Once again, I am in awe of movie making. The team work is fantastic. It is totally and completely not possible to make a movie unless people are working together. And somehow, we were lucky enough to work with one of best teams in Puerto Rico. After the first day of observing (well, working too), I asked some questions. The 3 camera people have been working together for 15 years, but have been in the industry longer. The producers/co-directors have been together for 10 years. The respect for each department was incredible, the costumes, makeup, lighting, sound. We got to work with the people who have worked with Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges and more. I, of course, asked about Johnny Depp, they said he is very nice.. (thank god)
We shot several scenes each day and night, running from this location to that location. Dressing up the actors, setting up the lights, preparing sound, making sure everything is in place. It is so exciting, fun, tiring and unbelievably creative. There were so many smiles. It was nice to see people working so hard, but absolutely loving what they do. We worked 14, 15 and one 18 hour day and still, everyone on the set was smiling. I LOVE IT!
The beach was 2 blocks from where we were staying, but we had to shoot the shower scene, and then the chasing scene and wait, the suspense scene and more. Anyway, the Puerto Ricans told us many times. ‘it is too cold for the beach’. It was 80 degrees and sunny! But moments before we flew home, I walked the two blocks to the beach and laid there, in the sun, reading the New Yorker and enjoying the sound of the ocean.
Samia Shalabi is a Seattle based artist & designer, yogi and traveler who has roots in the Middle-East, was raised in the middle-west and is drawn to India. She has a degree in geology, has traveled all over the world with a backpack, and believes in following her dreams. Samia does yoga most mornings, enjoys walks around Seattle, loves to laugh, and daydreams about where to travel next. She is working on a movie shoot in France.
