A while back, ZDF, or the German public TV network (largest in Europe), asks to do an interview for a 9/11 tenth anniversary documentary. They say they'll have a crew in the US and would I be in Washington about now. I say, possible but who knows.
A couple of weeks ago, they check back in and say they'll fly into Indy and shoot wherever I want. Crew is coming back from West Coast (Rumsfeld) and going to NYC, so they'll drop by for a few hours.
So they come today (producer, camera guys for two shots) and we set up in my living room, and here's the twist: the correspondent interviewer asks me questions from Frankfurt via Skype via my laptop. We prop the laptop on a chair, using my kids giant foam alphabet letter squares to get him about head height, and he conducts the interview just off camera--virtually.
Bit weird, but it worked well.
Docu will be show early Sept in Europe. I should get a DVD and book copy (reminder to self!).
Only problem was one of our Siberian cats strolling around, tail provocatively high, issuing one look-at-me! meow during an answer. Enya may or may not make the final cut.