Ok, so I got the information from their facebook and they needed a crowd for their video. So I signed up and two days later I got the email saying I had been approved. Yes!
So on Wednesday, I got to the Neighborhood theater around 11:30am and the line was like 100 yards long lol. I stood in line for about 40mins. We started moving around 12 and then stood in line some more. Then they said that they wanted people with names beginning A-K, so I shot up toward the front. Then we waited some more. I finally got to the front and I handed over my paper and got my wrist band. I grabbed a water and chugged it down. I entered the theater and it was pretty cool! A huge fan up above was blowing cool air. So we all stood around for another 30mins. Then I hear everyone screaming and out come the Avett Brothers! AHHH! Scott looked so cute.
So the director's name was Lindsey and she was very nice. She told us that all we needed to do was just act like it was a regular show; jump, scream, throw our hands in the air and wave them. I was pretty much in the back of the crowd standing in front of a tall guy. So we do the first shoot in full and Lindsey tells us that she liked our hand movements so to keep doing that. Also, to keep our cameras down and that we can take pictures and record between shoots. So then we do the full song a couple more times.
Then Lindsey says that they are going to do a fast version of the song. We all scream and get excited. haha we were very happy. So the song starts up very fast and poor Scott can't seem to catch up lol He makes weird faces trying to do the best he can with lip- syncing fast. We do that a few more times and get a kick out of it.
We keep doing the same thing over and over and over again. In between the shooting, The Avett's talk about funny stuff that has happened on tour, Scott and Seth share moments they remember when they were younger. They even sang some songs!
We are now told that Scott will stage dive into the crowd and we go ballistic! So Lindsey has two of her guys stand in front just in case lol. So Scott jumps into the crowd and he is no where near me haha. Then we get the other guys to do it after chanting their names. We ever get Lindsey to do it lol She was so nervous at first but she took the leap! Scott jumped a few more times and then Lindsey announced that there would be a 10 minute break. That 10 minute break ended up being more like 30mins lol but it was fine. I ended up moving up closer!
So then Lindsey says that she is going rearrange the cameras so that the main camera is behind the guys and looking at us! Cool! So we do the last 30 secs of the song over and over and over and over again. I am not sure how many times we did that but it was so tiring because we had to cheer for a long time and clap and go crazy. lol
Then Lindsey says that the guys are going to sing another song for us. They say that the song they are going to sing, they have NEVER EVER sang it for a live crowd before, so we are the first to hear it live! WOW. After that song they sing another one.
Then Lindsey comes back on stage and says she wants to get 2 more shoots of the whole song from the top. So we do the whole song twice. Then afterwords, the guys shake our hands and thank us.
It is now 5:10pm and I am so tired lol Whew. I get home around 6pm and I swear I could have gone to bed I was so tired.
Pictures are up the next morning from the Newspaper.
And that is my Avett Brother's video shoot story. Be jealous, very jealous. lol
