Every tale has to start somewhere, and you'll be pleased to read this one is no different. The setting is Barcelona. I had been here for a little over a month and was on my first set shooting a television advert. The brand was Peugeot, the concept was effectively for me to to dance like an idiot, looking like an idiot and the phrase "got style?" would flash across the screen, before showing the car looking sexy, as they always try and make cars look, and flashing simply "Style". The set-up was awesome. For those that know Barcelona, we took over a large chunk of area next to the Telefonica building using the backdrop of the shimmering walls of the Museu Blau. I was kitted out in a Jeremy Scott for Adidas silver faux astronaut jacket, bright blue jeans and a pair of loud trainers. In the casting for the advert we had been shown a 20-second video of a type of dance called JumpStyle and asked to attempt it as best we could. They obviously liked what they saw and after 20minutes with a choreographer they determined I was ready go. A quick chat with the director who reassured me they weren't expecting anything amazing simply for me to recreate my JumpStyle dancing from the casting and I was in front of the Cameras. Plural. This was new for me; up until this point I had dealt with standard cameras and a maximum crew of three or four. Here I had light guys, sound guys, camera guys, set guys, water tank guys (oh yeah they were flowing water around me so I could kick it into the air like in 'Singin' in the Rain') hair, make up, stylists and of course a Director and his chums. Lights, camera, ACTION!
I had been modelling for two years when I moved to Barcelona. This Peugeot job was not the first job I have done. Indeed, 2 months previous I shot an online advert for Reebok Classics. The year before I did a little job with Sony for the Playstation Move. But what the Peugeot job was, and also the reason this tale starts here and not any earlier, was a vindication. It was evidence that I made the right decision to come to Barcelona. It was evidence that there was work here and that I had the ability and the look to get it. But most of all it lit a fire inside me, or rather it threw a lot of wood on a fire that has always been there but was not always burning so bright. In an industry where you are constantly knocked back, where you can constantly come up short, I felt I was finally be recognised for the talent I had. And it was a great feeling. Thankfully, other people seemed to take notice as well and I went on to experience the most successful 3 months of my life. Jobs were booked, photos taken and adverts filmed; all tales that will be told (with supporting images!) in the coming weeks.
So what is this Blog about...well for a long time Ive wanted to take more control over my career, and I don't mean simply modelling. I have extremely high ambitions for life and in order to achieve them I felt I needed to at least try and get my face, my words, my talents (if they can be called that; you can be the judge) out into the open for the whole world wide web to see. I hope, no scratch that, I believe I am on the start of an incredible journey. But Im kind of tired of doing it alone. I want to share with you all my stories, my work, my thoughts...essentially my life. Im new to this whole blog thing, any advice/help is extremely welcome.
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