model?

Great video btw!
 
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