A few industrial film experiences 


After a couple of industrials for IBM and Carquest... Keith doubts his memory. 

Well, to be honest, they were lengthy scripts with a lot of language specific to the world they addressed and I had a hard time memorizing them. The IBM shoot was 11 pages without teleprompter and what follows is an example:

We used the same tooling to create a claims measurement model. We easily defined our measurements and alerts, tying them to the design points of the process model. We had great flexibility in what we chose to measure. In fact, we added one KPI after the process was already running in production -- without having to redeploy the system. And when we were done designing, we exported the process model to IT as a Business Process Execution Language – or BPEL -- model. IT then used more BPM tooling to wire together services from several sources, and convert the business rule elements into flexible decision tables -- transforming the entire model into a running, composite application. Now I can redirect the flow of claims to our Innovative Insurance adjusters, and between high-touch and express routes on the fly without having to re-engage IT.

Needless to say this was not an easy task. It always goes back to a lesson I learned on Gods and Generals. In that film I had a rather lengthy monologue that was ultimately cut out of the film. It was the piece that won me the role and involved leading soldiers through a drill for the first time. They would count off, then based on whether they said one or two, would split and turn left or right, then take a step forward or back. I was having some trouble learning the lines because I did not understand the drill itself. In other words, I could not visualize it. By being able to understand terminology and to visualize what you are talking about, it makes it possible to remember what to say.. Here's the monologue:


COMING SOON>>>> I SWEAR I'LL FINISH THIS ENTRY BY END OF MONDAY JULY 17TH.. I PROMISE. 

Posted: Tue - July 4, 2006 at 07:29 PM          


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