First work day in Panama!! 7.30 call following another amazing breakfast.
In the van and off to the shoot. The location today is the banks of the Chagres river. Base camp is basically a couple of small buildings with no electricity and taps but no water! Wild dogs (actuallu tame wild dogs) and cats miander about the place looking bored. Being on a river bank meant that eveything had to go upstream by boat, including us! 20' dugouts to be precise. Little outboard motor at the back and we're skimming along the water in no time. Very cool. Crew had built mist if the village on previous days so when we arrived, the mock Congo 'village' was all there along with extras and everything Congo 'villagey' the are dept could muster. It looked great! The crew were wonderful, every one of them. Spent most of my time up the hill looking down over the set. Super view (I'll post pics when I get back)!
Oh, the set was right next to a real 'tourist' village where the locals dress up like natives and perform for the boats full of tourists who regularly floated up the river. As soon as they're gone, the 'natives' are pulling out cellphones. Hilarious
Precis...
huge shot... rehearsals couple of pictures.
2nd shot (yep, just a two shot day) was the boat POV as it came up on the shore.
The camera and crew were aboard a floating pontoon which was basically two dugouts lashed together with a board across. In action, it looked like an assault landing craft with a huge 4K on the back.
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