One of the things I love about chasing video stories is the unexpected. I may start the process thinking the story will go one way, but by the time I’ve finished filming something unexpected has developed.
When I met Maggie Van Santen I knew straightaway that her Amaris Wildlife Sanctuary in Tenterden would make a great story. What I didn’t realise until we were well into filming that Maggie had written a book about one of her kangaroos.
I was able to release my video at about the same time as her book, “My Name is Jaffa” was published.
But I nearly missed it.
After filming for a few hours I was ready to go home and I hadn’t seen Jaffa, the kangaroo that had endeared herself to Maggie and was featured in her book. Then, just as I was heading to the car, Maggie announced “here she is”. Jaffa had arrived and I was able to film her and the story immediately took a new direction.
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