Lights, Camera, Action!

Emma's first audition landed her a commercial for Bridgestone Tires! She will be in magazines, a video promotion, and a commercial. Here is her first day of filming... playing Nintendo DS and drinking tea while waiting for hair and makeup. * side note: our kids have learned to enjoy tea... it is served everywhere you go... and yes it is herbal. Starting the hair fixing process... and I think her hair dresser is totally good looking... have I been in Japan too long?
Now in costume...

I was only permitted to take a few photos on the set. Here Emma sits for her "stills". She had to pretend to enjoy an ice cream cone while seated in a van.She made the crew laugh in between takes because she was acting silly, mocking the poses they were having her do.
At the end of this session, she said through a gritted teeth smile, "Can I stop smiling? Good. My cheeks are killing me"- Barbie, from Toy Story

This is her last costume change, for the group shot, where she sat in the "pseudo van" with her "pseudo mom, dad, brother, and grandparents". She had to pretend to chat with her grandparents seated in the back seat (wish I had pictures of that). She had no problem pretending to chat... she is a very chatty girl. She made the grandparents laugh until the camera crew instructed them not to.
We had a great time throughout the process. No one could believe it was her first job. When it was all over, the entire crew gave her a round of applause and told her she was a natural. She will film the commercial portion next week. When the web commercial is up, we will give you the link. Fun!