I was asked to be featured in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be featured in a video campaign to promote the legacy after Birmingham was the host city of the commonwealth games. The campaign, called “Be Your Personal Best” is part of Birmingham City Council’s year-long campaign “Be Bold, Be Birmingham” which showcased the host city of the commonwealth games.

As I mentioned on my insight blog “Despite I have been featured on videos in the past, it is usually related to being featured or involved in projects with other people or organisations. This is my first time being featured in a film totally about myself”. View my insight blog on my website: https://keithmckenzie.weebly.com/kmc-life/be-my-personal-best-my-personal-insight. 

Many people do not realise to be ready for a video campaign takes a lot of preparation It takes many hours and many days.

From an initial questionnaire which was very Comprehensive. Then I had to rework my preparations when the filming production team shortened my expressions and reduced the questions and answers. The team edited my expressions again, then I developed a large script display for me to film while being filmed.

Because of my involvement in salsa dancing the production team thought it was a nice idea to additionally film me dancing.

The filming took place at a dance studio in Perry Barr the same district in Birmingham, where the main venue of the commonwealth games took place including Athletics, opening & closing ceremonies.

It started with dancing salsa & bachata. Secondly, the photoshoot filming and finally the interview.

Because I developed the script display it saved a lot of time and only retakes a few times. The interview including my background, my involvement in awareness projects, creative design, and a salsa dancing participant.

Because the interview was edited to reduce the duration of the video, I have developed a special Q&A webpage which displays detailed expressions from the original questionnaire. View the detailed Q&A page linked with the video campaign: https://keithmckenzie.weebly.com/bemypbquestions.html.