We decided we were up for a challenge today. We were going to roll in the middle of full pandemonium, and not care about the crowds anywhere. It was a nice day and we were ready to bring it on.
Manuel Tello came out to meet us. He’d just flown in from Madrid
Our first setback was from the theatre chain who objected to us filming in front of their property. Then the audio wasn’t coming in clear at all. I mean, not even remotely. We were even picking up the music from the mall, and you could barely understand any of the dialogue. The wind wasn’t doing us any favours either.
We asked a few tourists if we could use the bench they were using that faced the beach, but even the mic’s windscreen didn’t help reduce the noise. We were even picking up the clattering of dishes from the restaurant next door.
We decided to find a different location, but the local authorities had other ideas. The sun was quickly fading and we didn’t have any lighting equipment with us.
While we’d been up for a challenge, it seemed like the day had definitely thwarted our plan to come out victorious. Assessing the situation, we decided to try again sometime during the week.
Faced with starting work on tomorrow’s shoot, we decided the best thing to do was to find the nearest bar and just laugh our asses off. And laugh we did. At everything.Cenzo Álvarez De Haro - Translated and adapted by: Norman Giovanni Zelaya