During the day
today we visited a large school where …I had to give a presentation. Which for
me….was totally unexpected and thus…officially what they call…..impromptu…which
…..I totally suck at. But the audience were 8th graders so I
figured….if I can make up stuff and feed it to undergrads and get away with
it…heck what can an eight grader swing at me? (that was a joke…..about making
stuff up….for the most part :)).
The whole
event was a total blindside (for me). I knew we would visit a school where we’d
meet an NGO the dolphin people worked with previously to help educate. I THOUGHT…I
would get to film kids running around (which I need bad for more b roll) and
maybe get to interview the NGO folks. Nope! I get my camera all together, am
ready to shoot, and they move me into a room and tell me to get on the stage!
What? On STAGE? WHY? Oh…I am
the guest? On no.
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Yep…I am on the wrong side of the camera. Obviously
not filming. This was an awesome bunch of students
though. Worth loosing footage for! (Photo: Not JLewis…
but curiously…on JLewis iPhone)
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So filming this
event was shot. Can’t get up and shoot when I am one of the principle guests on
the stage. I keep getting into this problem
here in India. Because I run a dolphin conservation organization and am a
scientist, they do not consider me the film maker. Meaning I have had
considerable trouble blending into the background and working… I am thought of
as the guest who must shake hands and do diplomatic things. This situation has
made this part of the trip the toughest in that way. I can never prepare
properly to capture what I need to on film and I always wind up in the center
of the action. I am certain that I must share this problem with Stephen Spielberg.
Yeah…me and Stephen…never get a break…always loosing precious filming time to
shake hands. I am certain we share this. Sigh.
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