Budget Ret-a-car
Today I went to with Pinky to Budget – the car rental service. Car rental services are few in far between in Peru unlike the good ‘ol U.S. of A so there is limited pickings. In the script, Marcia’s character is an upper middle class woman and for the most part (forgive the stereotyping) here […]
Rehearsal #2 – First acting rehearsal
As I said before, first rehearsal (in this case second) is a scary one ’cause you’re going to see if your intuition which is supposed to always be right was really right on those casting days. My goal from day one with any actor is to get them talking about their characters. First we do […]
Rehearsal #1 – Getting to know each other
First rehearsal is always a scary one. Why? Well, to start with, it’s the first time you get to see if you made the right decisions from your casting. I have read in several ‘directing actor’ books (as well as experienced previously) that often actors ‘nail the reading’ in a casting but then when you […]
Sound Designer – Guillermo Palacios
Guillermo Palacios is a well known sound recordist and sound designer here in Lima. From what I gather, he’s been around the block more than once and has gotten his hands into all kinds of juicy projects. I first met him through my mother in law who made a CD of her singing in Quechua […]