Explaining the need for a "wrap party"

Maybe I should have explained in the previous post the reason we needed a "wrap party" on Tuesday night. I'm working on an updated video about my association, including member testimonials and interviews with staff. When I went to Michigan in June I did some filming with a member and my colleague (and posted really fuzzy photos from that). Tuesday we spent filming the DC crew.

That meant three hours standing outside the Capitol building in terrible heat, then six more hours filming in our 700 square foot office. I literally think I dropped 5 pounds of water weight from how much I sweat that day!

Here are some photos from the day (and one more from Michigan - the one with me in the polo shirt). Clearly, I was the one taking the pictures. But I think Kristi Gunster might have some of me being filmed on her camera. I'll post those later.

Strict rules on filming, too. Most people in DC know this, but you need to get a permit to have a tripod on the Capitol grounds. And part of the permit says that we agree that we won't prohibit the public from walking, talking, taking pictures, or generally doing whatever they want even if it's disrupting us. Keith tried to be "boucner" while Kristie was being filmed, trying to keep people from walking behind her in the shot. He was pretty successful, answering questions on directions, and taking photos of people and families just to get them to stop talking about who was going to take a picture!

A lot of tourists wanted to crowd around and see what we were doing, thinking Kristie (really the only one on camera except for the b-roll we got at the end of her and Keith walking/talking) was someone important. That was the most annoying part - people really didn't seem to care that we were trying to keep things quiet!

I've got to give her credit, though. It was stiffling hot, and she stood in the same spot for three hours, full suit on, smiling into the camera!