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The homeless one

Happy fathers day. 

well on the evening of  June 12 we shot the Houston baptist University  commercial with director James Gartner. highly decorated commercial dir that has shot spots for most of the largest company out there. was surprised i had not worked with him before after 21 years of commercials  ya work your way through most of the people in the commercial world, Very nice man, great crew very professional. 

 we shot down town Los Angeles on the corner of Santa Fe and 7th a very busy intersection.

was a quick shoot for me about 4 hrs. these shots are through the lense of the camera while we were shooting

the bit was a  College guy at the bus stop sees a homeless man "Me" across the street. freezing in the cold.

 he goes over thinks about giving him some money but puts it away and gives him his coat instead.

the tag at the end of the commercial is something about ' at Houston Baptist University we Instill not just education  by morality" or something to that effect. here are a couple of picts 

Its not a big national for use in Texas only and there web site and internet,youtube etc. 

was great to get a chance to work with Jim Gatner and his Production company. 

hope i get the opportunity to work with them in the future.  

For me i took the Job because this Spot was socially  conscious and Mr Gatner is known for his Socially conscious  Work. nothing lined up in the near future for me but have auditioned for a couple of spots.  it was strange to be sitting there taking myself to that desperate unloved worthless place you feel when your homeless. in the past i took a couple of Films that payed very little so i could build my resume knowing that when i got back i would not be able to pay my rent so i put everything in storage and figured i would deal with it when i returned. the films were "Devils Playground" and the film directly following it "Kiss the Girls Goodbye" both Starring roles. i needed the credit and tape in order to grow my resume and get move up The Hollywood ladder. i paid for it though they both were very depressing roles and i felt like shit for mounts to follow as i lived in my van. 

But sometimes you have to sacrifice when you have a goal. mine is to create a body of diverse work to make myself more rounded as an artist  and hopefully more attractive to those that may hire me as i take my journey  

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frankie Ray