“Tequila: A Story of a Passion” a film by Sergio Sánchez Suárez
by Robin Menken
“One of the best articles wrote for our movie until now. Grateful Thanks.”
-Dankmar García (Producer)
“Tequila: A Story of a Passion” a film by Sergio Sánchez Suárez
by Robin Menken
“One of the best articles wrote for our movie until now. Grateful Thanks.”
-Dankmar García (Producer)
ESTRENO
04 de Noviembre
Distribución: UNIVERSAL PICTURES
The Egyptian, Hollywood, CA |
From Left to Right: Carlo Siliotto, John Gilbert, Santiago García Galván, Daniela Schmidt, Dankmar García, John Morrisey, Daniela Uriza, Sergio Sánchez and Andronico González. |
(Texto en español abajo)
When I read the subtitle of the book: “The Last Book On Screenwriting That You’ll Ever Need”, I really thought it was pretentious and presumptuous and thought about all the great books about screenwriting and storytelling I've read or heard about. I just couldn’t believe that a book could just step in front as the top book.
With this in mind, before affronting my new script and after of the recommendation of my friend Sergio Sánchez to read this book, I order it on eBay.
Something kept me from starting my new script. Don’t know clearly if was the expectation to read the book or something subconscious that kept me in front of the white page without even trying to write the title. I patiently (and tortuously) waited more than 2 weeks for the book to arrive. I opened the envelope. And it was here. A white book with an orange cat on the cover. (I used to have a cat like that one years ago). A cat, hanging of a big rope, fighting for his life.
Well. I tried to forget about the subtitle. Don't really know why it bothered me. Then… it happened.
It got me. Fully. Could not stop reading it. Truth came out of its pages like nothing else. At the end of each paragraph a “So simple” or “How I didn’t thought about it” escaped my mind. This is a “must read” for anyone that is involved on screenwriting. I really don’t think that is “The last book you’ll ever need” because there are other great books out there about the subject that complement each other AND a storyteller must never stop reading, but definitively this one must be in your bookshelf.
It takes you by the hand if you are a new screenwriter and helps you to correct a lot of errors if you have already stepped into the movie business. It's concepts are wreckers. It’s points are clear. Blake Snyder really hits the spot with this one.
Although he passed away on August 4, 2009, his works have continued to inspire a lot of screenwriters around the world in which I recently add myself. The movie “How to train your Dragon” (Dreamworks 2010), in which he worked as consultant, was dedicated to Blake.
He really opened a workflow-inspiration in my mind. For more information about Blake Snyder, his theories and books, you can visit www.blakesnyder.com.
Cuando leí el subtitulo del libro: “El último libro acerca de escritura de guión que usted necesitará leer”, realmente pensé que era pretencioso y presumido y pensé en todos los grandes libros de guión y narración de historias que he leído o escuchado acerca de ellos. Realmente no podía creer que un libro se pusiera al frente como el mejor libro.
Con esto en mente, antes de enfrentar mi nuevo guión y después de la recomendación de mi amigo Sergio Sánchez de leer este libro, lo pedí por eBay.
Algo me impedía comenzar mi nuevo guión. No se a ciencia cierta si era la expectativa de leer el libro o algo subconsciente que me detenía frente a la hoja en blanco sin siquiera intentar escribir el título. Pacientemente (y tortuosamente también) esperé más de dos semanas a que el libro llegara. Abrí el sobre. Y estaba aquí. Un libro blanco con un gato naranja en la portada. (Yo solía tener un gato así hace años). Un gato, colgando de una cuerda, luchando por su vida.
Bien. Traté de olvidarme del subtitulo. No se realmente por que me molestaba. Y entonces… pasó.
Me atrapó. Completamente. No podía dejar de leerlo. La verdad salía de sus páginas como nada más. Al final de cada párrafo un “Tan sencillo” o “¿Por que no pensé en eso antes? se escapaba de mi mente. Sin dudas es un libro que cualquiera que esté envuelto en la escritura de un guión “debe leer”. Realmente no creo que sea “El último libro que vallan a necesitar” por que hay otros grandes libros acerca del tema que se complementan unos a otros y un narrador de historias nunca debe de dejar de leer. Pero definitivamente debe estar en su librero.
