A little excitement in Paamul this morning. In the wee hours (3:15AM!), I heard Rick get out of bed and go outside and I had no idea why and just went back to sleep. This morning he asked if I didn't hear all the people outside and he wondered what they were doing. In time, I realized there was way more activity than normal outside our quiet little place. And huge moving-van-size trucks! And big pieces of strange equipment sitting inside of them!
Turns out
Corona was here again to film their next commercial! (This is at least the second one they've filmed here in Paamul.) We stayed out and watched them for quite awhile and it was pretty darn interesting. Amazing how many bodies it takes to put one of these things together. After awhile the repetition and retakes got a little boring though.
Here's a few pics of the whole production:
Setup:
These guys were shoveling out extraneous shells and rock from the very edge of the scene so as not to ruin the "perfect" beach image:
Breakfast tent:
Camera ready:
Talent ready:
Beer ready (this guy's job was to get the foam and condensation exactly right for the closeups on the bottle):
Director in grey shirt and light shorts, mid-photo:
For the shot, these two had to drop everything in their hands in a particular order BUT... for every retake, the guys in front of them here came in and picked up each item for them to make sure it went back exactly the way it should be:
The other two actors brought only their bucket of Corona and got to just chill in the sand:
The two "talent" couples again:
The "real" story? Corona beer is dumped out of its bottles and replaced by Modelo because Corona itself doesn't show up dark enough on film. How hilarious is that?
