A touch of Hollywood came to the region on Monday when film crews landed in Crookwell and Goulburn.
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Two separate commercials were filmed on July 20 at Crookwell IGA and throughout the Goulburn area.
Part owner of Crookwell IGA Floyd Davies said Monday was an eventful and interesting day.
IGA Crookwell is one of the sponsors of the television show Farmer Wants a Wife with the accompanying commercial to play Australia-wide.
Mr Davies said the advertisement, which would run for about 15 seconds, took five hours to film.
"All our staff and the public were very excited," he said.
"We used customers in the ad and tried to use as many staff members as we could.
"We spent a significant number of days and hours making the store look immaculate."
The filming took place in the deli, and the fruit and vegetable section of the store.
Mr Davies said the commercial would be centred on the relationship between IGA and the Crookwell community.
One of five farmers looking for love on the show, Neil Seaman, is a Crookwell local and IGA regular.
Mr Davies said the farmer had a long term relationship with the store and they played football together.
"Neil Seaman is a local guy and a mate of mine. He is being very coy about any romance on the show."
Mr Seaman wasn't the only one in the spotlight, the store owner said the staff and the town had received a morale boost during filming.
"We are going to be plastered in front of a top-rating show all around the country," he said.
"It's great publicity for the town.
"This is how country areas survive - with people coming through."
Meanwhile, filming was also being carried out in Goulburn.
The television commercial for NRMA was filmed in Eastgrove, on Bullamalita Road and Painters Lane.
Goulburn Mulwaree Council coordinator of marketing and events Jessica Price said the council actively promoted Goulburn as place for film production crews to shoot.
Ms Price said most notably the region was chosen as a destination to film the Oscar winning movie Hacksaw Ridge.
She said dealing with film crews was quite common for the council.
"We field a number of film applications per year.
"We welcome them to the community."
Ms Price said there were economic benefits to bringing film crews into town with hotels, motels, restaurants and cafes all receiving increased patronage.
