Mar 17 ‘13 1000hrs
Greetings,
We have a new interesting adventure we’re getting ready for aboard Second Star. There is a movie being filmed here in Bocas. It will be called “Paradise Lost” and it’s about Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar. About 10 days ago some people from the movie came to the boat. At first I thought that they were going to ask if Second Star could be in the background of a shot. But as it turned out they need to shoot a surf scene at water level, and they want to film from our wet deck.
The first people that came by were just on a scouting mission. They asked if we’d be interested and said they’d bring the higher-ups by to check it out and talk about details.
When they came back we said we’d need to see the sites where they wanted to film so we could let them know if Second Star could do what they wanted. Again they said they’d get back to us. Then we didn’t hear anything for a few days, so we emailed to let them know that, if we were going to participate, we’d need enough notice to see the filming sites and get the boat ready.
The next we heard from them was that they wanted us to do it, but the filming of this scene had been postponed for a week. A few days later they scheduled with us to go check out the site which is just a little outside the cut into the protected waters of the archipelago. It’s been pretty windy and rough out there lately, and that day was no exception. The waves were running a solid 6ft with a few bigger ones thrown in. Where they want to film is plenty deep for Second Star and we told them, if conditions were no worse than that we could do it.
The next day they brought the cinematographer to see the boat and he was very happy with what he has to work with. So, this coming Saturday, we’re supposed to be taking 14 people (directors, camera crew, actor, makeup person, etc.) out to shot this scene.
At the moment (knock wood), the weather looks like it will be a bit calmer that day than it was last week. But the forcast this far out is always suspect. I’ll let you know how it went…
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