Our second day shooting ~ Shopping with Allie
Well Today was a fun day, busy but fun. Allie wanted to go shopping to get new stuff to wear in her site so we followed her to the mall. We had a lot of fun shopping with her. A lot of the stores will ignore you, but some clerks will come ask what you are doing. Allie cracked us up when an older lady approached us in a store and told us we could not record in the store. Allie immediately started telling her about her cinematography project at college and we were helping her with a documentary on “Youth Consumerism in America” . . . from then on that became our story for everyone. Well, almost everyone.
In one shoe store the only person working was a young (18 or 19 year old) guy. When she decided on her shoes he was ringing them up and asked what we were recording for. Allie started into her normal explanation . . . and I called her out on it and introduced her as Sexy Girl Allie and gave him one of her business cards with her site address and a picture of her. The poor kid was stumbling all over himself after that. It was hilarious. Allie took it all in stride - this girl is amazing with her composure. We all had a good laugh as we left the store and the kid was already on the phone calling his friends to tell them he met a PORN STAR LOL.
Overall the mall was a pretty cool place to take pictures and record video. We got some interesting shots because Allie wanted to pose next to everything wierd. There was a giant foot that she sat next to and a plastic flamingo in a broken fountain. She just loves to be a ham and model for you guys. We got some funny looks but I guess it was worth it. A lot of the images came out great and show what it is like hanging with Allie for a day at the mall.