September 11th, 2008
by Carlos in Film
I don’t know how Manny does it. Not only is he doing production with us during the day, but he is also the lead actor in King Lear here in El Paso. He was able to spend most of the day with us getting some of the last few scenes done. We started in the lounge area then proceeded into the locker rooms. Marco and Manny are always great to work with. Benny, Sandy, and I were having bunny ear wars at times.
For the last few scenes of the day, Benny took off the Redrock M2 adapter from his JVC110 Camera to get several hand held and dolly shots. I was so shocked to see how much light this camera was letting in without the use of the redrock. Damn that thing really does lose like 4 stops of light. I’m starting to have second thoughts about buying this thing since I would have to buy a ton of lights first or film everything outdoors. I have lots to think about.
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September 10th, 2008
by Carlos in Film
Angel Herrera came back on set to finish the remainder of his scenes. Dr. & Mrs. Moldes were kind enough to let us use their ICU location one more weekend in order for us the finish the production. It really helped since we didn’t have to tear down any lights or equipment for all of labor day weekend. We finished up Angel’s & Marco’s scenes and called it a night.
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August 25th, 2008
by Carlos in Film
Since our production has turned into a little bit of a weekend shoot as of late, I’ve taken the time to edit several scenes from the movie. Everything is looking and sounding amazing! I can’t wait to start cutting a trailer for this movie. Sandy, Benny, Monica, Laura, Chops, and I have also been having a lot of fun at the “Movies Return to the Plaza” film festival here in El Paso. We’ve caught some local films at the Best of the Border Event, saw local filmmakers Zach Passero debut his Horror film Wicked Lake, and we got to watch Dr. Strangelove on the big screen. Now that’s an experience at the movies!
August 25th, 2008
by Carlos in Film
Raymond Niemira joined the cast of Hands of God today. He plays our cardiologist in a few scenes with Frank Laverpool. Also making his acting debut is Jim Daross. He hasn’t had any dialogue in the past couple of scenes we have filmed with him, but today, we are getting all of his scenes done. Wow, another great actor here in El Paso. I had not idea we had this much talent around here. I could tell that Manny was really enjoying working with him. The weekend came to a close and we took all of the equipment with us. We will be returning to this location on Labor Day weekend to finish the final scenes of Hands of God!
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August 25th, 2008
by Carlos in Film
Nomar Rizo, another one of EL Paso’s local actors, joined the cast today. I had only spoken to Nomar over the phone the last few years but finally got to meet him in person this year. I asked him to play Mr. Sangre, a homeless junkie in our film. Wow is all I have to say. He really got into his role and actually scared us a little bit since his acting was so amazing. He acted alongside Manny for the scene. Manny got a little nervous when Nomar was suppose to pull the knife on him since Nomar was so into character. I know for a fact that this scene will have a lot of great energy on screen.
More photos can be seen at www.epfilm.org.
August 25th, 2008
by Carlos in Film
I’ve gotten a little behind with this blog since we’ve been very busy as of late. The good news here is that Carmen Moldes of El Paso GI was more than happy to let us use her facility to use as an ICU floor for our movie. The scene we filmed on Friday was with Marco Naylor, My grandmother, uncle, and mom. Since all three have been in my previous movies, I just knew they would have alot of fun. My grandmother loved her role since all she did was lay in bed for it haha. The best part of the night was when Marco and I wheeled my grandmother out of a room and he told her “Mrs. Martinez, Via Con Dios” in the best Keanu Reeves impression.
More photos can be seen here at www.epfilm.org
August 16th, 2008
by Carlos in Film
Tonight we finished up the rest of the Alyssa’s scenes. Marco and Karen came by as well to say goodbye to Alyssa since these were her last scenes. We finished up in about 4 hours and we all said goodbye to Alyssa. She was a lot of fun to have during our production. Tomorrow, its off to Dr. Moldes’ office.
August 14th, 2008
by Carlos in Film
Karly Pine from my old school St. Clements was kind enough to let us use the Mayfield room for our piano recital scenes. I called up a few of my cousins, aunts, and uncles for the small crowd scene. EJ also came by with his HVX200 and shot some behind the scenes footage for us. EJ ended up helping us move equipment and also got to see first hand how much light one really needs in order fully utilize the Redrock M2. Always good to have local people come see your shoots. Alyssa and my cousin did really well with their piano recital scenes.
August 14th, 2008
by Carlos in Film
Sandy and I went to the Texas Motion Picture Alliance Party on Sunday to meet and greet several other local filmmakers. I met up with Jared and EJ who I hadn’t seen since MicroFest a few years ago. Benny and Monica also came and they introduced us to several other local filmmakers. Gilbert and Patty were also there. It was great seeing them again. Without EPFilm, none of this would be possible today so big thanks to both of them!
August 4th, 2008
by Carlos in Film
Since we weren’t able to finish our ambulance scenes last Sunday due to rain, I rescheduled with Dr. Mario Padilla and his EMT team. We started at 3pm this time and there was not a single cloud in the sky. This made the day incredibly hot. We started off with a quick shot of Marco looking at the ambulance.
Once we were done inside, we moved on outside to the ambulance. We had to move to the front of the hospital and under the canopy entrance in order to do the scenes. Angel Herrera and Armando Beltran came and did their scenes pretty quickly and we were all done around 6pm. The remainder of us had pizza for dinner. Benny is leaving town for a week so that gives me time to get everything together and look at what we’ve shot and how much we need to finish the movie.