Te toma de la mano si eres nuevo en la escritura de guión y te ayuda a corregir muchos errores si ya has pisado el suelo del negocio de las películas. Sus conceptos son demoledores. Sus puntos son claros. Blake Snyder realmente da en el blanco con este libro.
Aunque falleció el 4 de Agosto del 2009, sus trabajos han continuado inspirando a muchos guionistas al rededor del mundo a los que me uno recientemente. La película “Como entrenar a tu Dragón” (Dreamworks 2010), en la cual trabajó como consultor, esta dedicada a Blake.
Realmente abrió un sistema de trabajo e inspiración en mi mente. Para más información acerca de Blake Snyder, sus teorías y libros, pueden visitar www.blakesnyder.com.
Sergio Sánchez Suárez (Director) |
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Entrevista con / Interview with Sergio Sánchez
Entrevista con / Interview with Daniela Schmidt
Edición: Dankmar García / Sergio Sánchez
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Un Trailer es una de las herramientas de venta más importantes de un proyecto cinematográfico. Es el primer acercamiento visual a la historia (después del poster de la película) que tendrá la capacidad (o no) de atrapar con anterioridad al público potencial del proyecto. En si, es una obra que nace del proyecto original y debe contar con una serie de elementos específicos que combinan los elementos cinematográficos de una película con la mercadotecnia y publicidad de la misma.
Los “Golden Trailer Awards” precisamente es una de las premiaciones enfocadas a reconocer el talento de aquellos que tienen que atrapar al publico en menos de 60 segundos. Plantear una historia, el conflicto y los valores de producción en un corto tiempo requiere de un arduo trabajo de edición visual y sonora, conocimiento de la historia y trabajo en conjunto con el director y productores del proyecto.
El Trailer de “Tequila: Historia de una pasión” realizado por la empresa FIX, fue nominado para la 12 entrega de los “Golden Trailer Awards” en la categoría de “Mejor Trailer de Romance Extranjero” compitiendo con los proyectos cinematográficos: “Empire of Silver”, “Goethe!” y “Rosebud”.
Los ganadores serán anunciados durante la premiación el Miércoles 29 de Junio en el “Music Box Theatre” en Los Ángeles, California.
Muchas gracias a nuestros amigos de FIX por el excelente Trailer realizado para nuestro proyecto y felicitaciones por esta nominación.
A Trailer is one of the most important sales tools of a cinematography project. Is the first visual approach to the story (after the movie poster) that will have the capacity (or not) of capturing the audience's attention with anticipation. In fact, it is a piece of work born from the original project. Thus it must have a series of specific elements that combine the cinematographic elements with the merchandising and advertising of the movie.
Precisely, “Golden Trailer Awards” is one of the platforms focused on recognizing those who have the task of capturing an audience in less than 60 seconds. Setting the story, the conflict, and the production values of a movie in a short time requires arduous work in visual and sound edition, knowledge about the story, and endless hours of work with the director and producers of the project.
“Tequila: A Story of Passion” Trailer realized by the company FIX, was nominated for the 12th “Golden Trailer Awards” on the category of “Best Foreign Romance Trailer” competing with the projects: “Empire of Silver”, “Goethe!” and “Rosebud”.
The winners will be announced during the awards show on Wednesday June 29th at the Music Box Theatre on LA.
Thanks to our FIX friends who did an excellent job on our Trailer and congratulations for this nomination.
FIX COMUNICACIÓN:
http://www.fixcomunicacion.com/
GOLDEN TRAILER AWARDS:
http://www.goldentrailer.com/awards.gta12.php
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Aruba, también conocida como “Una Isla Feliz”, alojará el 2do Festival Internacional Anual de Cine de Aruba. De Junio 10 al 16, los cines de Aruba proyectarán películas de alrededor del mundo. Nuestra película “Tequila” será una de estas películas que el 13 de Julio a las 19:30 hrs tendrá su primera alfombra roja, a la que asistirán Sergio Sánchez Suárez (Director) y Daniela Schmidt (Actriz – Lola). La proyección será a las 20:00 hrs en el Salón 6 de las facilidades del festival. Al día siguiente Sergio estará en el Salón 4 a las 18:00 hrs para la sección del festival “En conversación con”. “Tequila” tendrá otra proyección el 16 de Junio en el Salón 3 a las 17:00 hrs.
