Today I attended the last day of filming of the last project I’m working on. This project, as sometimes happens with good things, came to us suddenly from nowhere. One day Jesus (my boss) told me that he has a great script in his hands, and after a couple of days, without knowing how or why we were caught in the scrub. In this case, my work has been, for the moment, the artistic designs for the atrezzo. Posters, labels, covers of books and magazines, including a business card and a label for a can of drink and the, in principle, future poster presentation for the film.

This is an ambitious film in history and short on the means and resources (for which is usual in the filming industry at least), no zillions of millions for materials, cameras, mainstream stars …… just enthusiasm and hard work. In fact this has been one of the criticisms that have emerged in the press conference, while Woody Allen when he came to Barcelona to shoot the council gave him a grant of one million euros, to independent films like this, when asked permission to shoot in a cemetery in the city they responded that they had to pay 500€/hour

Although I could not read the entire script, the film speaks about the dangers of a society (ours) hiperconsumerist and “too much” informed, posing a hypothetical and not too distant future in which people are easily manipulated through various means and that’s all you can get from me now. Now, after the shooting, we still have a year of post-production, as the film has a high percentage of scenes in computer animation.

As to today, well, on Saturday afternoon I received a call from Jesus in which he said they had Fernando Arrabal to make a small role in the film and needed a poster for the presentation in a press conference they will offer today. After having the poster done, today I received an invitation to attend the press conference and the shooting of the last scene. Although not my first shoot (a few years ago I made an extra … better not to remember), it was the first time that I am directly involved in even when it’s been a small part (unfortunately I could not attend the filming of the Extremo teaser, that video I showed you a couple of entries below). It’s been a great experience which I enjoyed a lot, including the Fernando Arrabal lecture of his lines. On the other hand I can assure that the “interior” of a film is much less glamorous and has more hard work than what people tend to think … well, I do not think Hollywood superstars take these beatings upon themselves, but as for almost all, Hollywood is another planet. Certainly a film is not only done by the actors, there’s a hive of people who “break their backs” and who you’ll  probably  never see their faces or know their names (if you are not of that  very few ones that read the credits, of course )

Anyway, a pleasant experience that I hope to repeat very soon (this will mean that I’ll be working). Here you have all I can show for now, that is, the poster for the press conference, although you will get an idea of the style of the rest…or probably not. It has been great seeing that in 70×90 cm at the entrance to the newsroom and projected on a huge screen behind the speakers.
As I can you’ll have more.

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