The first film I directed was a real test of whether or not I wanted to continue in the cinema. I went through several difficulties that tested my emotional on all levels.
Remember that the first audition was the day before recording, during pre-production. I left the place late, I was extremely tired. The place was far from where I lived and I spent the whole day helping to set the scene with the Art Team. On the way, I was trapped in a tunnel due to a police action to save references that were in the sights of a sniper inside a bus. After a few hours when I managed to get home, I discovered that my parents were in the vet emergency with Jordana, my sick kitten. I had to run to get to the clinic in time to see her for the last time before euthanasia, as she had gone into generalized sepsis, she was screaming in pain.
And that’s how a movie set I went toward directing, wanting to fall apart while doing my best to make the movie happen. a team of sustainable or productive people, the producer and I could maintain efficiency and the set could not continue to produce. Even though I haven’t slept at all and been devastated from the night before, I remember the first take. A feeling and a certainty was what I wished it was too late to fill me with the scene and that it was necessary to work.
The second big test came in post-production. As I gathered the material for the montage, I found that I couldn’t use half of the images. I was shooting with two cameras simultaneously and one of them not in focus for most scenes. That despite having problems with Boom’s audio and in an attempt to avoid discovering, there were almost every track of the discovery. It took 3 days of recording and activation as tracks of just 1 day of a movie with lots of dialogue and direct sound. The short went through several editors to save it. I had to walk away for a while as I didn’t see a way to save the film anymore.
I had to walk away for a while as I didn’t see a way to save the film anymore. I went to live abroad. I didn’t want to work in cinema anymore, I didn’t feel like it was for me, because I didn’t want to finish a little with the inches”. And even abroad, the cinema came after me; you cannot run away from your destiny. Now, after being away from the short for a while, I was able to get an overview and new ideas on how to save it. The Essay is almost done and I feel that it is more than just a movie, it was a means of growth, maturation and extreme learning.