As I sit here thinking about what to write I know that for once, I immediately have a subject I can talk about. Yet, as I try and gather my thoughts it’s surprising how difficult this is.
I’ve been working on a new project for the last couple of months – forging a new working relationship with someone I’ve know for a while, but in a different context. The project means actually working together. Today we shot a promo video for one aspect of this, by which I mean we were in front of the camera, lights, a green screen (which was behind us!) and wired for sound.
It’s a very short video, only a couple of minutes long but it gave me the excuse to play the role of screenwriter and get involved in creating some dialogue. This I learnt was a whole new ball game when compared to writing solely for myself, i.e. a speech. Not least the editing, re-writes and then the improvisation when we performed the piece.
The above point illustrates what I was struggling with at the start of this post. If I think about some of the things I experienced and learnt today; I feel very foolish. Especially when now it much of it seems so obvious and who wants to write about feeling foolish? Even though I could have guessed at some of this, I still feel mighty humble about the whole thing.
A friend once said in everyday life new experiences are rare. I believe he’s right and I also believe that today would class as one of those new experiences. I haven’t seen the final result yet but maybe that doesn’t matter. It may change my perspective of the experience but it can’t take away the feeling I have right now.
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