Shooting a short film

Ok, again it has been quite a while since I wrote on this blog but it is time again.

Yesterday we finished principal photography on my new short film Salomé. We had totally about eight days of shooting, six in a barrio (neighborhood) in Medellin and two in a finca (a house in the contryside).
As all productions we had our challenges, but in the end everyting went well.

Salomé is a 20-minute short film sponsored by Swedish foundation Ankarstiftelsen and tells the story about a 14-year old girl who struggles with her past from the war in Colombia. I wrote the story myself and also directed and produced. We had a crew of about 20-25 people. We shot the film on a Panasonic G7 camera hooked to a Atomos recorder.

The last two days we spent shooting in the finca, and there I got to work with a young talented actress only 8 years old.

To my help in the crew I had a production coordinator, first and second assistant directors, a script supervisor, a production designer with art assistants, a director of photography, a camera operator with assistant, a gaffer and an extra electrician, a grip, a sound crew and two makeup artists.

This is the third short film I direct in Colombia, the others were No Return and The Winning Choice.