Flagstar Bank Commercial

I just finished shooting a commercial for Flagstar bank, a regional bank in one of my home states: Michigan. The premise of the spot is that Flagstar is a new type of bank that will take you out of the current 'boxed in' thinking of the banks you're currently using.

Playing on the 'boxed in' theme, there are a series of vingettes of people going through their everyday lives with boxes on their heads. I play one of those poor souls with a box on this head.

It was a really great shoot directed by Michael Karbelnikoff and cast by Sanford Casting. And I have to credit booking the spot for Michael Sanford. He brought me in to help out with a really full day of casting: being a stand-in and helping run the check-in, and to audition for the spot.

I have a feeling that being in nearly all the auditions as a stand-in for the role I was auditioning for helped lock my image into the minds of the ad agency!

The shoot was pretty simple, and I like to think was brought to life through my extensive mask training. I was to stand with a box on my head and look like I was locked in a disapointing world. I'm looking forward to seeing the spot to double check and make sure my mask work is still polished...it is so rare to be able to pull that stuff out and put it to good use!

"Friends For Life"

I just finished filming a short-film for the DGA called "Friends For Life". It follows the journey of a Jewish family during World War II through Italy to safety as the Allied forces make their way toward Berlin.
I play the young Nazi officer, who stops the train, finds the family, and takes the patriarch off to interrogate him.
The amazing thing about the film was that it's entirely done as a foreign film, with all the actors speaking in the native languages of the characters. This gave me an amazing opportunity to speak German and learn a little Italian.
Since one of my career goals is to do German film, this gave me the chance to get a taste of how hard it is to perform in your second language!
The film will premier at the DGA theatre this summer.

"The Guys I Hang Out With" Finished!!

After nearly a year of working on the pilot season of the interactive series "The Guys I Hang Out With", we had our premier last night, and had some really nice opening night ratings!
We've also finished the process of submitting the series for Emmy nomination in two Primetime categories: Live-action short-form, and Interactive.
You can watch the fully-interactive version of the series on the homepage - www.iandelaney.net/theguysihangoutwith, or if you're an Academy member, you may watch the FYC Screener online at the Emmy.tv website.
Complete Season One DVDs are also available for purchase at the series homepage.
Now that Season One is finished, we're working on obtaining corporate sponsorship to fund next season.