Commercial filmed beside my house

The Subaru commercial filmed near my house in July has finally hit the airwaves and its…just some average car commercial. Nonetheless, I’ll give you some images which discreetly point out my house.

My neighbor’s house is more prominent in the first screenshot, the backyard in the second screenshot also belongs to my neighbor. You see those bricks obscured by bushes in the left hald of the second shot? I was wacthing from a window only a few feet slightly above those bricks, I thought my face might be in the shot. But they cropped me out. I’m not sure exactly which networks have this commercial on rotation, but I think if you watch hockey and you live in the general Mississauga or Toronto area, you’ll see it. Here’s the actual commercial:

Poor Steve, his car is the subject of ridicule throughout the entire world! His friends even laugh right at his face, despite them potentially not even owning a car. Kids in oriental schools and the cast of City of God even laugh at this schmuck, you’d think he’d have gotten a new ride already. Steve should seek professional help. Eventually he does get a new car, but not before the constant global ridicule he goes through (in some spectacular character development courtesy of the writers at Subaru).

That first shot of his two pals laughing at him took 40+people to shot, with the massive light reflector which provided lighting for the scene, even in broad daylight. Also, do you hear that joke they make during the barbeque scene? That took about 2 hours worth of takes. I listened to that gag for hours, and it was TOTALLY as funny the umpteenth billion time. Also notice that thing on the grill, I don’t recall what exactly it was but it was extremely burnt and unedible by the end of the filming. I swear that in the later takes, they just put some braches of a nearby bush into the grill, also notice how it’s color is either burning orange or charcoal black.

My father aksed for a part in the commercial and the producers said they would have him walking in the background. Unfortunately, nobody seemed to actually give a hoot about following up on that statement, thus no role for Daddy. He did manage to get a few chicken wraps by talking his way to the food coolers, so it wasn’t a total loss. I ate that wrap right in front of the crew to spite them. Anyway, fun thing to watch. I wonder if it will singlehandley bring the general automobile industry out of the gutter.

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