An interesting call

My good friend Ursula Mifflin called from Miami telling that a cuban-american band wants me to direct their new video single. They are called Alain Band and they are formed by some of the fine latin musicians in the city. The singer of the single is the one and only Cheito Quiñonez, known trompet player of Miami Sound Machine.

It's gonna be a nice experience. Good salsa band as she told me.

Let's hear it then....I'd like to hear the song to picture some ideas in mind.

They asked to be recorded in SD so I'm taking the Canon with me. The Canon lens adaptor will be used for the other lenses. I saw a nice Nikon 50mm prime lens on a store there online that's be good for my kit but that adaptor doesnt allow me that brand. I really need to get me one 35mm adaptor. I just tested the Brevis and I like it but I have read some articles about the Letus that has me interested. No more inverted clips.

It will be a nice opportunity to get my hands on one over there.

Festival de la Música 2007

The Festival de La Música 2007.

An event of events sponsored by E.Wong and run by the Patronato Conservatorio Nacional De Música lead by Wong's CEO, Erasmo Wong.

It's main idea was to gather good tasteful music and take it to the masses in different places around Lima. This time they chose the main circle in Miraflores-Lima. Together with their Gran Corzo de Wong held each year around our national holiday, I think this is their main event and showed with much of their pomposity they have all us acustomed to.

I was asked to direct the visual performance of the show as to direct live-show camera work.

Like always, the frenziness starts early and raises in adrenaline as the hours get close to the opening act. I remember Erasmo Wong himself coming several times into the van suggesting things for their sponsors who were gonna have a copy of the show (it was gonna be recorded live). He wanted their logos to be shown as much as possible. Marketing reasons of course.

It went on nice after a long sound and video check.

Here below are two videos of the making of the show.

A Busy Day...



A Busy Day...part II