Aruba es una Isla de apenas 33km de largo, perteneciente a las Antillas Menores al sur del Mar Caribe y localizada a 27km al norte de la costa de Venezuela. Con una población de 100,000 habitantes, Aruba no tiene ciudades mayores. Con un clima Tropical Marino, es un lugar perfecto para el turismo con temperatuiras de 28 °C a 32 °C y con mar por todos lados. Como dijimos en nuestro Facebook: Preparen el Bloqueador!!
Aruba, also known as “One Happy Island”, will be hosting the 2nd Annual Aruba International Film Festival. From June 10 to 16, Aruba’s Movie Theatres will project films from around the world. Our movie “Tequila” will be one of this movies that on June 13th at 19:30 hrs will have it’s first Red Carpet to which Sergio Sánchez Suárez (Director) and Daniela Schmidt (Actress – Lola) will be attending. The projection will be at 20:00 hrs on the Room 6 of the festival facilities. The next day Sergio will be on on Room 4 at 18:00 hrs for the section of the festival “In conversation with”. “Tequila” will have another projection on June 16th at Room 3 at 17:00 hrs.
Aruba is a 33km long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribean Sea, located 27km north of the coast of Venezuela. With a population of 100,000 inhabitants, Aruba does not have major cities. With a tropical marine climate, this is a perfect place for tourism with temperatures of 28 °C to 32 °C and sea all around. Like we said on our Facebook: Prepare the Sunblock!
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FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aruba-International-Film-Festival/199317501189
ARUBA FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL PAGE:
http://www.arubafilmfest.com
ARUBA ISLAND WIKIPEDIA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba
by Kaspar Kallas
This 3D project by Werner Herzog and DoP Peter Zeitlinger, started for me by a phone call in the late evening offering me a DIT job on SI2K shoot in south of France. I had 10 minutes to decide. The rest is a documentary film…
On set Iridas tools were irreplaceable because we lacked proper tools to make this technical very demanding job on the first week of shooting. So there was quite a lot of duct tape and spit solution used to acquire the footage needed. This in turn required good tools for QC, to be certain that we would have something that we can use in a film.
The shooting period was split into two weeks of shooting with week and a half in-between. I used the in-between time to make a very solid side-by-side rig for use inside of the cave. There could be no adjustment screws as they would have become loose when the crew was climbing in and out of the cave. Because of Iridas native support for cineform RAW we could watch the dailies instantly when we left the cave to make necessary adjustments to our gear, workflow or both.
On the second week we had 2 sets of cameras, one would reside in the mirror rig while other were used for side by side. So when we needed to change in the interview we would just switch the heads to another setup while keeping the same recorder.
The production was extremely fast paced, up to 2h of footage daily. The postproduction was light-speed. I had exactly 2 weeks from the day I got the locked cut to the premiere in Toronto International Film Festival.
About 12minutes of the final 90minute film is non-synced go-pro cameras. I already knew the problem from set, as part of it was shot with one camera upside down the 3D was unwatchable because of rolling shutter tearing the images apart. There really are only 3 possible solutions to the problem today. Try to render a depth map based on original stereographic setup - extremely complicated because of the rolling shutter, compression and lens distortion artifacts. Use bezier shapes to push in or pull out parts of the image. Just use plain 2D slightly pushed into the screen.
The last option is worst, because it really pronounces all the problems with 3D cinema and leaves one wonder why to wear those geeky glasses in the first place. The first option was too time consuming and results were not really predictable.
2 days before screening, after 1st pass render I notice a bug, all the frames are not the correct frame size - a bug in beta version. Iridas was very prompt to deal with the problem in less than 12h I have a new build and everything is on the way again. The final version for the screening in the theater is taken to Toronto by Director himself just hours before screening as we hit another bug, this time in EasyDCP software that was also cleared within hours.
After 2 weeks almost no sleep, the show starts, I can breathe easily - the film is there, everything seems to look correct. 10 minutes before the end of the film the image goes black, sound continues for a moment and then it is stopped. Silence.
It turned out that it was the very first public screening in the Bell Lightbox for digital 3D and somebody had accidentally turned off the the AC for the projector and bulb had overheated.
The golden rule of filmmaking: if something can go wrong, it will go wrong, alligators or no alligators!
