April 09 & 10 - CSC going Bollywood

nervous me, before shooting

Over the weekend the Desi Cors Crew arrived. Sunday evening we had a briefing on what the next two days will look like. Desi Corps is a communication platform focusing on the Corporate Services Corps activities in India… Desi means ‘local’. As you will see on their website Desi Corps features stories from IBM India employees on CSC projects around the world as well other IBMers from around the world who are on CSC Assignments in India… just like our Team.

during our team interview

On Monday the Desi Corps Crew came along with 2 of the 4 CSC projects groups to work. In the evening we attended a get together at which we were able to meet three of the first local IBMers in Indore. The same evening our team had their one-one shootings with the Desi Corps Team, we have been asked about what it was like to have been accepted to the CSC as well as what our first experiences were in India. Even though these were fairly simple questions I was still very nervous before and during the take, luckily it only took one take. The crew did a great job guiding us though the shooting and tried to make us feel as comfortable as possible.
 

at Rahul's home

Tuesday morning we met with the Desi Corps Team for another shooting focusing on Concept Society and the project we are working on. Virginia led this scene by interviewing us on these aspects… again one take and the crew seemed to be happy with what they have seen. In the afternoon we had a shooting in Indore at a boy’s home. Tyler met this boy during our first week in Indore. The boy’s name is Rahul and his parent’s story is very similar to what we are trying to achieve with our project for Concept Society. The family has been interviewed at their home and Rahul translated his parent’s answer from Hindi to English. We took a few more shots outside until it was dark. Later that evening a very last shot followed in the hotel and then we were done. Well done Team!

at Rahul's shooting in German

us with Hemal, Rahul, and his parents

Two very intense days… but it was again interesting and exciting to see how film crews work, so different to my day to day job. 


Thanks Desi Corps, we enjoyed working with you! Check out the Desi Corps website!