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i want to be a male model.
today, I did my first photo shoot.
okay, i don't really have aspirations to be a model, but today i went to my first ever audition for a part in a television commercial. ronald's father is involved with the hitachi commercial that feature's hawaii most famous tree. the commercial became a hit in japan and the jingle is known by most japanese. they will be making a new commercial soon and are casting people for parts. if i get a part, it will soon be: john, who? who's that? just kidding, john. you will always be my favorite male model and my john 3:16.
okay anyways.....talking trash over a bunch of beers, i became not only an agent for my buddy hiro, but also an actor myself. i coerced hiro into signing a contract that would give me 10% of his acting earnings and the next day we would go to the audition. that's what you call a businessman.
arriving at the ala moana hotel the next day, i didn't realize there would be professional models there like hawaii's top bachelor, kelly komoda, so it was a bit intimidating at first.....actually, it was more amusing for me and hiro. in the bathroom, guys were primping their hair, adjusting their accessories. girls were all dressed up, push up bras and make up and styled hair. you could tell we were dealing with professionals here. while everybody was taking this audition pretty serious, we were just enjoying our experience.
when it was my turn to knock um dead, they called me out, not by name, but rather "number 176," yes, that's me number 176.
i was called up for my very first photo shoot.
i held my profile paper up with 176 written in large numbers, as they took one close-up photo. luckily, i had only one big pimple on my forehead rather than two (i had taken care of the other bastard last night).
please state your name, your agency, your ethnicity and your experience.
experience? whoa damn, this is kind of serious. the people in front of me had their photo portfolios with them. me? luckily, i had my digital camera and i was tempted to show them my pictures from the bachelorette party i attended last weekend (yes, bachelorette party, but that's for another story).
my name is greg nakajo. i am not affiliated with any agency. i'm half japanese, half chinese. i have never been on any commercials although i have been on smap x smap and kinniku banzuke, two popular japanese television programs.
actually, hiro was model number 175, one spot before me. when they asked which agency he was from, he rightfully said, "my agent is greg nakajo." that's right, he knows where he stands in this world. when they asked for his ethnicity, he stated, "half hawaiian, half japanese." i still have to teach the guy--just because your mother was born in hawaii, doesn't make you half hawaiian. you're 100% japanese.
okay, greg, will you pose for the camera.
immediately, zoolander came to mind as i flirted with the photographer. actually, i take that back, the photographer was a dude, so i flirted with the camera. sexy eyes. pouty lips. i did it all--techniques i learned in modeling school, handsome boy modeling school.
greg, will you turn to the right and then turn to the left.
that worried me since i know my my space angles and my side profile is definitely a weak point, with my a flat nose and my crooked bridge--as if it were broken at some point in my life....well, okay, it's definitely isnt owen wilson crooked, but definitely not perfect.
okay, we need you to do a 360 greg.
i slowly did my turn, wiggled my ass a little (pfffff, as if that would get me a part).
thank you for coming, greg. next, number 177.
and with that, my photo shoot was over, just as well, my modeling career.
they were looking for a 20 something year old, i look about 40
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| | Posted 5/16/2007 11:56 PM - 30 Views - 12 eProps - 8 comments
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