So, day two of the shooting extravaganza went great. We started in the OR with about a dozen people and 4 cameras, shot some conflict scenes for the communication video, then broke into two crews for the rest of the day.
I hired two actors to role play about 15 different communication and conflict scenes. While we had about 25 pages of scripts, we improvised some new scenes and modified or deleted existing scenes. Overall it was loads of fun, single-camera film style setups. I even did a little acting.
As the day progressed from 7:30am call time to 4:30 wrap, people were getting a bit punchy and goofy, and there are some great outtakes and giggles, which keeps everyone engaged and working together.
I say this every time I participate in this type of shoot - it is some of the most fun one can have as a job.
Now comes the editing. We are working on an Excel editing schedule for the 12 in-progress videos. Some need scripts (yes, we shoot without scripts), some need revised study guides, some need new ones. We also have a committee of nurses who will review the edits and advise changes and regulatory issues.
Upon arrival back at the hotel, I went for a little walk around the Denver State Capitol grounds. I had toured the Capitol during a previous visit, however I neglected to take any photos at the time.
So I snapped a few shots of the Capitol and surrounding area, then walked around a community festive gathering before meeting my colleagues for a great P.F. Chang's dinner.
Most of the pictures I use in my blogs are cell phone pictures. It is often much easier to snap a photo with the phone, which is always on my person, than to carry my pocket digicam everywhere I go. And the pictures are not too bad at web sizes. And, since I bought this amazingly tiny 1 gigabyte memory card, I take a lot more useful pictures without worrying about running out of internal phone memory.
Not to mention the fact that I can e-mail the pictures directly to my Flickr page, so i do not have to carry around a card reader when I travel - if, that is, I want to blog while I travel. Even more Star Trek is the ability to e-mail camera phone video clips directly to my YouTube account. I am looking forward to the day when I can e-mail video from my HD camera directly to my office computer. One day perhaps.
Incidentally, check outPicLens, a plugin for Firefox. you have to see it to get the concept - way cool way to browse internet photos and videos.
And so my friends, this completes the summary of this adventure. Tomorrow it is back to CT, with more adventures to come.
Thanks, as always, for reading.
Mike
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