Birthdays, Mariachi and Video Out-takes

It was Maggie's birthday on Saturday July 21st - one of those with a zero after it - so something special was really needed to help mark the event.

Rogan decided he wanted to make a video of us singing Happy Birthday to her. He planned it as an adventure where we would sing it unaccompanied, then with the guitar, then with Rogan doing a solo on his trumpet, then with a combination of all, resulting in me, Meg and Rogan looking like a dodgy Mariachi band.



Rogan scripted, storyboarded and worked out all the camera angles, while I edited it together under his strict supervision, making changes where requested.

The final result was a great success. I won't show it here because it's a personal, family moment; suffice it to say Maggie was delighted and awash with emotion by the consideration, thought and effort put into the project by her boy.

However, I couldn't resist putting together a compilation of the out-takes, which not only give a flavour of the original, but also a sense of the time and energy put into it.

More than that, it probably gives a greater insight into our family dynamics than I can imagine anything else ever achieving.