INTRODUCTION
by Dankmar García
I had the opportunity to work with Kaspar Kallas on Argentina last year, during the shooting of the movie “El Premio” (The Prize) by Paula Markovitch. Kaspar is the founder of a very small post-house on Estonia. And by the time we were working on “El Premio” he was finishing the post-production of Werner Herzog’s 3D documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams”. Both movies participated on this year’s Berlinale.
Kaspar and his brother Kaur, founded the company 3 years ago. With only 3 employees, they are focused all their efforts on developing new tools and workflows to aid the postproduction so it can be more creative and less technical. With more than 10 years of experience and knowledge applied that go from edition to VFX artistry, they have created a reliable company that is getting closer to what seems to be the future of movie making.
This “New” post, as Kaspar calls it, has a simple premise: a “One man’s” support to the DoP from pre production to the final screening. This would be the only responsible for every step and every decision made on the way, from the picture being recorded to the final output. “Responsibility in this case means if I make a mistake, I have the means to fix this situation down the line in production pipeline. So the Producer, Director and DoP have only one person to deal with: Me. No meetings. No blame game.” says Kaspar.
The “New” Post
by Kaspar Kallas
There is actually nothing new about having a small and effective team for filmmaking. Then again it has always been a compromise of tools and possibilities. It has more to-do with quality and technology access, rather than innovation.
Technology keeps marching on and there is nothing new about that either. The only thing that keeps chaining is the time window of professional to prosumer. The tools that are bleeding edge in a moment are already in prosumer access within months of initial release in the highest end software/hardware. Then again there are some tools that are never available for highness systems.
Access to tools does not separate professionals anymore. Once again the industry is calling out for Hero's, artist who are capable moving fast and efficiently in post-production pipeline (Hero suite, used to be very expensive hardware and software combination used for film and television finishing by a Hero who is very capable in editing, coloring and mastering). Only this time the lines between production phases are even more blurred. The artist will have to leave the comfortable settings of a studio and take part of pre-production and production itself.
Throughout filmmaking there have been different technicians on set to assist DoP. But it has never been unthinkable that DoP cannot take care of all the responsibilities on his own. For a short period of time it was color technician who was the exception to prove the rule. Now with the advent of digital film cameras and stereography once again technician have temporarily forced their way into mandatory part of the camera team.
There is a very principle reason why the technicians job fades away in time. DoP responsibility is to create the most memorable images anyone can imagine. Technicians job on the other hand is to make sure that the images do not stand out in any way. So for the sake of creative freedom DoP needs an artist as assistant rather than technician to tell what is not technically correct.
The tools
Most prosumer tools today are very capable of producing content for the highest cinematic standards. Then again I have not found one tool that would suite all the needs for post production, even the highest end tools need assistance. So we developed our own in-house software that would "glue" together all the different pieces.
Iridas Speedgrade and Metarender: very intuitive and easy to use grading software with support next to none. There is no special hardware requirements for full technical support. Command-line rendering is very important for integrating to in-house software. As an extra perk, one can easily drive cinema projector over SDI for final work in any Digital Cinema theater. Most importantly it will work with most of the media I get directly without any conversion or import procedure.
Iridas tools are central for our workflow, because it will be the first thing to decode any incoming material, prepare dpx files for compositing and effects and also the final step to finish grading, before rendering out J2C files for digital cinema masters.
I use one computer to run all processes parallel so I could make good use of multi CPU environment. So while 1 pass of metarender is preparing flat grade DPX files for compositing I am grading another part of the film. When DPX files are ready I will to the preparation for camera tracking, for computing time again I can grade next available shot. When processing finishes I will do the composite. All in supervised session.
The glue
The in-house software we use is built on similar notion of Batch in Autodesk products. The software keeps track where the sources are coming from and what procedures have been used on them, so if any compositing, grading, etc. changes are implemented, it will mark the downstream procedures for re-rendering and generates a script for rendering. As all the plugins for different parts are just scripts, it is quite simple and straight forward.
Extra to Iridas tools we use Cineform, FCP, Premiere Pro, Nuke, EasyDCP and Photoshop.
No compromise in quality
Thanks to these tools it is possible for one man to do the extremely technical finishing jobs in unprecedented quality and time frame. The other perk in working with DoP from very early on in the production I know from the first steps on where the film is going aesthetically, so even when picking a camera and lighting equipment DoP can make well informed choice.
