We picked a not-that-busy time to stage this so our actors could successfully take over all the needed seats. One by one at first, and then a cacophony.Ī customer laughingThe Starbucks was small, so the audience was really just the staff and a handful of customers inside. We tried to have the scene build at the same pace as the film. “I am Spartacus!”Our undercover agents jumped into action and delivered the line in the order we rehearsed. In the end I had to say, “Um, who is that drink for?” which thankfully prompted her to shout “Spartacus.” We were pretty confident this one would call names, but disaster struck when the barista put the strawberry frappuccino on the counter without saying the name! It sat there for several minutes while I was sitting there sweating, hoping she’d eventually say it. We scouted a few Starbucks and observed the frequency of name-calling. Baristas at Starbucks usually say the names on the drinks, but not always. In 2008 we staged our Mobile Desktop prank in the very same Starbucks we used for this project.Īgent Ilya Smelansky with some rigs he custom builtThe most terrifying thing about staging this was that the entire project hinged on an employee not in on the joke giving the cue line. Most notably our Moebius “time loop” project from 2003. We built a couple of special hidden camera rigs using Go Pros and Starbucks products.Īgent Cody Lindquist filmed out of a cupWe’ve staged a couple of projects in Starbucks over the years. Generally there is a no filming policy, and very little tolerance for violators. It’s very difficult to film in a corporate chain store like this. We set up a mock layout of the Starbucks in the Deverge production office and rehearsed the sequence a few times. Enjoy the videos first and then go behind the scenes with our mission report and photos below.
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