Cover Shoot Video
It’s all about crowd control when you have Jeannie D and Jen Su on a cover shoot in a mall! To top it all it was Woman’s Day, rather fitting, but it meant that the public were out and about taking advantage of the end of season sales. We provided the extra entertainment, of course. Once the final touches on the hair and make-up were done, the cover women arrived in what looked like a golf cart, Jeannie giggled with delight when she saw us.
Pleased to get going with the shoot, I put them to work immediately. We gave them shopping bags and got them to do the ‘walk’. It was all about coordinating a great smile, the walk, and the bags. It was Jen’s first Top Billing cover shoot, but she just got into it with aplomb. We scrutinised the cover shots on the laptop, once I had the shot we moved to the Fire and Ice hotel for the ‘tea’ shot, we had tea, milkshake, cellphones as props, a variety of options lead to endless silliness.
However, an additional highlight for the day was Noa, the French Bullmastiff. The dog’s owner, Deborah, spoke to Noa in French. They happened to be at the mall when we spotted the handsome canine and immediately wanted him in the shoot. With Jeannie in teeny denim shorts and in true Jeannie-spirit, she took charge, or so she thought until Noa just sat with his droopy look, utterly immoveable. He certainly melted a few hearts.
The ‘celebrity shopping’ theme wouldn’t have been complete without featuring some gorgeous heels. I was inside a shoe store rearranging the shoes so that they would frame the foreground, it didn’t take much to get the look of pure admiration from the two celebs, the store was lined with spectacular shoes, too much to take in, if you love shoes! A perfect way to end a long day.
On set: Magazine: Angie Lạzaro – Photographer; Alexis Chaffe – Fashion; Gunther Grater – Photographic assistant/ behind-the-scenes photographer; Richard Egenreider – On-Set Manager; Julia Fell and Hayden Fortmann – Art Direction; TV Crew: Buddy– Insert director; Mfundo Sifiso – Camera, Lucky Msibi – Sound
Location: Melrose Arch
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