When I am on set as second AC, DIT, Stereograopher (or all of the above), I can help to make sure that every step is in the right direction for the end goal. The final finishing becomes just executing the final details rather than trying to bang the footage into something it was never shot for.
Después de que la película fue seleccionada para participar en la sección oficial del Festival Internacional de Cine de Berlín No. 61 y haber ganado 2 osos de Berlín por Logro Artístico Sobresaliente (Wojciech Staron por Cámara y Bárbara Enríquez por Diseño de Producción), El Premio, de Paula Markovitch, fue una de las películas más premiadas del Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara en su edición No. 26. En la categoría de Largometraje Mexicano de Ficción, ganó Mejor Película y Mejor Actriz (Paula Galinelli), además del Premio Mezcal, Premio Cinecolor y Premio de la Prensa para Ficción. La película será también recomendada para los Golden Globes.
El público en general reaccionó muy bien ante las situaciones presentadas en pantalla, que evocan sueños de una playa distante. Esta película mexicana, con apoyo del IMCINE y coproducción de Francia, Polonia y Alemania, nos remonta a la dictadura militar argentina a través de los ojos de la pequeña Ceci (Paula Galinelli) entre imágenes que parecen más un sueño que un recuerdo. La inocencia se deja sentir entre sus líneas y las risas estallan en la sala de cine mientras Paula Markovitch nos lleva por un viaje de inocencia y contemplación por un mundo olvidado en el pasado, pero que está latente en cada calle y en cada persona que aun recuerda en San Clemente del Tuyú.
“Nací en Argentina pero soy Mexicana, vivo en México desde hace más de 20 años” declara Paula. “Filmé en San Clemente porque sentía que tenía que hacerlo allí, en el lugar exacto y en los espacios precisos donde sucedieron las cosas”. La historia es autobiográfica, pero se deja sentir la imaginación y la libertad de la improvisación, lo que hace que los personajes sea naturales e independientes.
La pequeña Paula Galinelli Hertzog, demostró tener grandes cualidades actorales y hoy se ve recompensada con el premio a Mejor Actriz a su corta edad, habiendo interpretado la vida de la escritora y directora Paula Markovitch, que hoy se lleva también el premio a Mejor Película. Felicidades.
After being selected to participate on the official section of the 61 Berlin International Film Festival and winning 2 Berlin Bears for Outstanding Artistic Achievement (Wojciech Staron for Camera and Bárbara Enríquez for Production Design), El Premio, from Paula Markovich, was one of the most acclaimed movies on the 26 Guadalajara International Film Festival. On the category of Mexican Fiction Feature Film, it won Best Movie and Best Actress (Paula Galinelli), and the Mezcal Award, Cinecolor Award and the Press Award for Fiction. The movie will also be recommended for the Golden Globes.
The general public reacted very well before the situations presented on the screen that evoke dreams of a distant shore. This Mexican film, with support from IMCINE and coproduction from France, Poland and Germany, takes us to the Argentinian military dictatorship through the eyes of the little Ceci (Paula Galinelli) in between images that appear more to a dream than a memory. The innocence is felt throughout the lines and the laugh burst on the theatre while Paula Markovitch takes us to a trip of innocence and contemplation in a world forgotten in the past, but alive on each street and each person that still remembers in San Clemente del Tuyú.
“I was born in Argentina but I’m Mexican, I live in Mexico since more than 20 years” states Paula. “I shoot on San Clemente because I felt that I had to do it there, on the exact place and in the precise spot where the things happened”. The story is autobiographic, but the imagination and the freedom of improvisation is felt, what makes the characters to be natural and independent.
Little Paula Galinelli Herzog demonstrated to have great acting quality and today she gets recompense with the Best Actress Award at her short age, being interpreting the life of the writer and director Paula Markovitch, that today takes the Best Movie Award. Congratulations.
Agradecemos la entrevista realizada por Fernando Bañuelos Medina a Sergio Sánchez (Director) y Dankmar García (Productor) de Tequila: Historia de una pasión. La entrevista no está completa, pero compartimos esta parte en la que Sergio Sánchez explica un poco acerca del guión del proyecto. El link directo de la entrevista es http://homocinefilus.com/tequila-historia-de-una-pasion-entrevista-exclusiva/ y les recomendamos ampliamente la página ya que contiene las ultimas noticias del cine, transmisiones en vivo de los eventos y mucha información relacionada con el séptimo arte.