Kristian Truelsen is a talented actor and director who’s since left Orlando for the cooler climate in Toronto. Film fans might remember him as a guy whose town got burned by the British army in The Patriot, or as a teacher (I think) in My Girl. If you watched Nickelodeon during the “Snick” era, you might recognize him from a show called Welcome Freshmen. See his full film and television exploits on IMDB, for his theatre credits, headshots, and resume, check his professional website.
TRUTH is an ad campaign that started out as being local to the state of Florida, but was so successful it went national. They even mention it in a book I’ve been reading this year called Punk Marketing. Once the campaign went national, apparently there were two sets of ads being produced, and this ad was produced for Florida, but never made it nationally.
Here’s the DL from Kris’ blog:
Two versions were made of this spot; a 60-second edit for TV, and this full, 2-minute version which was shown in movie theatres. Everyone thought it was such a good commercial that it would have to go national, but it never happened. Those of us bitter about that believe the national campaign people were probably too protective of their own work to allow this ad to air outside of Florida, even if it was for the same cause. It was shown once on “The Best Commercials You’ve Never Seen.â€
By the way, everyone in the ad is lip-synching to a music track that was recorded before any of us were hired. So that’s my voice speaking, but not singing. (We tried to get the producers to let us re-record the song; nuh-uh.) This is also the job that injured my knees, leaving me proud of the work but with pain that exists to this very day.
Kris’ blog has more updates about his work, including a recent TV ad he made for Wal-Mart. I had the privilege of knowing Kris when he still lived here, and I thought followers of Orlando Video would enjoy this video, as well as hearing about the kind of talent Orlando has known in the past.
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