{"id":6788,"date":"2020-09-16T20:05:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T03:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/?p=6788"},"modified":"2021-11-26T10:02:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T18:02:59","slug":"professional-mountain-unicyclist-tv-commercial-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/professional-mountain-unicyclist-tv-commercial-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Mountain Unicyclist &#8211; TV Commercial Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>\n<div style=\"position:relative;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;padding-bottom:40px;\"><iframe style=\"position:absolute;top:0;right:0;left:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispot.tv\/share\/nmAL\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been unicycling for a long time, and I recently heard about a casting call for a mountain unicyclist. I&#8217;ve done paid jobs as a circus artist, but they are mainly for doing cyr wheel with some unicycling on the side lines in-between cyr routines. Many years ago I also did one mountain uni job for a professional photographer; he paid me in beer as thanks. So, an official casting call for a mountain unicyclist was pretty intriguing to me. I applied for it; sort of lack-luster as I didn&#8217;t send in a headshot and just forwarded them a link to my Arizona Trail videos. They liked those, and thought I might be a good candidate, so I went through the interview process and got the gig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The filming was scheduled for one particular day, but I was set to come down two days prior in order to do some &#8220;costume&#8221; fitting. I am in Santa Cruz, and drove my Tesla Model S down, which didn&#8217;t cost me anything in electricity since I&#8217;m grandfathered in for free supercharging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was pretty excited, but also nervous. COVID-19 is a serious virus, and doing some type of filming could expose me to a lot of people. COVID turned out to not be an issue; the site required everyone to get a COVID test 1-2 days before the event. There were compliancy people on site to help insure everyone&#8217;s safety, and handed out small kits with a mask, wipes and sanitizer. Everyone wore a mask, except me when filming, and when I wasn&#8217;t filming I had a gator I could quickly pull up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was also unsure of the actual terrain I was riding, and if I would be able to do the shots they were hoping to do. The filming was done on a private 100 acre site just to the west of Los Angeles, California. The terrain wasn&#8217;t too steep or rocky, but some parts of it were a bit difficult due to the looseness of the dirt. The area is frequented by ATVs, and they tend to dig up the dirt a bit and make it loose. It was also tricky to do some of the requested shots. The director wanted a shot of me skidding out and riding away&#8230;but this is rather difficult to do on a unicycle. It isn&#8217;t impossible, but I also had to skid right in front of a moving vehicle that contained some expensive camera equipment that I didn&#8217;t want to crash into. The timing was difficult, and we didn&#8217;t quite get that exact shot. We also experimented with a small ramp, but that also didn&#8217;t work out&#8230;as I tend to stall a bit during drops and it didn&#8217;t look natural enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, it was an awesome experience! 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