The appointment was for 9:30. At 9:25 I was in the waiting room about to wire up and test the radio mike system. Suddenly Rebecca, the nurse, appeared and moments later I was in a reclining doctor's chair going up. The radio mike was in my case on the floor. Oh well, I thought, since she is right next to me, I can use the on board mike.
Gee after all these years, of course I should have simply asked Rebecca to wait a moment - got the radio mike and wired her up. The sound is passable but there's a lots bumps and rattles from the mike on the camera. If Tricia had been there, getting the wireless mike from my case and on to the nurse would have been easy.
It's OK. But not my best. Still it is kind of weird making a video while a nurse is changing dressing on your leg. Next week I see a different nurse. Maybe I can film her too and combine the best. That would be wacky.
After leaving the hospital I had the post to do (Tricia's cushions), some shopping and a gas tank refill. It seemed to take hours and I really wanted to get back to see what I had just shot and edit the three un-edited 2-59ers.
I transfered the nurse and started to cut Miriam. I shot about 10 minutes no more. I liked the walk in and out of the garage and the bit where she says she's going to have dinner parties; for strangers! Chop, chop, chop and it was 3 mins 16 seconds - it's as easy as that. It wasn't hard to find 17 seconds to remove and then clean up the edits.
2-59 exactly, even I was surprised.
I always want the person being filmed to be happy. So I was relieved when Miriam emailed:
I love it!!! You did a great job, I'm impressed. I will link to it from my blog next week.
Tomorrow - I will edit Dee and Freda and get our Ford Pickup working again (don't ask) as we have paying job on Wednesday.
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